An unnamed source from the Russian Foreign Ministry informed the Russian mass media immediately following the Bucharest meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan (June 4-5, 2006) that Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliyev had not been able to agree upon two principal matters - the width of the Lachin corridor and the status of Nagorno Karabakh. Commenting on this statement, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamadyarov said at a June...
Shek Yerand, or "Blond Fury" - this is what residents of Vanadzor who live right outside the forest call the sliding mud that flows down the hill.
The Karabakh war entered every single settlement in Armenia, and almost every family, in one way or another, hitting some Armenian hearths more than once. The war came to the Khachikyan family of the village of Voskevan in the Tavush Marz three times.
The national chess team of Armenia has for the first time in history won the world chess Olympiad. The gold medals of the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin were awarded to grand masters Levon Aronyan, Vladimir Akopyan, Karen Asryan, Smbat Lputyan, Gabriel Sargsyan, Artashes Minasyan and coaches Arshak Petrosyan and Tigran Nalbandyan.
On 5 June 2006 a few dozen young Armenians and representatives of Civil Society assembled outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan to protest against an unprecedented number of attacks against ...