On May 28 Policy Forum Armenia held a reception on the occasion of the Independence of the First Armenian Republic (1918-20). Held at the historic University Club of Washington, the reception was well attended by community members and friends of PFA from in- and outside of the Washington metropolitan area.
Today in Yerevan a stamp and a souvenir-sheet, issued by "Haypost" CJSC, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communication (RCC) were cancelled and put into circulation, within the framework of the 44th session of the heads of Communication Administrations of Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communication.
A Hetq source within the government says that Mr. Papazyan,Executive Director of the Competitiveness Foundation,is being forced out, a victim of mining interests at the Tatev Monastery.
At Monday's Hrant Dink murder trial in Istanbul, Emsale Cakmakci, who was shopping at a nearby store at the time of the killing, confirmed the previous statement of a secret witness saying that triggerman suspect Ogun Samast was accompanied by two individuals right after shots were fire
According to Azerbaijani press reports, Azerbaijani lobbying groups in the United States have launched a letter writing campaign to members of Congress, urging them to "be wary" about allocating financial aid to the Armenian government since it is linked to Armenian fraudsters in the U.S.
The Mordechai Navi Jewish Community Center, located on Nar-Dos Street, has been re- opened after major renovations to the building and installation of new office equipment
BAKU, Azerbaijan — In a mostly empty Soviet-era building here on a recent morning, a 29- year-old woman pressed her eye against the scope of a sniper rifle, brown hair spilling over her shoulder, and took aim at virtual commandos darting between virtual trees.