Section: Public Radio of Armenia (Armenia)
OSCE monitoring at the Line of Contact: No incidents reported
On January 14, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the eastern direction of the Talish village of the NKR Martakert region. From the positions of the...
Matchups for the UEFA Champions League’s Round of 16 set
Matchups for the UEFA Champions League’s Round of 16 were set on Monday. Chelsea will once again face Paris Saint-Germain, the team that knocked the Blues out of the Champions League last 16 last season, while Arsenal, which overcame a disastrous start to the group stage just to advance, will face even longer odds when it goes head-to-head...
77% of the world’s population recognize Armenian Genocide
By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courier Last month, I reported in this column the results of the Zogby Analytics survey, which found that 35% of the American public was aware of the Armenian Genocide. I thought this was a low figure, having expected that a larger percentage of Americans would be cognizant of the Armenian Genocide....
TIME announces shortlist for 2015 Person of the Year
Photo: Getty Images A shortlist of candidates chosen by TIME magazine’s editors for the 2015 Person of the Year was revealed on NBC’s TODAY show Monday morning, The eight contenders are, in alphabetical order: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, who as leader of ISIS has inspired followers to both fight in his self-declared caliphate of Iraq and...
Mikheil Saakashvili stripped of Georgian citizenship
Georgian President Georgy Margelashvili has signed a decree, stripping Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgian citizenship, the presidential press service said on Friday, Civil.ge reports. President’s office said that citizenship of Saakashvili and several other Georgian nationals were terminated with the December 4 decree because they became...
OSCE monitoing: No ceasefire violation reported
On December 2, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Askeran direction. From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by...
Putin, Obama talk Syria, Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama held a meeting on the sidelines of the Paris climate conference that lasted for around 30 minutes, TASS reports. The meeting, which was held behind the closed doors, had not been planned or discussed beforehand. The presidents used the opportunity of attending the international...
Denmark’s Amb. presents credentials to Armenian President
Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark Christian Dons Christensen (residence in Kiev) presented his credentials to the President of Armenia. President Sargsyan congratulated the Ambassador on his nomination and wished him success during his tenure in our country. Serzh Sargsyan noted that...
Different integration frameworks no obstacle to Armenian-Georgian ties
“There are huge perspectives for the development of friendly relations between Armenia and Georgia,” Georgian Foreign Minister Georgi Kvirikashvili told Public Radio of Armenia. “The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Edward Nalbandian and Georgi Kvirikashvili participated in the six informal meeting of the Eastern Partnership FMs held in...
Armenian, Georgian FMs discuss bilateral ties, perspective of development
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandyan in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi today, Georgia Today reports. The Armenian has left for Georgia to take part in the 6th non-official Eastern Partnership (EaP) dialogue currently underway in Tbilisi. At this morning’s meeting the two...
