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Georgian prosecutors have filed two new charges against Georgian-Armenian political activist, Vahagn Chakhalyan, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment last April.
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has expressed regret over a US House committee’s vote to approve a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, warning of probable “damaging” impacts of vote on Turkey-US relations.
The Parliament of Sweden last week recognized the Armenian Genocide after a long debate with a vote of 131 to 130. The resolution mandates Sweden to officially describe the large-scale murders of Armenians and other ethnic groups in Turkey in the early years of the last century as genocide. We present the translated text of the resolution
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule urged Turkey on Monday to open its ports to Cyprus and push ahead with reforms at home to boost its limping membership talks with the bloc.
Aid worker Silva Harotonian, who has been in an Iranian prison for more than twenty months, has been released, reports The Armenian Reporter.
The California Teachers Association on Monday announced that they have thrown their support behind Glendale School Board Member Nayiri Nahabedian in her bid for the 43rd District of the California Assembly. After much deliberation, the CTA Board endorsed Nahabedian unanimously.
Turkey is watching lawmakers in London as they get set to deliberate over a national day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide. A measure is on its way to the British Parliament that if adopted would set aside an “Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.” British lawmakers are to review a draft of the measure this month.
By inviting President Serzh Sarkisian to Washington, the Obama Administration is aiming, once again, to make Armenia an accomplice in the White House’s efforts against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, said Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau member Dr. Viken Hovsepian, who called on Sarkisian to postpone his Washington visit to after April.
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Azerbaijan on Monday disclosed what it said were the details of an updated version of a basic peace proposal by international mediators working to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov laid out the details of the new Madrid Principles document during a joint press conference in the Azeri capital with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajcak.
The morning of March 5 was an exciting one for Chamlian students who have spent months preparing for the annual Science Fair. Chamlian students have regularly received awards and honorable mentions at the LA County level as well as the state level competitions.
Colonel General Safar Abiyev is the longest serving defense minister in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and one of the longest serving in the world. Now just 60, he has headed the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry since February 1995. Over that time, Azerbaijan has raised defense spending from $97.2 million in 1999, to $175 million in 2004 to $1.5 billion last year.
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt spent Monday fending off criticism for his statements that the government won’t accept a resolution requiring Swedish foreign policy to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
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