Greek ambassador: “The current economic crisis in our country has no impact on bilateral relations with Azerbaijan” A conference dedicated to the ۲۰th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Greece kicked off in Baku on Tuesday, APA reports. In his welcoming speech, Greek Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ioannis Metaxas said ...

After U.S. Republican Senator Richard Lugar introduced the NATO Enlargement Bill, Republican Congressman Mike Turner followed suit by introducing a companion bill in the House, designed to encourage further expansion of the Alliance. The bill, NATO Enhancement Act of ۲۰۱۲, calls on President Obama to “lead NATO efforts” at the Chicago Summit ...

Armenian Parliament will respond to the off-parliament opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) activist, editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times) newspaper Nikol Pashinyan’s letter in accordance with the law and during ۵ days, deputy Speaker Edward Sharmazanov told Armenian News-NEWS.am. Pashinyan has addressed a letter to the ...

The Turkish General Staff has said the initial findings of a report suggest that technical failure caused a recent helicopter crash in Afghanistan, which left ۱۲ Turkish troops and four Afghans dead. The General Staff posted a statement on its website on Monday that said an investigative team of ۱۲ experts sent to Kabul after the helicopter crash has ...

Scouts of the Russian military base deployed in Armenia will hold two-day trainings in Pambak center. They will perform ۱۵ exercises in the sports complex of the center and will climb ۲,۵۰۰ high Zamok mount. Russian military base is deployed in Armenia’s Gyumri. Last year the countries signed a protocol prolonging Russia’s military presence ...

Voters in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia will go to polls on March ۲۵ to elect new leader – a third attempt since November, when the race went into runoff, won by an opposition candidate Alla Jioyeva, but its results were annulled prompting street protests. None of the key former candidates – Alla Jioyeva and Anatoly ...

The national security service bodies of Armenia prevented an attempt of taking out icons outside of the country illegally. Press service of the NSS told Armenpress that while crossing the state border of Armenia at "Ayrum" railway station citizen of Israel Davit Hanoch was twice examined, as a result ۱۸ not registered icons were found in ...

The counterterrorist operation regime was introduced at about ۰۴:۳۰, Moscow time, in a district of Nalchik on Tuesday because of a shootout at ۲, Komsomolskaya Street, the Russian National Antiterrorist Committee (NAC) operational headquarters in Kabardino-Balkaria told Itar-Tass. “There is an active mutual exchange of fire there – at ۲,...

A Turkish court has rejected a request for former military chief retired Gen. İlker Başbuğ, who is currently jailed in a coup plot probe, to be tried by the Supreme State Council instead of a specially authorized court. İlkay Sezer, Başbuğ's lawyer, filed a request for his client, who is currently jailed in a coup plot probe, to be tried by the Supreme ...

A three-day ministerial on transport issues has kicked off in Batumi today. As Georgian Economic Development Ministry told Trend, the ministerial is attended by Georgian Economy Minister Vera Kobalia, Deputy Prime Minister and Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Borys Kolesnikov, Transport and Communications Minister of Lithuania Eligijus Masiulis, ...

Azerbaijani Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov started official visit to Great Britain, Press services of the Ministry told APA. The visit aimed to meet with officials on The Olympic & Paralympics games in London and hold discussions. Within the visit, the minister met with Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson and British Olympic Association ...

Leader of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannissyan has decided to withdraw his candidacy from N۷ electoral constituency, the leader of the party said speaking to reporters March ۲۶. "I have urged all the forces of the opposition to find one format for coming up in all ۴۱ constituencies with one general candidate. The ARF considered the proposal ...

Turkish truckers are being pounded with high fuel surcharges in Iran, and this is costing Turkey an extra ۵۶ million euros every year, according to the business interest group representing truckers in İstanbul. Ruhi Engin Özmen, chairman of the board of directors at the International Road Transport Union (UND), told Today's Zaman that Iran imposes ...

Violence and provocation reached a dangerous level on Tuesday in illegal early Nevruz celebrations -- a spring festival mostly celebrated in Turkey by Kurds -- when two police officers were shot by unknown individuals who opened fire on police in the southeastern province of Cizre. Pro-Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) supporters held Nevruz celebrations ...

Gazprom has suggested indexing additionally its prices – by ۲۶.۳ percent from October ۱, the Vedomosti writes. If the government agrees, by the yearend gas will cost ۱۳۷ dollars for ۱,۰۰۰ cubic metres. The newspaper learned about the request from two federal officials. The current plan of the government, which was adopted late past year, plans ...

Turkey could still get a waiver over sanctions which the United States plans to implement on countries buying oil from Iran despite not being named on a list of exempted nations released by Washington, Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday, March ۲۱, Reuters reported. "Turkey's absence from the United States waiver list regarding the ...

Talk of civil war, allegations about paramilitary groups and “threatening” locals in western region of Samegrelo with scenarios of a war-battered Syrian city of Homs is “immoral” and “idiocy”, President Saakashvili said on March ۱۷. Though he did not mention anyone by name, Saakashvili was obviously referring to remarks of Irakli ...

Armenian Prime Minister commented on the participation of MP–businessmen in the oncoming parliamentary elections. “We adhere to the candidates list of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), which rules out inclusion of entrepreneurs in the parliament. This principle is backed by our decisions,” Tigran Sargsyan said. PM further urged MPs,...

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Azerbaijan is fully ready for the Baku session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to Euronest PA, parliamentarian Elkhan Suleymanov told APA. He said technical and organizational issues for the session that will be held in Baku on April ۲-۴ have been completed. The session ...

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with Adjutant General of Kansas Lee E. Tafanelli, Kansas Senate President Steve Morris and Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal as a part of RA Minister’s working visit to the U.S. During the meeting between Minister Ohanyan and Governor of Kansas Sam Brownback, the parties hailed the high-level relations ...