The Armenian Genocide recognition issue is being discussed in Israel, representative of the Armenian Cause Jerusalem Office Hakob Sevan said speaking to reporters on Friday. "The first attempt was made in ۲۰۰۷ when the issue was raised in Knesset and appeared on the agenda. At that time we did not manage to reach results because of certain political ...

Saakashvili said that his recent trip to the U.S. during which he met with President Obama was “a strategic breakthrough” for Georgia as it resulted into prospect of free trade treaty with the U.S. and Washington’s assistance to increase Georgia’s self-defense capabilities. “The most important about this visit was that for us ...

On March ۱۹ official sources of Armenia's Ministry of Defense reported that Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanian and a delegation led by him went on a working visit to the United States. The delegation members will meet with Governor of Kansas Sam Brownback. The National Guard of the State of Kansas is Armenia's partner in the military sphere....

The so-called presidential elections held in the Tskhinvali region cannot be considered legitimate according to international norms, Georgian Parliament Speaker David Bakradze said at a meeting of the Bureau on Tuesday. He said there has been no precedent in the world which recognised the legitimacy of the elections against a backdrop of ethnic cleansing....

Head of parliament opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun group Vahan Hovhannisyan criticized Armenia’s electoral law. Foreign states allow voting for citizens living in other states, the opposition MP said at a press conference on Monday. First Armenia first opposed to dual citizenship, later allowing it, banned the citizens to vote beyond if they are ...

The builders of the bridge across the Bosfor Vostochny Strait in Vladivostok have completed the installation of the cable stayed system - the last ۴۲nd pair of cable stays having the world record length - ۵۷۹.۸۵ metres, has been fixed, the press service of the regional branch of the UKS MOST company told Itar-Tass. The installation was complicated ...

 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was participating in the Thursday meeting of the working group to form an open government system. The meeting was devoted to the development of recommendations on the struggle against corruption. The president supported more than ۲۰ initiatives of experts. A special body can be created in the Prosecutor General’...

Turkey suspended all activities at its embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said, as the security situation in Syria has deteriorated further. Citing Turkish diplomatic sources, the state-run Anatolia news agency said Turkey has also temporarily recalled its ambassador to the Syrian capital. Sources said Ambassador ...

Journalist Levon Galustyan has become the third Armenian member of the parliament of Abkhazia, Khachik Minosyan, Chairman of the Union of Abkhazia Armenians, told Armenian News-NEWS.am. “The two Armenian candidates—Galust Trapizonyan and Levon Galustyan—who ran in Electoral District No. ۲۰, are educated men whom the Armenian people ...

Brad Sherman (D-CA) emphasized the importance of expanding U.S. assistance to the Republic of Georgia`s Armenian-populated region of Samtskhe-Javakheti (Javakhk) during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing with US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah on the Agency`s Fiscal Year ۲۰۱۳ budget, reported the Armenian ...

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 ...

 A Russia-NATO summit, which was scheduled in May, is cancelled. According to the official version, the summit was cancelled over “an intensive domestic political calendar in Russia.” However, the experts believe that this step is caused by disagreements of the parties concerned over the European missile defence system. The Russia-NATO 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 ...