The EU welcomed on Friday (18 January) a recent thaw in relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia is technically at war with Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is only de facto under the control of Yerevan. Fighting between ethnic Azeris and Armenians first erupted in 1991 and a ceasefire was agreed in 1994. Armenia and Azerbaijan were agai ...

Sizlere ve Ailelerinize, Mutlu ve Saglikli bir 2019 senesi diler. Թող 2019-ը Ձեր և Ձեր ընտանիքների համար լինի ծաղկուն ու երջանիկ տարի Wishes you and your families, a Happy & Prosperous 2019 ...

    Our annual “country of the year” award goes not to the most influential nation, nor to the richest, nor to the one with the tastiest food (sorry, Japan). It celebrates progress. Which country has improved the most in the past 12 months? It is a tricky choice. A stellar performance in one year is no guarantee of future success. Last year’s pick, France, is now racked by riots. Myanmar, our winner in 2015 ...

Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a convincing victory in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, consolidating his authority. His bloc won more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said. A journalist turned politician, Mr Pashinyan spearheaded a peaceful revolution in April. He now has a parliamentary majority to push through his programme of tackling corruption and r ...

Trump administration plants US flag in Armenia A visit by National Security Advisor John Bolton made clear that the past practice of looking the other way as Armenia deepened ties with Iran is over Richard Giragosian For the small country of Armenia, the past several months have marked an impressive emergence on the world stage. In a first-ever visit by a German leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Arme ...

Electrical generation, gas pipelines and hydro power are all being considered, as sanctions on Iran have been dropped By Najam Abbas LONDON Armenia is negotiating a series of major trade and investment deals with Iran, in the wake of international sanctions being lifted. These include: -- Iran-Armenia railway -- Iranian gas transit through Armenia -- Armenia-Iran power transmission line -- North-South highw ...

As the parliamentary elections in Turkey are drawing nearer, the wish of this country’s leadership to cause a panic in the country to cover up domestic and foreign political failures becomes obvious. Armenia is closely following the developments in Turkey where the level of democracy is retreating from the previous level. However, the ongoing developments are evidence that democracy in Turkey was not irreve ...

20.07.2015 President Serzh Sargsyan sends condolence letter to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Serzh Sargsyan has sent a letter of condolence to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Republic of Turkey on the blast in Sanliurfa province which claimed multiple lives. The letter reads as follows: “Your Excellency, It was with deep sorrow that I learned of the explosion in the town of Suruc in Turkey’s ...

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaks to Hürriyet correspondent Cansu Çamlıbel. Yerevan is prepared to normalize its relations with Ankara without any preconditions, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has said ahead of April 24, “Genocide Remembrance Day” for Armenians. “I declare that we are ready for the normalization of relations with Turkey, for starting a process of rapprochement between the Armenian ...

Ahmet Davutoglu did acknowledge that Ottoman Armenians died in deportations   The prime minister of Turkey has said the country will "share the pain" of Armenians whose ancestors were killed 100 years ago in what was then the Ottoman Empire. Ahmet Davutoglu also said a memorial would be held for the first time in Istanbul on the 24 April anniversary. However, Turkey still refuses to recognise the killi ...