Politics

French Parliament Passes Armenian ‘Genocide’ Bill

Published on Jan 23 2012 // Latest News, Politics

A bill making it a crime to deny the 1915 killings of Armenians was a genocide has passed both houses of France’s parliament. The Senate’s vote Monday came despite Turkey’s threats to impose new sanctions on France. It already suspended military, economic and political ties when the...

Armenia Grateful to France – MFA Issues Statement (Video)

Published on Jan 23 2012 // Latest News, Politics

Edward Nalbandian YEREVAN.- Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued a statement regarding today’s adoption of the law criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial by the French Senate. “Today’s Senate decision is the logical continuation of the law recognizing the Armenian Genocide adopted...

French press on Armenian Genocide bill voting in Senate

Published on Jan 23 2012 // Latest News, Politics

PARIS. – Socialist Senator Philippe Kaltenbach will express his position at the French Senate on Monday for the benefit of the bill, criminalizing denial of genocides, Nouvelles d`Arménie reports. “The Socialist Party supports the bill. Socialist MPs have been making efforts to protect the memory...

Atlanta judge orders president Obama to appear at hearing

Published on Jan 23 2012 // Latest News, Politics

ATLANTA (AP) - A judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn’t a natural-born citizen and can’t be president. It’s one of many such lawsuits that have been filed across the country, so far without...

Erdogan’s party organized protests against genocide bill in Paris

Published on Jan 22 2012 // Latest News, Politics

ANKARA. – Instead of facing its history, Turkey shifts denial policy to Paris, Kurdish Firat Agency reports regarding the step by the Turkish authorities to organize protests against the genocide bill in French capital. “According to Coordinating Turkish Unities, over 526 buses arrived in Paris from...

Peru Vice President Omar Chehade Steps Down Amid Corruption Charges ‎

Published on Jan 18 2012 // Latest News, Politics

Omar Chehade LIMA, Peru — Vice president Omar Chehade has finally resigned, three months after becoming embroiled in a corruption scandal that has threatened to overshadow the incipient presidency of Ollanta Humala. Chehade, an abrasive former anti-corruption prosecutor, was accused last year of attempting...

Armenian filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov named candidate for Russian Minister of Culture

Published on Jan 16 2012 // Latest News, Politics

Director General of Mosfilm Russian Film Studio, filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov was named a possible candidate for Russian Minister of Culture, with current Minister Alexander Avdeev to soon quit his post. However, as Interfax reported, quoting a reliable source, “it won’t be easy to find a man like...

Representatives of Russian elite send open letter to Turkish PM

Published on Jan 13 2012 // Latest News, Politics

A group of Russian public figures have sent and open letter to Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Yerkramas informs. In the letter surprise is expressed on Turkey’s reaction to the adoption of the bill criminalizing the Armenian genocide by French Parliament. “You declared that action to be ‘turkophobia...

Sarah Ferguson will not be extradited to Turkey

Published on Jan 13 2012 // Latest News, Politics

Sarah Ferguson LONDON — There is no prospect of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, being extradited to Turkey to face criminal charges over her undercover reporting for a TV documentary on Turkish orphanages, a British interior ministry source said on Friday. Turkey sought Ferguson’s extradition...

Gyumri Alexandrapol Hotel Palace, Owned by the Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan (Video)

Published on Jan 12 2012 // Latest News, Politics

Vardan Ghukasyan The network has a video advertising a new hotel in the city of Gyumri – Gyumri Alexandrapol Hotel Palace, which is owned by the mayor of second city Vartan Ghukasian. This hotel, located in the heart of Gyumri, opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, head of the city built...