PARIS-Within the framework of the Pro-Armenia Conference–the Foreign Minister of Armenia Vartan Oskanian held a press conference on January 31 in Paris. Journalists from Le Monde and La Croix newspapers were present–as well as Liberty and A-FM Radio stations–Haratch–Ashkharh–France-Armenie and Nouvelle D’Armenie newspapers as well as Azeri Azertak and Turkish Turkiye newspapers–the Public TV channel [...]

ANKARA (ANA/Reuters/BBC)–Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou on Thursday discussed the course of Greek-Turkish relations–the Cyprus issue and other major international affairs with his Turkish counterpart Yasar Yakis. Papandreou–in a statement directed to the Turkish military–said that it should cease its attempts to resolve the problems of the divided island by attempting to force its will.
He [...]

ENCINO–Organized by the Anahid chapter of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) to benefit the Javakhk Fund–a fundraising dinner took place at the Ferrahian School’s Dikranian Hall on January. More than one hundred ARS members and supporters in attended.
The dinner was generously sponsored by Armine Boghossian Thompson–in memory of her late son George Thompson’s 50th birthday.
After [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir/Armenpress)–Boosting economic cooperation between the capital cities of Russia and Armenia was high on the agenda during a meeting on January 31 between Armenian president Kocharian and visiting Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov.
On Thursday Luzhkov and Yerevan Mayor Robert Nazarian signed an agreement to foster economic–educational and cultural ties between Moscow and Yerevan.
Luzhkov said that [...]

SOPHIA (Yerkir)–Twenty four year-old Gadar Khachikian was elected to the Bulgarian Parliament by a Sofia constituency–becoming the youngest member of the Parliament.
Sofia born Khachikian is a graduate of the Sofia State University Law Department–and received additional training in Germany and the US. Before being elected to the parliament–he was a secretary of the parliament.
Another ethnic [...]

BRUSSELS–Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul reaffirmed the denialist policies of the Turkish Government regarding the Armenian Genocide at a January 27 address before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe–reported the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (formerly ANC of Europe.)
During his speech–Mr. Gul emphasized the "progress" made by Turkey in honoring its [...]

KIEV (Armenpress/Inerfax)–On the conclusion of CIS summit talks in Kiev– Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters about resumption of railway service between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia–and stressed that railway service extended to Armenia would be in Georgia’s economic and political interests. Putin explained that in becoming a transit country–Georgia would receive [...]

WATERTOWN–MA–The Armenian Cultural Association of America (ACAA) is pleased to announce the establishment of a $250,000 trust fund to assist in the publication of The Armenian Review. The trust has been made possible through a generous gift by Mrs. Alice Sachaklian and has been named the "Col. Harry and Alice Sachaklian Armenian Review Fund."
For over [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Popular Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Yerevan Mayor Robert Nazarian signed on Thursday an agreement calling for closer economic–educational and cultural ties between the Russian and Armenian capitals. Luzhkov said commercial exchanges between the two cities account for a third of Russian-Armenian trade and have great potential for expansion. But he complained that bilateral [...]

LONDON (Independent)–In some of his most uncompromising language yet–designed to prepare the country for war–President Bush said Saddam had ignored his "final chance to disarm" as laid down by UN resolution 1441.
In the State of the Union address delivered before Congress and broadcast live around the world early today–he pledged to "fight with the full [...]

MOSCOW (Armenpress)–This year’s Index of Economic Freedom published by the US Heritage Foundation research center and the Wall Street Journal list Armenia as the leading CIS country in terms of economic freedom.
To determine the level of economic freedom in each of the 161 countries included in the project–economic experts utilized 50 independent variable factors in [...]