REPS. ANDREWS–SMITH–PALLONE AND SOUDER LEAD CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT TO SECURE $20 MILLION WASHINGTON–DC (ANCA)–Over 20 House Members have urged the leadership of the influential House Foreign Operations Subcommittee to earmark a $20 million assistance package to help the struggling Armenian community in Iraq.
In the letter initiated by Representatives Robert Andrews (D-NJ)–Chris Smith (R-NJ)–Mark Souder (R-IN) [...]

AKHALKALAK (A-INFO)–The Council of Armenian Organizations of Javakhk announced conditions for endorsing candidates and parties in the upcoming parliamentary elections of Georgia.
Signed by the Akunk and A-Info unions of Akhalkalak–the Sports and Culture Union of Javakhk–the Lernashkhar Union of Ninotsminda–and the Charles Aznavour Culture Union of Akhaltskha–the statement–in part–states that "Ethnic Armenian citizens of Georgia [...]

LOS ANGELES–Armenia’s Minister of Health Norair Davidian arrived in Los Angeles from Boston Monday and was greeted by members of the Central Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)–Western Region. Minister of Agriculture David Lokian–is due to arrive Wednesday evening.
While in California–the two ministers will meet with professionals and experts in their respective fields.
On Friday [...]

BRUSSELS–An Azeri delegation and the European Union (EU) held an annual meeting of their cooperation bodies in Brussels on Monday but were unable to sign a cooperation document.
According to Radio Free Europe (RFE)–on the Azeri side’s insistence that the document include a clause stating that the resolution to the Mountainous Karabagh Conflict must be based [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–An Armenian media association condemned on Monday the weekend assault on the editor of the Yerevan daily "Or," Gayane Mukoyan–and its commercial director.
Police–meanwhile–said they are investigating the incident but have not yet made any arrests in connection with it. "The crime has not been solved as yet," said a police spokesman.
Mukoyan and "Or" director–Rafael [...]

YEREVAN. (YERKIR)–The Tadeh (St. Thaddeus) Armenian Monestary in the Artaz region of Iran will officially be inscribed in the United Nations Educational–Scientific And Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage List–established under terms of The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
The news came from a top official at the Iranian Culture Heritage [...]

The Consul General of the Republic of Armenia to the US Valery Mkrtoumian–visited the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America on September 25–along with the newly appointed Consul General Gagik Kirakossian
His Eminence Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian and representatives of the Religious and Executive Councils of the Prelacy–Fr. Ardag Demirjian–Fr. Ashod Kambourian–Noubar Chorbajian [...]

–"SAD EVENTS OF THE PAST" MUST BE REVIEWED BY HISTORIANS–NATIONS SHOULD LOOK FORWARD SAYS ERDOGAN ANKARA–Turkey’s Armenian Patriarch Mesrob Mutafian II met with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan–to discuss the difficultie

–PRAISES COUNTRY’S ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY STRASBOURG–(Combined Sources)–Meeting for its fall session that began on Monday–the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) accepted the credentials of the four new Armenian members t

GLENDALE MAYOR–CITY MANAGER–SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AMONG PRESTIGIOUS DELEGATION VISITING THE CITY OF GHAPAN; LOCAL SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE COMPUTERS COMPLEMENTS OF GLENDALE GLENDALE–Eleven of Glendale’s top city officials will gather at Los Angeles International Airport to depart on Oct. 2 for a nine-day visit to Glendale’s newest sister city Ghapan–a small town located in Southern [...]

WASHINGTON–DC (ANCA)–In a speech delivered on the House floor on Thursday–Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) called the attention of his House colleagues to the rampant corruption and political manipulations of the rule of law by Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime.
Representative Pallone described the recent changes in Azerbaijan’s law–placing President Heydar Aliyev’s son–and hand picked successor–Ilham–in [...]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)–Cyprus’ president–Tassos Papadopoulos–blamed Turkey on Thursday for the lack of fresh progress on a plan to reunite his divided Mediterranean island since negotiations collapsed in March.
While Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash has boasted of being responsible for blocking a UN-brokered peace initiative–Papadopoulos said policy was set in the Turkish capital–Ankara–and might change only [...]

NEW YORK (RFE/RL–UN)–Karabagh was a major theme of Oskanian’s speech earlier on Thursday at the 58th session of the UN General Assembly. Oskanian seized the opportunity to rebut Azerbaijani allegations of "terrorism" and "aggression" voiced by Prime Minister Ilham Aliyev the previous day.
"Indeed–Azerbaijanis are victims–but of their own aggression," Oskanian charged. "They started the war–one-sidedly. [...]

PRAGUE (RFE/RL)–After his meeting with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul–Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said late Thursday–that Armenia and Turkey have taken another step towards normalizing their strained relations.
Asked about the reopening of the Turkish-Armenian border–Oskanian said "I have no practical positive results to report at this point," during a phone interview from New York. "But I [...]