WASHINGTON–Speaking Tuesday at a Capitol Hill press conference, Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA) and Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) joined together in announcing the support of more than 150 of their House colleagues for the introduction of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, reported the Armenian National Committee of [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–The liberated territories surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic must become reparations to Karabakh refugees, said Karabakh presidential advisor Arman Melikian Tuesday in discussing the importance including the refugee problem in the conflict resolution process. During a discussion with former Armenian foreign minister Alexander Arzoumanian, Melikian emphasized the importance of Karabakh’s participation in the peace process. [...]

ISTANBUL (Reuters)–Turkish police were warned a year ago about a plot to kill Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, media said on Tuesday, the latest suggestion authorities could have prevented a murder that has shocked the nation. A 17-year-old unemployed youth shot Dink dead in broad daylight outside his office in Istanbul on January 19. Some 100,000 [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–President Robert Kocharian has officially scheduled Armenia’s parliamentary elections for May 12 after telling government agencies and employees not to be distracted by the unfolding electoral race. Kocharian set the widely anticipated date for the vote in a decree announced by his office late on Monday. "The president of the republic will in no [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–On the occasion of 15th anniversary of the Armenian Armed Forces President Robert Kocharian awarded a number of Armenian servicemen with military ran’s, as well as governmental medals and orders. Speaking on a special ceremony, Kocharian underlined that the 15th anniversary of the Armenian Army was a national celebration. "It is a personal celebration [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–International mediators Monday voiced satisfaction with their latest talks with the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, saying that the peace process is moving forward despite the approaching elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan. The American, French and Russian negotiators said the Armenian and Azeri leaders are displaying a "constructive approach" to their efforts to "finalize [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–The Armenian Revolutionary Federation will present its own platform in the upcoming parliamentary election, for which the party’s leaders believe they will have support from voters, ARF Bureau chairman Hrant Markarian Monday said at a news conference. The ARF leader announced that the ARF’s slate candidates will be around 100, with the number of [...]

"The United States and the world community say the assassination of independent Turkish journalist Hrant Dink strikes a blow against freedom of expression," wrote Eric Green a USINFO staff writer in a recent article entitled, "Killing of Turkish editor termed assault on free expression." The same article quoted Julie Finley, the US ambassador to the [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–Armenian President Robert Kocharian Monday signed a decree, which set May 12 as the day of parliamentary elections in Armenia, the presidential press service told Armenpress.

What else could I possibly write about this week? Hrant Dink’s murder may come to be a turning point in the history of Armenian-Turkish relations because so many things are at play. The Turkey-EU angle. The government’s denial angles. The Armenia’s in Turkey visibility angle. The pressure on the U.S. Congress angle. The refocusing of [...]

LOS ANGELES–The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) released the results of a public policy survey that gauged the Armenian American community’s position on a number of major issues. As reported earlier this month and covered by media outlets around the world, the survey found that 97 percent of Armenian Americans are [...]

SACARMENTO–Both houses of the California State legislature adjourned in memory of the courageous Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated by a Turkish terrorist in his hometown of Istanbul last Friday, January 19. Assemblymembers Paul Krekorian and Greg Aghazarian, along with Senator Jack Scott, made tributes in memory of Hrant Dink. "Hrant Dink was a [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–International mediators discussed efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with President Robert Kocharian in Yerevan on Friday, ending their latest round of regional shuttle diplomacy without making any public statemen’s. The French, Russian and U.S. diplomats co-heading the OSCE Minsk Group avoided any contacts with media before leaving the Armenian capital later in the [...]

SYDNEY–A delegation of Australian-Armenian community leaders including Archbishop Aghan Baliozian Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church, representatives of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and Varant Meguerditchian, of the Armenian National Committee of Australia Thursday met with Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in Australia, N. Murat Ersavci, to convey the Armenian-Australian community’s [...]