ANKARA (Reuters)–Turkey’s top court agreed on Monday to hear a case to shut down the ruling party for Islamist activity and bar the prime minister from office, heralding months of political and economic instability in the EU candidate state. The Constitutional Court’s decision marks an escalation of a long-running feud between the Islamist-rooted AK Party [...]

STEPANAKERT (Armenpress)-The Kashatagh (Lachin) region in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is of strategic significance for the Armenian Nation, said Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakian during a three-day conference on the development of the region held this weekend in Kashatagh’s Berdzor district center. "This conference, which is devoted to the development of the Kashatagh region, is the first [...]

WASHINGTON–President George Bush Friday nominated career diplomat, Marie L. Yovanovitch as US Ambassador to Armenia, reported the Armenian National Committee of America. According to a personnel announcement posted on the White House website, the President’s candidate "currently serves as Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic. Prior to this, she served as Senior Advisor to the Under [...]

STEPANAKERT (Combined Sources)–President of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakian met Monday with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, who is in Stepanakert on a working visit. The Karabakh presidential press service told Armenpress that during the meeting the interlocutors discussed the further development of ties between the two republics, issues on Nagorno Karabakh social-economic situation as well [...]

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–The international community should send a clear message to Azerbaijan to end its denial, sit at the negotiating table and try to settle the Karabakh issue in a mutually acceptable way, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said Monday in a joint press conference with head of the Council of Europe’s AGO Group Per [...]

WATERTOWN, Mass.–The Armenian Library and Museum of America and Armenia Tree Project are organizing a juried exhibition of photographs of Armenia’s natural environment. The exhibition, entitled "A Photographic Journey of Armenia’s Natural Treasures," will be displayed in ALMA’s Contemporary Art Gallery from September 11 through October 9. The exhibition will run concurrently with a series [...]

The Bush Administration has submitted to the Armenian government the name of Marie L. Yovanovitch as the next Ambassador to Armenia, according to several Armenian and American reliable sources. She is currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic. This is the first step in diplomatic protocol in the nomination of a new U.S. [...]

GLENDALE–Armeian Relief Society Western US Regional Executive vice-chairperson Seta Khojayan was among three women honored Thursday during the annual “Jewels of Glendale” luncheon organized by Glendale Commission on the Status of Women at the Oakmont Country Club. Khojayan was honored for her more than 30 years of service and was praised for her role in [...]

As Armenia celebrated Easter, the President-elect of the world’s first Christian nation was fighting to resurrect his political future in the face of a revolt that has claimed eight lives and exposed bitter social divisions. Serzh Sarkisian’s victory in an election marred by allegations of widespread fraud sparked opposition protests that erupted into violent [...]

“Like the direct carver Raoul Hague ’s my mentor ’s I am an immigrant of Armenian descent from the Middle East. We both attended the Arts Students League and later, after successful careers, distanced ourselves from the NYC art scene to live a simple and contemplative life solely focused on our work in the Hudson [...]

In his Easter service Karekin II, spiritual leader of Armenian Christians, exhorted his congregation to be "one flock, with one shepherd." For diplomats present the prelate’s words were laced with meaning. Might he be urging Armenia’s to rally behind the president-elect, Serzh Sarkisian? Over a month after Mr. Sarkisian, the prime minister, declared victory in [...]

YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–The US Government is ready to work with the new Armenian leadership, US Charge d’Affairs in Armenia Joseph Penington said Friday during a press conference in Yerevan. The US diplomat said that President-Elect Serzh Sarkisian’s approaches show that he is ready to take steps needed to put the country back on its democratic [...]

SAN FRANCISCO–The endowment campaign for the U.C. Berkeley Armenian Studies Program (ASP) will be celebrating the community’s support for the program with a formal gala on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the exclusive Olympic Club in San Francisco. The night will include Guest Speaker John Evans, Former US Ambassador to Armenia. To date, over $700,000 [...]

In the law, there’s a concept know by the tile of this article. If I understood the explanation my lawyer friend gave me, it goes something like this: when someone is taken to court by another seeking redress for an alleged “wrong”, the person being sued can argue that because the person suing was involved [...]