11:43 18/03/2010 » Politics

Estonia’s President to attend celebrations of Soviet victory 65th anniversary

President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves will attend celebrations of the 65 th   anniversary of the in the WWII in Moscow, a spokesman for his administration said on Wednesday.   “I will be in Moscow on 9 May to join other European leaders in commemorative events”, said Ilves.   Five years ago the then Estonia President Arnold Ruutel declined an invitation to attend the Victory Day ceremonies in Moscow. 

11:29 18/03/2010 » Politics

Deniz Baykal criticized Erdogan for making inhumane statements

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader   Deniz Baykal criticized Turkish PM Erdogan’s statement to expel Armenians living illegally in Turkey, Turkish media reported. It’s worth reminding that Turkish PM told BBC while paying visit to the UK.   Baykal said: “Using one thing to solve another one isn’t honestly done, it’s unacceptable and against humanity.” 

10:45 18/03/2010 » Society

Playboy clips played on children’s channels

TV bosses in the US have apologised after preview clips of the Playboy channel were accidentally played out on two children's channels.   A Time Warner Cable (TWC) spokesman said a "technical glitch" was to blame for the mistake, which lasted two hours in parts of North Carolina on Tuesday.   The company was made aware of the error after parents called in to report it. TWC said it had procedures in place to catch errors, but it was not picked up as ...

08:55 18/03/2010 » Politics

Nigeria’s President to dissolve Government

  Nigeria ’s acting president, Goodluck Jonathan, last night sacked all cabinet ministers in an attempt to stamp his authority on Africa's most populous country.   Jonathan dissolved the cabinet without explanation in his first major act since assuming executive powers just over a month ago. It effectively left the quiet 52-year-old biologist in sole command of government.

18:46 17/03/2010 » Society

Armenia getting prepared for 100th anniversary of the Genocide

Armenia has established a working group in connection with the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan said at National Assembly - Government question and answer session. The PM said Armenia is getting prepared for the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. According to him, Armenia is planning to shoot films based on documentary facts, conduct seminars, etc. T. Sargsyan highlighted the preparatory works get more intensified due to the recent ...

18:14 17/03/2010 » Politics

Erdogan to be sued in Turkey over threats to deport Armenians

Referring to Erdogan’s statement in London over deporting 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey, Turkey’s former Minister of Labor and Social Security Yasar Okuyan assessed the deed as criminal, as a confession of a crime to be investigated into by the Supreme Court, Anka reported. “These statements bring about serious political confrontations. At the protocol signing period the PM commented on the Armenian-Turkish normalization process from the humanistic point of view. ...

17:31 17/03/2010 » Politics

Turkey's official figures quite different: Erdogan unaware of official data?

The Armenian Migration Agency at the Ministry of Territorial Administration receives data on Armenian citizens residing in Turkey from the website of Turkey’s National Statistical Service. The official numbers are quite different, the head of the agency Gagik Yeganyan told Panorama.am in response to Erdogan’s statement in London over 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey illegally. According to Yeganyan, the numbers available at the website of Turkey’s National ...

16:54 17/03/2010 » Economy

Upper Lars freight transfers due to resume at the end of March

The President of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen Arsen Ghazaryan referred to the freight transfers after the reopening of Upper Lars check point. He said because of bad weather conditions bigger trucks don’t drive yet but small cars drive through. “The reopening of Upper Lars is particularly important for us. Regarding to the freight transfers they are supposed to be completely recovered at the end of March when winter snow storms are left behind,” ...

16:32 17/03/2010 » Politics

The arsenal of blackmailing and preconditions typical to Erdogan

“This is the recurrent spasm of Turkey’s PM and I consider such statements impermissible,” National Assembly Republican Party (ARP) deputy Hovhannes Sahakyan told Panorama.am referring to Turkish PM Erdogan’s statement. Panorama.am recalls that Turkish PM threatened in his interview with BBC to deport 100,000 Armenians currently living in Turkey. The deputy said the number of 100,000 is exaggerated, while some Armenians in Turkey were made change their ...

15:30 17/03/2010 » Politics

Lebedev: “CIS interested in soonest resolution of NKR conflict”

  “I would be sincerely happy if Armenia and Azerbaijan find a peaceful and justified resolution to the conflict,” Sergey Lebedev, the head of CIS executive committee told Trend news agency. “All the CIS states are interested in the soonest resolution of the NKR conflict,” Lavrov stated. S. Lebedev said that though the committee and CIS other institutions don’t directly participate in those processes they hail efforts to get conflict’s ...