  Estonia’s Armenians rally against Azeri assassin Safarov release September 7, 2012 - 17:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disgruntlement over Hungary's decision to allow a convicted Azeri criminal to serve his sentence at home was expressed among Estonia’s Armenian community of 1,500, ERR reported. About 100 Armenians staged a protest on September 6 outside an Armenian church in Tallinn over the return of Ramil Safarov to his homeland, where he was promptly pardoned by the president of Azerbaijan. Safarov was convicted of the murder of an Armenian who attended NATO English courses in Budapest in 2004. Armenia broke off diplomatic relations with Hungary after the pardon. About 100 Azeri expats staged a counterprotest at Azerbaijan's embassy in Tallinn the same day.   Gurgen Margaryan On February 19, 2004, Lieutenant of the Armenian Armed Forces Gurgen Margaryan, 26, was hacked to death, while asleep, by a fellow Azerbaijani participant, lieutenant Ramil Safarov, in Budapest during a three-month English language course in the framework of Partnership for Peace NATO-sponsored program. In accordance with Budapest District Court sentence dated April 13, 2006, Ramil Safarov was life imprisoned for murdering the Armenian officer. Partner news  Top stories “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion. A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov will be held on the sidelines of the event.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.Germans blame Merkel’s stance in eurozone crisis for Eurovision debacle Chancellor Angela Merkel is loathed in parts of Europe for her insisting on painful austerity measures in Greece, Spain and Italy.China’s PM visits India to settle boundary row, boost ties China says Li Keqiang choice of India for his first trip abroad shows the importance Beijing attaches to improving relations with New Delhi. |
