  French journalist gets finger wag over question to Armenian President? November 26, 2012 - 19:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 14, in the framework of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s visit to Lyon a diplomatic incident occurred during an interview with the journalist of France 3 Rhône-Alpes television Olivier Michel, Paris-based independent journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net As on-line French newspaper "La Tribune de Lyon" reported, the Armenian president disliked the journalist’s questions about the corruption in Armenia and official Yerevan’s support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “After the interview, I was called out by the Armenian translator, and one of the ministers [accompanying the president] threatened me with the finger ", said the journalist. Partner news  Top stories Azerbaijan fired over 800 shots from various caliber weapons towards Karabakh positions, NKR defense army said. Davutoglu said he accepted Armenia’s invitation to attend a meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation in Yerevan on Dec 12. The parties agreed to continue discussions in near future, with OSCE MG co-chairs announcing plans to visit the region in near future. Only 2% of those polled called Georgia a friendly country; the latter was characterized as unfriendly by 47%.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin orders to beef up Russia’s Arctic military presence  The Arctic is estimated to have 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 15% of the undiscovered oil.Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander slams govt. over West influence Jafari's comments are some of the sharpest to be made by a senior official in public since the moderate Rouhani took office.“Tron” writer to adapt “Fire” graphic novel with Zac Efron to star The film is about a student recruited by the CIA only to find out he is being trained for a program that churns out expendable spies.Apple patent suggests Google Glass rival A patent dating back to 2008 has surfaced, describing a headset that projects its display before the user's eyes. |
