Turkey's Press Advertising Agency to help minorities’ newspapersAugust 23, 2011 - 11:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's Press Advertising Agency announced it intends to help minorities’ newspapers resolve their problems after the news spread that the Greek newspaper Apoyevmatini, which has been published in Istanbul for 86 years, was going to shut down. The Press Advertising Association established as a tool for the publication of formal advertising of public institutions and organizations as support for newspapers published by the Armenian, Greek and Jewish communities. The Press Advertising Agency decided that the newspapers will get financial support at the amount of TL 250,000 (€ 120,000) from the "Fund for Various Tasks". The money will be paid to the newspapers in line with the criteria to be defined by the administrative board of the association. Mihail Vasiliadis, owner of the Apoyevmatini newspaper, appreciated the financial support but noted that this sum was not enough to provide continuity, Bianet reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |