Obama put Mets Yeghern term into circulation

Obama put Mets Yeghern term into circulation

April 27, 2009 - 13:41 AMT  11:17 GMT
Tigran Avagyan: April 24, 2009 has changed the conceptual and legal mechanism of the system of international relations.
Armenian women's tennis team wins Fed Cup Euro-African zone

Armenian women's tennis team wins Fed Cup Euro-African zone

April 27, 2009 - 13:25 AMT  11:17 GMT
Armenian tennis players bet Iceland national team 3:0 in the last tour.
Mariinsky Theater symphonic orchestra and pianist Denis Matsuyev to perform in Yerevan

Mariinsky Theater symphonic orchestra and pianist Denis Matsuyev to perform in Yerevan

April 27, 2009 - 13:17 AMT  11:17 GMT
Two concerts will take place in Yerevan.
Turkish cabinet reshuffle expected on Thursday

Turkish cabinet reshuffle expected on Thursday

April 27, 2009 - 11:55 AMT  11:17 GMT
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, a government source said, this move may help the EU candidate tackle the economic recession more aggressively.
Turkey denies Azerbaijan natural gas price rise

Turkey denies Azerbaijan natural gas price rise

April 27, 2009 - 11:49 AMT  11:17 GMT
"I am having talks with the Azerbaijani executives for two days, and they haven't said such a thing. There is no rise," Guler told reporters.
Erdogan labels U.S. President's April 24 statement unacceptable

Erdogan labels U.S. President's April 24 statement unacceptable

April 27, 2009 - 11:44 AMT  11:17 GMT
"Such a sensitive issue of expertise, which should in fact be left to historians, is continuously being used as a tool for politics," Turkish Prime Minister said.
Azerbaijan closes Turkish mosque in Baku

Azerbaijan closes Turkish mosque in Baku

April 27, 2009 - 11:39 AMT  11:17 GMT
The mosque was built beside the "Turks cemetery" erected in Baku in honor of 1130 Turkish soldiers died fighting within "Caucasian Islam Army" against Armenian and Russian soldiers that occupied Azerbaijan in 1918.
Georgia resumed gas transit to Armenia

Georgia resumed gas transit to Armenia

April 27, 2009 - 11:29 AMT  11:17 GMT
The gas supply was suspended on April 23 due to repair works at North-South pipeline.

Difficult week in April: 94 years later

April 25, 2009 - 18:20 AMT  11:17 GMT
The week started with just another visit of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs to the region. In fact, there was nothing new, except the regular dim statements about the speedy regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, peace and stability in the region and prosperity. The MG statements are sometimes quite like the reports of the secretaries of city committees, issued to higher authorities: everything is good; sure there are discrepancies, deficiencies, but everything can be improved. The cochairmen's route is also traditional: Yerevan-Baku-Yerevan-Stepanakert-Yerevan- Baku, with some variations.

Armenia celebrates the Holy Resurrection

April 11, 2009 - 21:39 AMT  11:17 GMT
On April 11, the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) begins to celebrate the Easter, one of the six patronal festivals. From sunset till late night all the churches of the Armenian Apostolic Church serve Liturgy that marks the end of Lent and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The celebration of the dead and resurrected god dates back to the ancient Egyptian religion, when the Egyptians celebrated the death and resurrection of God Osiris. Present Christian Easter takes its origin from the Old Testament. The old Jews celebrated the Passover (Pesach) as the holiday of exodus of Jews from Egypt.
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