Turkish journalists were detained at Armenian-Turkish borderApril 15, 2009 - 19:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On Apr 13, 5 persons who were preparing to video film Armenian-Turkish border were detained, RF FSS in Armenia Press Service told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.As RA legislation forbids video shooting the frontier, the detained were asked to show identity documents. National Security Service group was summoned from Armenia to see them off to Turkish side of the border. The detained filed no complaints, they even thanked the frontier guard for refreshments, RF FSS in Armenia Press Service reported As reported by Zaman, Five Turkish journalists were briefly detained on Monday by Armenian forces after they attempted to film the Turkish-Armenian border without permission from Armenian authorities. The journalists were taken to a police station on the border, where they were offered tea, coffee and cookies. The journalists were released after two hours, reporting cordial treatment by the Armenian forces. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |