2010 October - Armenian News By MassisPost

U.S. Embassy Clarifies Biden YouTube Comment

The U.S. Embassy in Armenia has disseminated a statement clarifying a recent YouTube video in which Vice President Joe Biden alleges that the Armenian president asked Washington not to “force” the...
Jerair Nishanian Foundation: Another Point of Light

This article is about another point of light that has been shining over the darkened horizon of Armenia. Simply put, there are those among us, there are few around, who have...
U.S. and France Welcome Medvedev Mediation on Karabakh

Officials in Washington and Paris have welcomed the Russian leader’s latest effort on Karabakh to broker an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the exchange of prisoners of war and bodies...
AIWA, Tufenkian Foundation Host Gathering on Women’s Issues

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — It was a special evening on Wednesday, Oct. 13, as invited guests gathered at the Tufenkian Carpets showroom here for a program devoted to “Women’s Empowerment in...
Armenian Parliament Postpones Vote on Karabakh Recognition Until December

The Zharangutyun (Heritage) Party faction in parliament has decided to postpone the vote on its drafted legislation bill formally obliging Yerevan to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh republic until December following...
Leaders of “Powerful Turkey” Party Deported from Armenia

Two Turkish minority party leaders were asked to leave Armenia on Friday after being questioned by the country’s security services over their border crossing claims. Tuna Beklevic, the leader of the...
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ACA-PAC Endorsed Candidates for November 2nd Elections

GLENDALE, CA — Earlier this month The Armenian Council of America PAC had announced its official endorsement of US Senator Barbara Boxer who is running for re-election in November. The ACA-PAC’s...
Armenia Remembers 1999 Parliament Assault Victims

YEREVAN — Armenia marked on Wednesday the 11th anniversary of an armed attack on its parliament that left its prime minister, parliament speaker and six other officials dead and had lasting...
Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree to Prisoner Swap at Russia Summit

MOSCOW — Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed at a summit in Russia Wednesday to swap prisoners of war and exchange the bodies of soldiers killed in their conflict over the Nagorny Karabakh...
Armenian President’s Spokesman Denies Statement Ascribed to U.S. Vice President Biden

A spokesman for Armenia’s president has denied the statement ascribed to United States Vice President Joe Biden in which the latter purportedly said that Serzh Sarkisian had asked him not to...
ՕՐՈՒԱՆ ՀԱՐՑԵՐՈՒՆ ՀԵՏ: ԱՄԵՐԻԿԱՑԻ ԺՈՂՈՎՈՒՐԴԻ ՅԻՇՈՂՈՒԹԻՒՆԸ ՇԱՏ ԿԱՐՃ Է

Գ. ԽՈՏԱՆԵԱՆ Ուղղիղ երկու տարի առաջ այս օրերուն, Ամերիկայի ժողովուրդը կը պատրաստուէր ընտրելու իր նոր նախագահը: Ճորճ Պուշի պաշտօնավարութեան ութը տարիները կը մօտենային իրենց աւարտին: Երկիրը մխրճուած էր երկու պատերազմներու մէջ,...
Armenian Council of America-PAC Endorses Jerry Brown for California Governor

GLENDALE, CA — The ACA-PAC announced its endorsement of Jerry Brown for Governor in the upcoming Nov. 2nd elections. “Jerry Brown has been a strong supporter of Armenian-American issues for many...
Armenian Archeologists Discover 5,900-Year-Old Skirt

An Armenian archaeologist says that scientists have discovered a skirt that could be 5,900-year-old. Pavel Avetisian, the head of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography in Yerevan, said a fragment of...
Azeris Kill One More Armenian Soldier

Baku is again aggravating the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone on the threshold of an Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting. According to a release by the Defense Ministry of NKR, Harut Ashot...
Transparency International: Corruption in Armenia Has Deteriorated in 2010

Transparency International (TI) has published its Corruption Perception Index 2010 (CPI). It ranks countries according to the perception of corruption in the public sector. The CPI is an aggregate indicator that...
Armenian Parliament to Vote on Karabakh Bill This Week

Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamian has confirmed that a bill obliging Armenia to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence will be put to a vote in parliament this week unless its opposition proponents agree to...
Computer virus ‘mastermind’ arrested in Armenia

Agence France-Presse reports that Dutch authorities announced Tuesday the arrest in Armenia of the alleged mastermind behind a computer virus crime group whose server network was dismantled in the Netherlands a...
Ani Ruins on Verge of Vanishing in Turkey

Armenian city of Ani presently located in Turkey is included in the list of historic sites on the verge of vanishing. California-based Global Heritage Fund (GHF) named Ani among twelve historic...
Two Soldiers Found Dead at Russian Military Base in Armenia

Two citizens of Russia serving at a military base in Armenia were reportedly found dead within the premises of their unit on Saturday. The Armenian police on Monday identified them as...
Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir: Armenians Have Equal Amount of Rights on the City as I Do

Prayers were uttered for the first time in 30 years Surb Giragos Armenian church of Diyarbakir in Turkey. The vicar of Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, Archbishop Aram Ateshian, Chairman of St....

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Presidents of Russia, USA and France Issue a Special Statement on Nagorno- Karabakh Conflict

BELFAST — OSCE Minsk Group cco-chairing ountries Russia, USA and France, issued...
Armenian Astrophysicists Detect a New Bright Star

Astrophysicists at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and the Byurakan...
Water Issues in Armenia

By Areg Gharabegian Armenia has abundant water resources which are generally adequate...