2011 June - Armenian News By MassisPost

Armenia Protesters Demand Early Elections Full Discloser of March 2008 killings

YEREVAN — Opposition supporters have rallied in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, vowing to push President Serzh Sarkisian out of office unless he calls early elections. Levon Ter-Petrosian, the leader of the Armenian...
“Life in Transition” Survey: Corruption Remains Key Problem in Armenia

More than two-fifths of Armenians prefer a combination of a market economy and democracy, says “Life in Transition” survey conducted jointly by the EBRD and the World Bank. The survey, conducted...
Fresno Area Student Wins Scholarship for Armenian Genocide Presentation

By Eddie Jimenez The Fresno Bee FRESNO — A 15-year-old Buchanan High (Fresno) student earned a fourth-place finish and a $5,000 college scholarship at the National History Day competition in Baltimore...
Lebanon’s Tashnak Party Takes Part in New Government Led by Hezbollah

A Lebanese cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, passed another hurdle today when its ministerial statement was approved. The cabinet was formed in mid June after almost five months of...
Turkish Prosecutor Seeks 27-year Sentence for Dink Murder Suspect

A prosecutor on Friday demanded up to 27 years in jail for Ogun Samast, the hitman in the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, on charges of premeditated murder and possession...
Still No Progress In Armenian Unrest Probe

YEREVAN — Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) said on Wednesday that it has still not made notable progress in a renewed investigation of the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan that was...
Bloomberg Photo Journalist Diana Markosyan Deported from Baku

Photo journalist Diana Markosyan working for Bloomberg news agency was deported from Baku on Tuesday evening. “I am extremely surprised. We have been negotiating with the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for three...
Turkish Nationalists Threaten to Massacre Armenians Unless They Leave the Country by August 15

ISTANBUL — Turkish Revenge Brigade, a Turkish fascist group, sent a letter to the Evrensel newspaper calling on Armenians, Kurds and some Turkish activists to leave the country by August 15,...
Pentagon Praises Armenia For Growing Defense Ties With U.S.

YEREVAN — A senior Pentagon official praised Armenia for contributing troops to the NATO-led missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo and broadening military ties with the United States during a visit to...
Azerbaijan in Military Show of Force After Kazan Talks Fail

BAKU — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, speaking during the biggest military parade in Baku since the fall of the Soviet Union, promised to boost army spending and gain control of Nagorno...
Russia’s Medvedev ‘Frustrated’ With Karabakh Impasse

MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is frustrated with the failure of his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts to reach a framework agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh and could stop organizing regular talks between...
“To Donate Or Not To Donate?” Part IV

White Paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund Part IV By Ara K. Manoogian This is the concluding part of the white paper on “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund (hereafter HAAF, or the Fund)....
Armenia Blames Azerbaijan for Failure of Kazan Summit

YERVAN — Armenia has blamed Azerbaijan for the failure of their summit meeting in Kazan, saying that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev scuttled a framework agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh with last-minute demands. The...
Kazan Summit Fails to Finalize Karabakh Agreement

The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have failed to finalize a framework agreement to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during fresh face-to-face negotiations hosted by Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, according to RFE/RL’s...
United Sates, Russia and France Pressure Armenia and Azerbaijan to Agree on Nagorno-Karabakh

The United States, Russia and France have renewed their calls for the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to cut a long-awaited peace deal on Nagorno-Karabakh at their meeting in the Russian...
Karabakh Must Have Final Say in Peace Process

STEPANAKERT — Possible peace agreements reached by Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be put into practice without being approved by Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership, a senior official in Stepanakert warned on Tuesday. Georgi...
Hürriyet Daily: CHP Ready to Negotiate With Armenia Without Any Preconditions

By Fulya Özerkan Hürriyet Daily News ANKARA — Turkey’s ruling and main opposition parties are ready to normalize relations with Armenia and open the border, but the two are on conflicting...
Armenian Troops Deployed in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan

YEREVAN — The Armenian military announced on Tuesday the deployment of 81 additional troops in Afghanistan that almost tripled its presence in a NATO-led multinational force stationed there. In an announcement...
Yelena Bonner, Widow of Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov, Dies in Boston

BOSTON — Soviet dissident Yelena Bonner, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, has died after a long illness at the age of 88, her daughter said Sunday, AFP...
PACE Chief Cavusoglu: Armenian-Azerbaijani Accord Will Help to Normalize Turkish-Armenian Relations

STRASBOURG — Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), on Monday expressed hope that the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents will reach an agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh...