Azeri politicians critical of Turkish congratulation to Serge Sarkisian

Filed under: Armenia, News, Neighbors, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Turkey — Posted by Armen on February 26th

“Gul’s congratulation generates discontent of historians”, This is what Azerbayjan’s Azadliq Newspaper wrote on 24 of February.
The newspaper wrote: “Views expressed in the letter are inappropriate”.
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Out of Armenia, something new?

Filed under: Armenia, News, Media, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Turkey — Posted by Armen on February 21st

Economist starts its report on Armenian election with this “ELECTIONS in former Soviet republics rarely yield surprises. The incumbent wins; the opposition cries foul; it takes to the streets.”
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Where are we going?

Filed under: Armenia, Politics, Democracy, Elections — Posted by Armen on February 20th

Videos like this and this , are the most disturbing ones i have seen recently. Armenia, for sure has a very very long way toward democracy and I do not know who is going to lead us to that path. I don’t see any of the current major political forces capable of doing so. They are actually the same,just in the opposite direction.
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Turkish university adds Armenian language courses to its curriculum

Filed under: Armenia, News, Politics, Neighbors, Media, Turkey — Posted by Armen on February 20th

A leading Turkish university based in Istanbul has started offering classes in Armenian language as part of its course load. Following approval by the Bosphorus University’s senate, three new classes in Armenian language are set to enter the curriculum.
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Agence France-Presse calls sarkisian a winner

Filed under: Armenia, News, Politics, Democracy, Elections — Posted by Armen on February 19th

Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian won Armenia’s presidential election in a first round Tuesday with 57.1 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll commissioned by Armenian Public Television.
The leading opposition candidate, former president Levon Ter-Petrosian, came in second place with 17.4 percent while Artur Baghdasarian came in third with 14.6 percent, according to the poll.
Even before polls closed, Ter-Petrosian’s campaign team decried the vote as a fraud and called for a mass rally in Yerevan on Wednesday.

Conflict overshadows Armenia polls

Filed under: Armenia, News, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan — Posted by Armen on February 18th

The frozen Azeri-Armenian conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the most fiercely debated issues in the campaign for Tuesday’s presidential election in Armenia, the BBC’s Matthew Collin reports from Yerevan.

Kosovo

Filed under: Armenia, News, Politics, Neighbors, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Georgia, USA, Europe, Russia — Posted by Armen on February 17th

Kosovo is an independent country now, not still recognized by any country but I am sure, some will start that very soon,starting from United States to European Union. Russia opposes the move furiously,Georgia too and Azerbaijan too. Armenia may welcome that,though i am not sure since Armenia buys weapons from Serbia and that for sure will upset Serbs.
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