http://www.azatutyun.am «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» ռադիոկայանը միջազգային լրատվական եւ հեռարձակող կազմակերպություն է, որի հաղորդումները սփռվում են Կենտրոնական եւ Արեւելյան Եվրոպայումշ Կովկասում, Կենտրոնական Ասիայում, Ռուսաստանում, Միջին Արեւելքում եւ Բալկանյան երկրներում: http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.azatutyun.am hy-AM Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:40:13 +0500 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian ended late Monday a three-day visit to Afghanistan during which he inspected Armenian troops serving there and met with his Afghan counterpart and NATO’s top military commanders on the ground. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2111379.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2111379.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:30:57 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2111379.html#relatedInfoContainer After repeated denials, Azerbaijan on Thursday confirmed Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their meeting in Saint Petersburg last month. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2106977.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2106977.html Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:54:17 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2106977.html#relatedInfoContainer The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations is indispensable for Armenia’s security and sustainable development, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said over the weekend. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2104152.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2104152.html Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:38:54 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2104152.html#relatedInfoContainer Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian will begin on Saturday a two-day visit to Tehran that will underscore Armenia’s deepening ties with Iran focused on economic cooperation until now. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2102030.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2102030.html Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:22:06 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2102030.html#relatedInfoContainer Turkey is considering temporarily opening its border with Armenia for a NATO disaster relief exercise due in September, a Turkish diplomat was reported to say on Thursday. Officials in Yerevan were quick to dismiss the announcement as a gimmick. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2100596.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2100596.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:19:59 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2100596.html#relatedInfoContainer President Serzh Sarkisian called for the deepening of Armenia’s low-key relationship with Israel as he met with a visiting senior Israeli official on Tuesday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2098973.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2098973.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:38:39 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2098973.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia publicized on Friday a recently revised version of its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO that reaffirms its government’s intention to “draw closer” to the alliance and calls for a more far-reaching reform of its armed forces. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2095714.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2095714.html Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:17:36 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2095714.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia and Azerbaijan have again accused each other of torpedoing the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process ahead of a new round of peace negotiations which international mediators hope will bring them closer to a settlement. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2094346.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2094346.html Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:41:34 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2094346.html#relatedInfoContainer Azerbaijan has denied Armenian claims that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts with a new international plan to end the Nagorno-Karabakh at their meeting in Saint Petersburg last month. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2092655.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2092655.html Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:25:26 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2092655.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heaped praise on Armenian pro-democracy groups and pledged continued U.S. support for their activities as she ended a landmark visit to Yerevan on Monday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2091122.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2091122.html Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:05:31 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2091122.html#relatedInfoContainer The International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday plans to provide Armenia with almost $395 million in fresh loans in the next three years under two new programs that will replace its anti-crisis lending to Yerevan. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2086287.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2086287.html Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:56:04 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2086287.html#relatedInfoContainer Official Yerevan welcomed on Sunday the United States’s, Russia’s and France’s latest calls for Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalize a framework peace accord on Nagorno-Karabakh proposed by them. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2084878.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2084878.html Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:34:45 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2084878.html#relatedInfoContainer President Serzh Sarkisian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian paid apparently urgent visits to Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday almost one week after deadly fighting on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Line of Contact around the disputed territory. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2081724.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2081724.html Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:19:22 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2081724.html#relatedInfoContainer President Serzh Sarkisian heaped praise on Germany and called for the expansion of its relations with Armenia after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on an official visit to Berlin on Tuesday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2079486.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2079486.html Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:24:50 +0500 in English The Armenian community in the United States is looking to capitalize on Turkey’s reluctance to unconditionally normalize relations with Armenia and castigation of Israel in what appears to be a fresh push for U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2075000.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2075000.html Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:04:30 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2075000.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenian authorities are still not doing enough to combat human trafficking despite significantly increasing the number of people imprisoned for the illegal practice, the U.S. State Department said in an annual report released late on Monday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2072397.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2072397.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:28:14 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2072397.html#relatedInfoContainer A younger brother of President Serzh Sarkisian has been embroiled in fresh public controversy after apparently hurling abuse at several dozen protesters outside the Armenian parliament. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2069042.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2069042.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:41:19 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2069042.html#relatedInfoContainer Azerbaijan could refuse further negotiations with Armenia and try to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by force if the long-running peace process yields no breakthrough soon, President Ilham Aliyev warned in remarks reported on Wednesday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2066854.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2066854.html Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:56:59 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2066854.html#relatedInfoContainer The U.S., French and Russian co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group could again modify their basic principles of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov indicated over the weekend. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2064695.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2064695.html Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:07:04 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2064695.html#relatedInfoContainer The presidents of Russia and Armenia discussed the future of Turkish-Armenian relations during fresh talks held in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday. They made no public statements afterwards. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2059231.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2059231.html Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:36:51 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2059231.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia will intensify its efforts to integrate into Europe after President Serzh Sarkisian’s latest visit to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, a senior pro-government parliamentarian said on Sunday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058111.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058111.html Mon, 31 May 2010 22:37:41 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2058111.html#relatedInfoContainer When the European Union formally launched the Eastern Partnership program one year ago it signaled a significant upgrading of its political and economic engagement in six former Soviet republics covered by the scheme. It also fuelled hopes for a more aggressive EU push for democratic change there. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2049408.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2049408.html Fri, 21 May 2010 22:25:02 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2049408.html#relatedInfoContainer Samvel Babayan, a former military leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, on Monday confirmed a recent visit to Iran but insisted that it is not a sign of his renewed active involvement in Armenian politics. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2044898.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2044898.html Mon, 17 May 2010 22:01:47 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2044898.html#relatedInfoContainer A law-enforcement body investigating the recent suspicious death of a man in Armenian police custody on Friday appeared to have moved closer to endorsing police claims that it was the result of a suicide, rather than torture. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2042561.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2042561.html Fri, 14 May 2010 21:47:33 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2042561.html#relatedInfoContainer NATO’s top governing body reviewed growing cooperation with Armenia during an annual meeting with key members of the Armenian government that was held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels late on Wednesday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2041175.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2041175.html Thu, 13 May 2010 18:19:46 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2041175.html#relatedInfoContainer The European Union governments have given the formal go-ahead to the start of negotiations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia on “association agreements” that would significantly upgrade their relations with the EU. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2039115.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2039115.html Tue, 11 May 2010 21:43:53 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2039115.html#relatedInfoContainer Tens of thousands of people walked to a World War Two memorial in Yerevan on Sunday as Armenia marked the 65th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany which had taken a heavy toll on its population. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2037682.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2037682.html Mon, 10 May 2010 17:19:15 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2037682.html#relatedInfoContainer The second most important party in Armenia’s governing coalition strongly condemned on Friday an influential businessman close to President Serzh Sarkisian for describing it as the brainchild of his predecessor Robert Kocharian. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2035737.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2035737.html Fri, 07 May 2010 21:38:54 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2035737.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia and Azerbaijan remain committed to a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict based on “basic principles” that were proposed to them in late 2007, international mediators insisted on Thursday amid fresh recriminations between the conflicting parties. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2034608.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2034608.html Thu, 06 May 2010 20:43:25 +0500 in English Chinese President Hu Jintao described Armenia as a “trustworthy friend” of his country and called for the expansion of bilateral political, economic and cultural ties as he met with his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, on Sunday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2031184.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2031184.html Mon, 03 May 2010 17:09:14 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2031184.html#relatedInfoContainer The Armenian government’s tax revenues jumped by nearly 20 percent in the first quarter of this year, slashing the state budget deficit to a level equivalent to just over 1 percent of GDP, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2028390.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2028390.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:26:20 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2028390.html#relatedInfoContainer Catholicos Garegin II met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and prayed in an abandoned Armenian church in Baku as he ended a landmark visit to Azerbaijan late on Monday, it was reported on Tuesday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2025892.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2025892.html Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:22:52 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2025892.html#relatedInfoContainer Backtracking on a campaign pledge, U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday again declined to describe the 1915 massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide as he honored the victims of “one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.” (UPDATED) http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2023467.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2023467.html Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:08:53 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2023467.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia will not walk away from its historic agreements with Turkey for now and is only suspending their parliamentary ratification despite Ankara’s refusal to unconditionally normalize bilateral ties, President Serzh Sarkisian said late Thursday. (UPDATED) http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2021597.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2021597.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:52:18 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2021597.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia’s governing coalition on Thursday suspended further parliamentary discussions of the normalization agreements with Turkey, citing Ankara’s “unacceptable” conditions for their ratification by the Turkish parliament. (UPDATED) http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2021169.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2021169.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:03:02 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2021169.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia inaugurated on Wednesday a new thermal power plant that will allow it to considerably cut back on use of natural gas for electricity production. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2020632.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2020632.html Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:12:11 +0500 in English Armenian prosecutors have taken over a criminal investigation into the suspicious death of a young man in police custody, which is casting a renewed spotlight on notorious interrogation techniques of the Armenian police. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2015979.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2015979.html Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:01:55 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2015979.html#relatedInfoContainer Cash remittances sent home by scores of Armenians working abroad have increased this year after a sharp drop in 2009, according to latest official statistics. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2014890.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2014890.html Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:14:13 +0500 in English A flurry of high-level diplomatic activity aimed at salvaging the Turkish-Armenian normalization agreements continued in Washington on Tuesday, with President Barack Obama reportedly pressing Turkish Prime Minister to honor the U.S.-brokered deal. (UPDATED) http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2011965.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2011965.html Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:32:17 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2011965.html#relatedInfoContainer President Serzh Sarkisian met with leading Armenian-American critics and supporters of his policy of rapprochement with Turkey in Washington on Monday, it emerged on Tuesday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2011251.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2011251.html Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:01:10 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2011251.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. President Barack Obama discussed with his visiting Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, prospects for the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations and the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during their first-ever talks held in Washington on Monday. (UPDATED) http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2010391.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2010391.html Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:29:19 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2010391.html#relatedInfoContainer President Serzh Sarkisian on Friday downplayed recent criticism of the Armenian government’s economic policies voiced by his predecessor Robert Kocharian and said the latter has never left the political arena. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2007908.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2007908.html Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:35:15 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2007908.html#relatedInfoContainer Organizers of an international human rights conference in Yerevan joined on Tuesday thousands of Armenians in demanding the immediate release of opposition supporters remaining in prison, sparking jubilant scenes at a rally held by the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK). http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2004417.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2004417.html Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:53:40 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2004417.html#relatedInfoContainer The European Union pledged on Tuesday to provide Armenia with 157 million euros ($213 million) in fresh assistance designed to support political and economic reforms stemming from its participation in the EU’s Eastern Partnership program. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2004105.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2004105.html Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:34:27 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2004105.html#relatedInfoContainer The International Monetary Fund has disbursed a fresh $73.6 million installment of a vital loan to Armenia, again praising the Armenian authorities’ response to the global financial crisis and their broader macroeconomic policies. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1998099.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1998099.html Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:16:25 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1998099.html#relatedInfoContainer Only one in three Armenians supports Armenia’s fence-mending agreements with Turkey and the possible opening of the border between the two estranged nations, according to an opinion poll released on Monday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1997050.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1997050.html Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:06:26 +0500 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1997050.html#relatedInfoContainer Turkey will not stop linking the normalization of its relations with Armenia to a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement, a retired Turkish army general who was involved in Turkish-Armenian reconciliation initiatives said on Thursday. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1993891.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1993891.html Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:56:15 +0400 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1993891.html#relatedInfoContainer Armenia’s economic recovery accelerated in February, with Gross Domestic Product increasing by 3.1 percent in the first two months of this year, the latest government statistics show. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1990731.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1990731.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:44:30 +0400 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1990731.html#relatedInfoContainer A key Council of Europe watchdog on Friday called for a “public inquiry” into the 2008 post-election unrest in Yerevan and expressed concern about reported ill-treatment of dozens of opposition members arrested by the Armenian authorities at the time. http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1988741.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1988741.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:42:59 +0400 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1988741.html#relatedInfoContainer A senior U.S. official has reiterated Washington’s calls for Armenia and Turkey to quickly and unconditionally ratify their U.S.-brokered agreements to normalize bilateral relations. (UPDATED) http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1987468.html http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1987468.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:46:14 +0400 in English http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/1987468.html#relatedInfoContainer