Armenian Online News

A suicide bomber has been detained in the Ankara International Airport. The suspect was trying to get into a plane, which would fly to Iran.

During customs inspection a certain Ahmed Yazici fell under suspicion and customs officers seized his “Nokia” cell phone stuffed with explosives. Read the rest of this entry »

Vardan Mkrtchyan, Secretary of the “People’s Party of Armenia” presented an appeal to the regional organization of Shengavit that he was leaving the party. “That was my choice, I want to cease my party activities”, explained Vardan Mkrtchyan. Read the rest of this entry »

Presently, the Port Kavkaz-Poti ferry is out of operation over absence of orders, said Arsen Ghazaryan, president of the union of manufacturers of Armenia. He also voiced discontent with the tariff policy. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, the flea market employees held a protest action in front of the RoA Government. On May 29 over 200 merchants were exiled from the market adjacent to “Republic” sports field. А bulldozer leveled their goods to the ground and they were unable to take any measures. The traders were told that the area had been sold and they should vacate the territory as quickly as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

“Appearance in NKR of any armed forces, even under flags of authoritative international organizations will immediately result in rapid cut of our sovereignty. The circumstance that NKR’s sovereignty has not yet received recognition by the international community and we are not represented in the above-mentioned structures, may lead to a situation that our country will not be able to hold any tools guaranteed by the international law to exert pressure on those forces,” NKR Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan thinks. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently Ilham Aliev made warlike statements in Baku saying that they had got some military techniques, thus, frustrating the military balance in the region. The Armenian part keeps silence, even when Robert Simmon, the Special Representative of NATO Secretary General in the South Caucasus, announced that Azerbaijan violated the OSCE agreement on “Convention of Ordinary Offence Armaments Reduction in Europe”. Read the rest of this entry »

The Estonian authorities have compiled a “black list” list consisting of 2013 people, who are banned to enter the country, SL Ohtuleht newspaper reports. Russians, who prevail in the list, are followed by Ukrainian and Armenian citizens. Read the rest of this entry »

Vahram Atanesyan, chair of the NKR Parliamentary Committee of External Relations, thinks the positive evaluation of the Armenian parliamentary election by the international observers is not related to the recent developments in the Karabakh settlement. “It is natural the parties which lost the election, whose hopes did not come true, make all kinds of comments,” said Vahram Atanesyan. Read the rest of this entry »

«The Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be settled peacefully. Everyone should know that lands which were seized with bloodshed cannot be returned bloodlessly,» said lieutenant general Yasak Demikbilek, former chief of Turkish intelligence agency.

Noting that he was engaged in the formation of the Azeri army, Demirbilek said Azerbaijan should think over all details if it decides to settle the issue under mediation of international organizations. Read the rest of this entry »

From June 1 the passengers of Zvartnots International Airport will be offered services in a new waiting room. The solemn opening ceremony took place May 25 with participation of President Robert Kocharian, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Argentinean Armenian entrepreneur, owner of Corporation America, president of Zvartnots-Armenia International Airports Eduardo Ernekyan, government members, MPs, businessmen and diplomats. Read the rest of this entry »