In a speech hailing the work of Holocaust survivor and Nobel peace laureate Elie Wiesel, Samantha Power lamented the injustices that continue to this day. Among these, she listed: “Genocide denial against the Armenians.” Power didn’t elaborate.
Fighting between the PKK and security forces in urban areas has largely stopped since the summer, but has continued in rural areas and the mountains. Amnesty called on the Turkish government to lift existing curfews, allow civilians to return to their neighborhoods and provide adequate compensation so that they can rebuilding their devastated lives.
“Why is Aliyev making noise? It’s very clear. He makes noise, as in negotiations he isn’t in a favorable condition, he entered into a deadlock due to the very Azerbaijan, and the international public urges him to recognize Artsakh’s independence,” Eduard Sharmazanov said.
“For us Armenia’s independence in Diaspora has been a crucial victory, gift, realization of a dream, for which maybe we, as individuals, at that moment failed to have a big investment, however, we’ve always lived with the realization of supporting this newly-born country to stand on its feet not only in the field of culture, but also as an independent, sovereign democratic state.”
American-Armenian rock musician, founder and soloist of “System of a Down” group Serj Tankian said via Skype that the Diaspora-Armenians are quite separated from Armenia’s economic, political life. “The Diaspora-Armenians do have sufficient understanding on the events in Armenia,” Tankian said.
The EU does not see significant steps in the implementation of the Minsk agreements by Russia, and therefore to talk about the easing of sanctions against the country prematurely. This was stated by foreign Minister of Germany and current Chairman of the OSCE , Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an interview with the German Funke media group, reports Deutsche Welle.
“Essence of the third scenario is Assad’s escape, after which the crisis will more intensify, as no matter whom he’ll intend to pass the power, he won’t have that authority to be acceptable for all the sides, which will again lead to a civil war. In fact, the situation gives a reason for rather pessimistic anticipations: Syria is divided into different territories, it’s not clear how Kurdish issue will be settled,” Malashenko said.
“This short period of Karen Karapetyan’s tenure showed that he, indeed, is a man of action. Today the Prime Minister has given new breath and freshness to the Government’s work, showing that the only way to solve problems is the modern flexible and effective administration.”
As a theoretical physicist based in Cambridge, I have lived my life in an extraordinarily privileged bubble. Cambridge is an unusual town, centred around one of the world’s great universities. Within that town, the scientific community that I became part of in my 20s is even more rarefied.
“The extension of the sanctions by the US Congress is a violation of the nuclear program deal. We will inform it to Iran’s committee, assigned to monitor the implementation of the deal,” Iranian MFA’s spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said. Earlier TASS reported the US Senate has passed a bill to extend sanctions against Iran for 10 years.
