Gladys Berejiklian is set to become Premier of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, according to Huffington Post Australia. Berejiklian declared herself a candidate after Mike Baird resigned from the post on January 19. Baird has endorsed her as his successor.
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy handed over the ANCA Western Region’s “Freedom Award” to German lawmaker and cochair of the Alliance 90/The Greens party Mr. Cem Özdemir.
Knar Yemenijyan, the last survivor of the Armenian Genocide passed away aged 107 in Canada on January 19. Yemenijyan was born in 1909 in Kayseri. Her entire family was able to escape the Armenian Genocide.
“Let me stress one noteworthy circumstance. After the April war Azerbaijan participated in preparation of agreements in Vienna and St. Petersburg, agreements, which are observed as installation of monitoring systems on the contact line and international observers. Of course, Baku didn’t sign those documents, which prevents application of these means, as international observation in Baku is perceived as interference with Baku’s internal affairs.”
““Russia has consistently provided armaments to the parties to the conflict, by that attempting not to give predominance to any side, at the same time hinting, that victory of any side isn’t beneficial for it. In this case Russia is led by its national interests, which is keeping Russian presence in the South Caucasus”
“There is no change of stance whatsoever and the stance of the Co-Chairs is well-known from those announcements which have been made multiple times, but Azerbaijan always acted beyond them, and the reporter’s obscene question led to such approach,” Kocharyan said.
Up to 30 people are feared dead dead after an Italian hotel popular with Brit tourists was covered by an avalanche following an earthquake, the Mirror reports.
“Constitutional requirement of permanent residence for the last 4 years, any law, even the Election Code, as a constitutional law, would hardly bring convincing arguments in favor of the fact, that less than half of 4 years may be considered a fact of residence through the last 4 years regarding legal fiction.”
“Of course, this won’t be a positive development for NK conflict and Armenian issues. Maybe Russia will make use of the passive position of the USA, moving forward its personal traditional game in Karabakh, in which Moscow’s gift may be Baku.”
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on January 18 signed a decree on appointing former Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan Adviser to the President, press service of the Presidential administration informed.
