The international media is replete these days with scandalous stories about European and American politicians being wined and dined in Azerbaijan and Turkey, for self-serving ulterior motives.
Forty-thousand Yezidis that have found a refuge on the summit of the sacred mountain of Sinjar are looking into the eyes of death. This ancient sect of an ancient ethnicity for the first time in its millenials-old history is facing a total annihilation. A total annihilation indeed.
The present situation of the Karabakh conflict is tense for the unfortunate soldiers and residents who find themselves close to the line of contact, but relatively stable from the perspectives of Baku and Yerevan.
South Caucasus expert Thomas de Waal: a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, Washington, comments on the latest incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani front-line.
The European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) issued on May 12 its largest judgment ever against any country, ruling that Turkey had to pay $123 million as compensation to relatives of missing Greek Cypriots and residents of a Greek enclave in Northern Cyprus.
Entering the Customs Union represents something of a headache. There are obstacles. Lack of common border with any of the other Customs Union members: Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan; neither Kazakhstan nor Belarus are particularly happy about having to extend the preferential terms needed to secure Armenian membership; the process require regulatory, legislative and possibly even constitutional changes.
We have committed in Vilnius to further develop and strengthen comprehensive cooperation with Armenia in all areas of mutual interest within the Eastern Partnership.
A quarter century has passed since the devastating earthquake in Gyumri on December 7, 1988, however, 4,300 families still live in the same makeshifts they went into following the earthquake.
The fact that the State Department and some European officials reacted positively to Erdogan’s statement is an indication that this was a coordinated attempt to provide cover for the Obama administration and European countries not to deal with the Armenian demands on the genocide issue, using the excuse that Turkey’s leaders are in the process of reconciling with Armenians.
Every time that the Armenian Genocide is mentioned anywhere in the world, Turkish officials protest hysterically like children caught with the hand in the cookie jar!
