“It is disappointing that President Aliyev released only a small number of political prisoners among several hundred pardons he issued prior to Nowruz. OSCE participating States commit to respecting freedom of expression, including the freedom to exchange information and views without interference from public authorities.
Damascus said the Syrian air defense forces shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle above Quneitra city, Al Mayadeen TV reported, which, according to some information, is linked with Hezbollah. The Syrian side insists the UAV was downed after it breached the airspace.
“Due to Erdogan’s unbounded anger German citizen journalist Deniz Yucel currently faces a threat of death penalty. There is one thing to do, to show the limits to Erdogan,” the newspaper writes.
“We are ready to discuss everything, including the Constitution, but we need to know who are going to take part in the Geneva talks, whether they are going to discuss the same document or not,” Assad said.
“There are various countries where people of different views live side by side, hold debates and discussions, there are also countries where a person can be prosecuted all over the world for expressing certain opinion and condemned.”
“Today Turkey is definitely further away from becoming a member of the European Union than ever before,” Gabriel said in an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel published on Saturday.
“Armenia’s direct presence at Consulate level in Iraq will contribute to the development of Armenian-Iraqi relations which is quite important for Armenia. Of course, Iraq faces social-economic problems, however, it’s regional role is not decreasing,” the expert said.
“One can only be surprised that Archbishop Aram Ateshian gives more priority to the suspicious letter of middle-class Turkish bureaucrat than to the call of the Catholicos of All Armenians,” Melkonyan said.
Dismissing these allegations, the Economy Ministry released a statement claiming that the said news “did not bear any truth” and that Turkey’s trade policy is set in accordance with rules introduced by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
“Our representative is in the court. He informed us the court uphold the prosecution claim. Moreover, the court made a decision of 120 hours of community service instead of 80. The conditional sentence was also decided, 4 weeks instead of 2 with two-year suspended term.
