A 300-year-old Armenian Church has been put up for sale in Turkey for $1.5 million.
The German Bundestag held a debate on the Armenian Genocideon February 25 but did not vote on the bill proposed by the Alliance 90/The Greens. The ruling coalition said it’s not the proper time to adopt the bill and proposed to continue the discussions in the coming weeks to prepare a new finalized document until April 24, 2016, “Armenpress” reports citing the website of Public Radio of Armenia.
This doesn’t refer to the issue, that we very deeply feel worsening of EEU major actor—Russia’s economic condition via decrease of transfers and other manifestations. Truly enough, our membership to EEU more deepened economic dependency from Russia, however, Armenia would have felt those negative signals on its economy, even if not engaged with the structure.
The idea is quite simple, it’s an economic structure, and if Armenia, with its small population, thinks of enlarging its economy, major secret for success is the market. It’s clear, that there are political layers in EEU, as well as in economy. We saw what impact politics had in our relations with the Ukraine, and what’s going on in economy of the Ukraine.
It’s not a dislike button, but it’s the next-best thing. Facebook changed its “like” button to a range of emotions including love, surprise and sadness, “Armenpress” reports citing The Telegraph website.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian participated in the UNDP 50th Anniversary Ministerial Meeting. As informed from the Department of Press, Information and Public relations of the MFA, Edward Nalbandian gave a speech at the meeting.
It is not news that Turkey states that Armenia needs to return the occupied territories to Azerbaijan. This is clear and is part of the Madrid Principles. Turkey wants a solution to Karabakh issue because the conflict not only represents a huge security threat for the region, but it also hobbles development and prosperity of the South Caucasus region. The question of Ankara, being part of the peace-negotiations, is not on the table, because it is clearly something that Armenia would not accept.
“NATO Defence Ministers took a swift decision two weeks ago to respond to the proposals by Germany, Greece and Turkey. Since then, intense work has been underway.
There is no official government estimate on how many refugees Europe’s biggest economy expects over the next years, as numbers are highly volatile. But the unprecedented arrival of 1.1 million asylum seekers last year, included in the 3.6 million forecast, stretched public resources thin and put strains on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government.
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Hulusi Akar, and finally the Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu. The meetings will focus on the February 17 Ankara terrorist attack, the developments in Syria, as well as the fight against the PKK.
