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Till yesterday Armenia has been neutral over the conflict between Georgia and Russia, which was definitely the best choice in this hard situation. However, the ice of neutrality was broken yesterday and as the president’s office informs the president had a phone conversation with Russian president Dmitri Medvedev and expressed condolences for the peaceful civilians …

In the preliminary elections held on Saturday in North Carolina 55% of the votes were given to the US Democrat Presidential Candidate elected a Congressman from Illinois Barrack Obama thus giving him victory in that State. According to the opinion of the US media the victory of Obama was mainly promoted by the head of …

Yesterday the President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced the name of his “successor”. Putin said that he would like the current deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitri Medvedev become his successor. Putin made this announcement during his meeting with the representatives of four pro-president parties. By judging from the status of democracy and the activities …

The first phase of Putin’s plan concerning elections came true on Sunday. According to preliminary information, “Yedinaya Rossia” party headed by Putin was given 63% of votes. The second place was taken by the Communistic Party – 12%. The other two parties that have overcome the barrier of 7% are indirectly controlled by Putin too. …

On Sunday Parliamentary elections were held in Russia. Although the final results will publicized in a few days the general picture of the composition of the Parliament is clear even now. This picture is not unexpected at all. The Yedinaya Rossia (Joint Russia) Party had a destructive victory headed by the Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Yesterday for the first time the former President of Georgia, Edward Shevardnadze criticized the incumbent President to Georgia, Mikhail Sahakashvili. He told the journalists that the “country is facing a political and economic crisis and the President lingers to undertake means to improve the situation.” “When people have many difficulties are starving and unemployed they …

The Irish Times daily reported last week that about 100 Armenians illegally residing in Istanbul and other Turkish cities were rounded up by police and are facing deportation to Armenia. “Their deportation is considered as revenge for the resolution of the Armenian Genocide being discussed in the Congress.” Karen Mirzoyan, Armenia’s permanent representative to the …

Azerbaijan is negotiating with the government of Georgia around increasing the price of the Azerbaijani gas. This information was released by the Minister of Energy and Fuel of Georgia, Alexander Khetaguri. “At present we are negotiating with Azerbaijani colleagues. Now it’s too soon to speak about the price of the gas starting from the next …

Last week Turkish deputy candidate Erbashar Ozsoy accused PM Rejeb Erdogan of planning to hand Erzrum over to Armenia. According to the Turkish “Haber” agency, Ozsoy claims that on one of the maps of the multi-faceted, cosmopolitan “Great Middle East” plan, which is co-authored by the prime minister, Erzrum is included as part of Armenia. …

According to Turkish writer and publicist Taner Akcham, the books on the Armenian Genocide that have been published until now include the episodic or Western sources regarding the Armenian Cause. In his new book entitled “Shameful Act – the Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s responsibility”, Akcham has first tried to use the archives of the Ottoman …