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The International Press Institute of Vienna has stated that 2006 “was the most savage and brutal year for journalists”. According to “Radio Liberty”, the report also states that more than 100 journalists around the world were killed last year. The most dangerous country for journalists was Iraq, which saw 46 journalists killed.

The details regarding the slaughter that took place at “Virginia-Tech” raise more and more questions by the hour. In fact, thanks to the killer, the killings at the university have turned into a media-event. The main question is: was it possible to prevent the tragedy? It was possible to isolate the criminal. Envelope with the …

During this week in different countries of post-soviet states various events will be held dedicated to the Armenian Genocide of 1915, committed by Ottoman Turks. Besides Armenia, the most remarkable of those events will be held in Russia, Ukraine and Georgia. A week ago, the youth organizations of Moscow announced that they were going to …

It is not clear how these talks began. The “Imedi” television station of Tbilisi was the first to broadcast the report on the Georgian parliament’s discussion on the issue of taking the grave of the great Russian poet, Alexander Griboyedov, out of the Pantheon of Tbilisi. “Imedi” had also appealed to one of the influential …

The visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Armenia last week may be considered significant in that he visited his native land (as it is known, the minister is half-Armenian). He didn’t visit to discuss serious issues, nor did he pay the visit on the threshold of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The fact of …

Well-known billionaire Kirk Kerkorian plans to buy the American branch of the “Daimler-Chrysler” car company and has told “Tracinda” that he is willing to pay an advance amount of 4.5 billion dollars. If Kerkorian buys “Daimler-Chrysler” this time, then he will become the fully competent buyer of the car company. According to a published announcement, …

The Russian Ministry of Foregn Affairs organized an extremely interesting meeting in Moscow for foreign accredited journalists. The ministry officials mentioned right from the beginning not to mention the name of the representative who was going to meet with us, rather to simply write that he is a “top-ranking Foreign Ministry representative”. The meeting was …

The movie “300 Spartans” recently hit the big screens in America. The movie tells about the war between Sparta and Persia and in particular about the battle of Termopolis when 300 Spartans were battling against an army of more than a thousand Persians. These days the movie “300 Spartans” has hit the big screens in …

Last week Moscow proved once again the importance of Moscow-CIS countries relations and it turned out that they are not that important. Vladimir Putin rejected the invitation to meet with Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko. The meeting has been postponed for an unknown reason and the reason was clarified later. The Kremlin was mad at Yushchenko …

It is simply a pleasure to talk with Marine-she has a big forehead, beautiful teeth, hazel eyes and is up-to-date with the latest fashion trends. Ten years after moving to New York, Marine has turned into a New Yorker with her preferences, lifestyle, humor, energy and manias. Marine Sisakyan is member of the New York …