German Writer Received RA President's Award for Contribution to the Armenian Genocide RecognitionApril 21, 2006 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - April 15 Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed a decree on awarding the persons, who contributed to the Armenian Genocide recognition process, reported RA leader's press service. German writer Edgar Hilsenrath received the award for the book titled "The Tale of the Last Thought" and Verjine Svazlyan was awarded for the book titled "The Armenian Genocide and Historical Memory of People". Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |