RPA slammed RA journalists'-related incident in BursaOctober 15, 2009 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "I censure the fact that the bus taking Armenian journalists to Bursa stadium was pelted with stones," RA Republican Party Parliamentary Faction Secretary Eduard Sharmazanov stated. According to Sharmazanov the incident is an obvious proof Turkey has problems with tolerance and freedom of speech, still, parallel to it there are people in Turkey who're not afraid to speak of Armenian Genocide and who do not deny the fact. On October 14, a bus taking Armenian journalists to Bursa stadium was pelted with stones. As PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from Bursa, the police failed to call the crowd gathered at the stadium to order. Those gathered held Azeri flags in their hands. 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 | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |