Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman for the first time publicly spoke against recognition of the Armenian Genocide. His position supposing not to threaten strategic partnership with Azerbaijan was clear before. However, the only officials to voice it were deputy minister Danny Ayalon and Robert Ilatov, head of Israel is Our Home parliamentary group. Speaking to RTVi television, Liberman said the sufferings that Jewish...

A Swiss prosecutor has launched a probe into remarks by Turkey’s chief EU negotiator Egemen Bağış, who said in Davos that "the Armenian Genocide doesn't exist." "There was no Armenian Genocide. Let them arrest me," Bağış said last week following a French reporter’s question. Zurich public prosecutor Christine Braunschweig confirmed the probe...

The Nagorno Karabakh conflict should be resolved peacefully, U.S. Secretary of State said. During a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Hillary Clinton said that the United States, as a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group, will continue helping the sides towards an agreement. According to RA MFA press office, the two diplomats discussed...

Interesting developments have unfolded after when Ahmet Karadag, a 57-year-old resident of Turkey’s Gaziantep (Ayntap) city, filed a lawsuit against the French President, France, French-Armenians, and four Armenian foundations in Istanbul—following the French Senate’s passing of the bill that criminalizes the denial of genocides, including the Armenian Genocide—and he demanded compensation. Ever since...

Armenian media outlets are actively discussing the names of possible candidates who would represent Armenia at the Eurovision 2012 in Baku. Among the possible candidates are Lucia Moon and Dorians rock band. The final decision will be made by the council of the public television to be voiced ahead of March 18. Lucia Moon who currently lives in Los Angeles expressed...

French state aircraft and warships are no longer using Turkish airspace and territorial waters after permission requests in three different cases were rejected by the Turkish government, France’s top diplomat in Ankara said, amid the ongoing spat over the French bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. “Our requests [for an aircraft and two warships] have been rejected, so we are no longer issuing such requests.