Przed południem drugiego dnia wizyty w Azerbejdżanie Prezydent Lech Kaczyński spotkał się z premierem tego kraju Rasi-Zadem, a także złożył kwiaty w miejscu pamięci narodowej, pod Pomnikiem Szahidów.

Prezydent RP Lech Kaczyński: Azerbejdżan może mieć zasadniczy wpływ na bezpieczeństwo energetyczne Europy.

W czwartek 2 lipca Prezydent Lech Kaczyński wraz z Małżonką udał się z oficjalną dwudniową wizytą do Azerbejdżanu.

Director of Armenian Center for National and International Studies Richard Giragosian especially for Trend News.

Moscow’s move to improve relations with Baku points to serious shift in Russian policy: Director of Armenian Center for National and International Studies.

Just months since it began radio broadcasts in Armenian, state-owned Turkish Radio and Broadcasting Corporation, or TRT, is now preparing to launch an Armenian television channel. TRT Radio Bureau and Foreign Broadcasts Director Senol Goka confirmed that Armenian television broadcasts would begin within a year.

For the last 20 years, three revolutions have occurred in Georgia, and the fourth is currently aflame. The first revolution, the “National”, took place in 1988, during ‘Perestroyka’ and ended in a “tragic” victory on April 9, 1989. Two years later, the second revolution occurred. Its authors titled it “the Big December-January Democratic” revolution but historians titled it as a military coup and civil war.

On June 6, 2009, in an interview given to the Russia’s radio station ‘Ekho Moskvi’, the General Major of the Russian Army V. Borisov - precisely the person who spearheaded the Russian occupant troops that entered Georgia in the Tskhinvali Region, the troops that bombed the peaceful population and with no mercy were destroying the Georgian infrastructure, by hands of whom ethnic cleansing was being committed - made a statement about the circumstances in which the military actions began in Georgia in August 2008 – foreign department of Georgia reports.

Richard Giragosian, Director of the Yerevan-based Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS).

Of the many negatives effects on Armenia from the global economic crisis, one of the most significant long-term obstacles for the economic development of Armenia relates to the impact on the country’s emerging middle class. Any threat to the emerging Armenian middle class is a serious concern, mainly due to its significance as a foundation for both society and the state.

Interview with political analyst Andro Barnovi

The May 26 protest rally magnetized media attention and topped the headlines, just like April 9th, the day anti-governmental demonstrations were officially launched in Tbilisi.

Richard Giragosian, Director of the Yerevan-based Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS).

Speaking at a 13 May conference organized by the Union of Industrialists and Manufacturers, one of the largest business groups in Armenia, President Serzh Sarkisian launched a spirited defense of his government’s response to the global economic crisis, minimizing the impact of the crisis on Armenia and arguing that the economy is set to rebound.

More specifically, after a three-week delay, President Dmitry Medvedev has finally signed off on the new Strategy. Medvedev first announced the need to replace the old concept with a new strategy following the war with Georgia last August. In March 2009, the Security Council, headed by Nikolai Patrushev and charged with drafting the document, announced it had been completed. But on the very next day, Patrushev told journalists the council would take another month to “refine” the draft. According to media reports, the draft was approved at a council meeting on April 24, 2009 with Medvedev in attendance and has been awaiting his signature since.

To all appearance, the South Caucasus is facing drastic change. Main actors – U.S. and Russia – intensified activities, what makes Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan reconsider their foreign policy. The question is whether the U.S. will succeed in pushing Russia out of the region, where it used to establish rules in the course of 20 years. Expert at Armenian Center for Political and International Studies, Ruben Mehrabyan comments on the situation to PanARMENIAN.Net.