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- Sweden assumed rotating EU presidency
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sweden on Wednesday assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, promising to combat climate change as well as the rising joblessness in the wake of the global economic crisis. ?The financial crisis and climate
- Riots start in Ukrainian city of Marganets
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Riots started after a fight in a cafe of Ukranian city of Marganets, at which a young police inspector was killed, representatives of the Armenian community of Dnepropetrovsk region state. Some of those who took part in the cafe
- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly opens 18th session in Vilnius
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The agenda of PACE Parliamentary Assemblys 18th session comprises issues on organization strengthening, reforms and encouragement of human rights and freedoms, energy and security of food products, problems caused by climate changes,
- First long and short backgammon tournament held In Riga
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ An exciting long and short backgammon tournament was held for the first time in Riga, organized by the Association for Development of Sports in Latvia. Around 40 people participated in an incredibly exciting competition, which lasted
- Demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy worker, police said. More than 150 people had gathered outside the embassy to protest against
- Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers meet in Paris
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mammadyarov and OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Nagorno Karabakh settlement has already been started in Paris, head of the press office of the
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An Orthodox Christian country, Armenia was incorporated into Russia in 1828 and the USSR in 1920. Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated exclave, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the exclave in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution.
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