Last week we saw the commies led by Chinese Commissar and CPI (M)'s infamous leader Prakash karat slamming UPA for recruiting the criminal MP's for the confidence vote. Last year the same jailed RJD MPs Pappu Yadav and Mohammed Shahabuddin

Howard W. French, senior writer for the New York Times, comments on China's non-interference policy as demonstrated lately in its veto of sanctions on Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and its opposition to a warrant sought by the prosecutor at the

Tom Miller reports in the South China Morning Post, via shanghaiexpat.com:In our series looking at preparations for the Games, Tom Miller reports on plans to crack down on "undesirables" in the bars of BeijingBeijing authorities are secretly planning to ban

From AP:More than a hundred Chinese villagers attacked a police station to protest the death of a man they say was beaten by local Communist Party security guards, police said Friday, the latest in a recent spate of violence triggered

Another nail house has been pounded to the ground, this time in Beijing. From the BBC:Bedecked with posters, slogans and flags, the city-centre shack had been attracting attention from neighbours and passers-by.The Yu family were refusing to move because they

China has begun to restrict visas for foreign visitors. The Washington Post presents several perspectives on why this is happening, including Olympic security concerns and a growing sense of nationalism among Chinese. On paper, the visa rules for China have

Two rounds of talks between Armenian and Turkish officials during past three months mark an important stage for future relations, Turkish Daily News reports. Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry Ertugrul ...

Interview with KHOSROV HAROUTYUNYAN, chairman of the Armenian Chrstian-Democratic Party and member of the committee coordinating the organization activities of the Public Council "Mr. Haroutyunyan, wh...

President Serzh Sarkisian claimed to have achieved an "important turnaround" in the Armenian government's attitudes towards ordinary citizens and pledged to prove skeptics wrong as he marked his first ...

Lluis Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is to make an official visit to Armenia from 22 to 25 July to deepen cooperation between Armenia and the Assembly ...

The Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement will be discussed in Moscow next week. "Negotiations with Foreign Ministers Edward Nalbandian of Armenia and Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan are expected," said ...

Head of the Armenian mission to NATO Samvel Mktrchyan took part Friday in a meeting dedicated to cooperation between organizations functioning in Kosovo The meeting was attended by representatives from ...

Dear Compatriots, Today is the 100th -day of my activity in the position of the President of the Republic of Armenia. Hundred days, which is a symbolic chance to sum up the works done, and to highlight o...

A senior U.S. official offered on Friday a mixed assessment of President Serzh Sarkisian's track record in power, welcoming his "positive steps" to end Armenia's post-election political crisis but expressing ...

Talks between high ranking Turkish and Armenian officials are secret for the general public, but I am sure that such meetings are not arranged spontaneously, which means that representatives of official ...

The Turkish Embassy in Azerbaijan has circulated a statement over the secret meetings between Armenian and Turkish officials. "Turkey recognized independence of Armenia in 1991. In this framework, contacts ...

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul will send neighboring Armenia a conciliatory message wrapped in a warning over regional isolation when he visits the Turkish-Armenian border next week. Gul will visit ...

NA Speaker Tigran Torosyan convened a press conference yesterday to sum up the Parliaments' activity of the last year. In response to the questions regarding the 100 days of the President Tigran Torosyan r...

I want to remind you that several years ago we all witnessed resentment of President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev over the expansion of Turkish-Armenian relations. At that time a group of business people ...