June 2005

2  NCI founder Raffi K. Hovannisian attends US Embassy reception, confers with US Senator Chuck Hagel; General Charles Wald, Deputy Commander for the European Command, US Air Force; James MacDougall, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Rear Admiral Hamlin B. Tallent, Director of Operations of the US European Command.

Raffi Hovannisian attends Italian Republic Day, confers with Ambassador Marco Clemente.

6  Raffi Hovannisian receives German Ambassador Heike Renate Peitsch and Christoph Retzlaff, Deputy Head of Division for Southern Caucasus and Central Asia of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

7  Hovannisian receives Georgian Ambassador Revaz Gachechiladze.

15  In a roundtable with youth activists and university student representatives, Raffi K. Hovannisian is awarded the Fridtjof Nansen Memorial Gold Medal for his long-standing commitment to civil rights, national and universal values, and affirmation and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide. The event is covered by Shant, Armenia, ArmNews, AR, and HaiTV television; RadioLiberty, MaxLiberty and Armenian public radio; Noyan Tapan , A1 Plus , Arka and Arminfo news agencies; Taregir, Azg and Aravot dailies; and Iravunk, Noyan Tapan Highlighst and Massis weeklies.

25 In Paramus, New Jersey, Raffi Hovannisian presents greetings at the 40^th anniversary celebration of the Armenian Reporter International.