May 2006

1  NCI founder Raffi K. Hovannisian’s article entitled “Viewpoint: Armenia’s Last Best Chance” is published by Cyprus’s Middle East Times.

Raffi Hovannisian is referenced by Nouvelles d’Arménie in an article entitled “Breaking the Stalemate: Turkish-Armenian Relations in the 21 st Century.”

2  Haikakan Zhamanak and Zhamanak newspapers republish Raffi Hovannisian’s article on “ Armenia’s Last Best Chance” distributed by United Press International.

3  Hovannisian’s participation in the Brussels Forum on “Transatlantic Challenges in a Global Era” is covered by Noyan Tapan news agency, Mediaforum, Aravot, Panorama, and Lragir.

6  Raffi K. Hovannisian’s article is republished by the Iran Times.

8  Raffi Hovannisian attends and addresses Yerkrapah day celebration at Yerablur, covered by Yerevan, ALM, Armenia, Shant television, and Radio Liberty.

10  Hovannisian is referenced by Oxford Analytica for publicly raising the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul in “Armenia-Turkey: Genocide Claims Keep Relations Stalled.”

13  Raffi Hovannisian’s article is published by ArmeniaNow in “Commentary: Armenia Seeking a New Place in the World.”

19  Raffi Hovannisian takes part in public presentation of Professor Richard G. Hovannisian’s Armenian-language publication of the first volume of his four-part epic, entitled “The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918-1919,” organized by the National Academy of Sciences, the Writers’ Union of Armenia, and the Center.

26  Raffi Hovannisian receives OSCE delegation members Ambassador Carlos Sanchez de Boada of Spain, Ambassador Mette Kongshem of Norway, Ambassador Axel Berg of Germany, Ambassador Maria Pia-Kothbauer of Liechtenstein, and Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

27  Raffi Hovannisian receives Finnish Ambassador Terhi Hakala.

31  Raffi K. Hovannisian receives Dean Stephen Bosworth and Professor Alan Henrikson of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University trustee Joyce Barsam, and president Aso Tavitian of the Tavitian Foundation.