May 10 – The Bulgarian Government rejected a bill on recognition of the
Armenian genocide. This came after
Emel Etem Toshkova, the Deputy Prime Minister of
Bulgaria and one of the leaders of the MRF, the main Turkish party in Bulgaria, declared that her party would walk out of the coalition government if the bill was passed. The bill itself was brought forward by the nationalist Ataka party.
July 17 – The Brazilian state of
Ceará became the second state after
São Paulo to ratify a bill recognising the Armenian genocide.
July 26 – Investigators examining what caused an
Armenian airliner to crash with the loss of all 113 people on board have blamed pilot error.
July 31 – The humanitarian assistance rendered by the Armenian government has been delivered to
Lebanon via
Syria. The 7.5-ton humanitarian cargo includes 52 types of medical products and first-aid means.
August
August 1 – As some countries distance themselves from
Iran due to the
nuclear standoff, Armenia moves in to form a closer partnership.
August 16 – Britain's
Ian Porterfield was named
Armenia's new soccer coach. The 60-year-old Scotsman replaced Dutchman
Henk Wisman, who was fired four months ago following a string of poor results.
September 3 – Armenian tennis champion
Andre Agassi retires from professional tennis after 21 years, having won eight
Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.
September 4 – Members of the European Parliament voted for the inclusion of a clause prompting Turkey "to recognize the Armenian genocide as a condition for its EU accession" in a highly critical report, which was adopted by a broad majority in the foreign relations committee of the
European Parliament.
September 26 – The two largest political parties in the
Netherlands,
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the
Labour Party (PvdA), removed three Turkish-Dutch candidates for the 2006 general election, because they either denied or refused to publicly declare that the Armenian genocide had happened.
September 30 – On a trip to
Yerevan, French President
Jacques Chirac underscored France's recognition of the
Armenian genocide when commenting of the
French Socialist Party's initiative to adopt a law criminalizing
Armenian genocide denial. Chirac said that demonstration of racism and xenophobia in France is punishable in compliance with the Penal Code. "The rest, in my opinion," he said, "is politics having nothing in common with the legal side of the issue."
October
October 6 – The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Moscow for fresh negotiations over the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Both described the negotiations as useful and agreed to hold more talks.
November 29 – The lower house of Argentina's parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide. The bill was overwhelmingly adopted by the assembly and declared April 24, the international day of remembrance for the Armenian genocide as an official "day of mutual tolerance and respect" among peoples around the world.