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Published on April 24, 2012
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- The demand for Armenian Genocide recognition caused chaos during the Georgian Parliament's April 24 session.
According to apsny.ge news portal, during today's session, leader of the "Georgian Group" Party forming an ethnic minority in parliament Jondi Bagaturia made a statement according to which Georgian-Armenians suggest that the Georgian Parliament recognize the Armenian Genocide. At that moment, a deputy of Azerbaijani origin Azer Suleymanov approached the podium, picked up a full glass of water and tried to throw it at Bagaturia.
The latter, in his turn, threw his pen at Suleymanov, who threw a Vaseline cream box at Bagatura and was joined by another Azerbaijani deputy.
The representatives of the majority in parliament removed Suleymanov from the podium and the session was interrupted for several minutes.
According to the Georgian source, the incident broadcast on live television filled a group of Azerbaijani living in Georgia with indignation and they held a demonstration as a sign of solidarity with Azerbaijani deputies near the parliament building.
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Headlines for April 24, 2012SERZH SARGSYAN'S ADDRESS
President Serzh Sargsyan's Address on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day Dear Compatriots,
Today we, just as many, many others all over the world, bow to the memory of the innocent ...YOUR QUESTION FOR JIRAIR SEFILYAN
Today "P.S." will host member of Sardarapat Movement, freedom fighter, commander of the Shushi separate detachment Jirair Sefilyan.
Watch "P.S." live at 15:20.
You can send your questions by calling at ...DIASPORA ARMENIANS PAY TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS
Events in memory of the Armenian Genocide have kicked off in hundreds of residential areas in France. The MFA Department of Information and Public Relations reports that a mass has been served in memory ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS AN UNDENIABLE FACT
The First World War that started in 1914 gave the Young Turks' government of the Ottoman Empire the opportunity to perpetrate the plan to eliminate all Armenians.
After the war began, all 15-45-year old ...STOPS 40-DAY HUNGER STRIKE
Ex-candidate for mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein today stopped his hunger strike that had lasted for 40 days.
The political figure ended the hunger strike after his supporters were released a week ago, ...ARMENIANS DEMAND GEORGIA'S RECOGNITION
As part of the events dedicated to the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the "Hayartun" Cultural Center of the Georgian-Armenian Diocese of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Church, as well as the ...INCIDENT IN GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT
1The demand for Armenian Genocide recognition caused chaos during the Georgian Parliament's April 24 session.
According to apsny.ge news portal, during today's session, leader of the "Georgian Group" Party ...HHK COLLECTING PASSPORTS?
"I'm a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and have the right to be involved in the election campaign after 6 p.m. As for collecting passports or copies and numbers, I haven't done such a ...SUDAN DECLARES WAR
During a visit to China, President of South Sudan Salva Kiir has declared that the Sudanese government has declared a war against his country, reports FransPress.
"And this is happening at an extremely ...EU WILL MAKE TURKEY RECOGNIZE
German Ambassador to Armenia Hans Jokhen-Schmidt says modern-day Turkey knows very well what happened in 1915. "If we wish to build a future, we have to remember the past. Of course, today's generation ...ADDRESS OF ARTSAKH REPUBLIC PRESIDENT
Bako Sahakyan in connection with the 1915 Genocide Victims' Memorial Day
Dear compatriots,
In the history of our people April 24 has become the day of pain and slaughter, the day of hardship and grief ...SERZH SARGSYAN PAYS TRIBUTE
On the occasion of the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Serzh Sargsyan today visited Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial and laid a wreath as a sign of tribute to the victims.
He also ..."TURKEY WILL CONFRONT ITS HISTORY"
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's address on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide
"Dear compatriots,
Today marks the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide ...SARGSYAN RECEIVES DIASPORA ARMENIAN WRITERS
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a group of Diaspora Armenian writers from France, Lebanon, Cyprus and Israel who are in Yerevan to participate in the 6th Pan-Armenian Conference of Writers.
The ...97TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN INDIA
On 24th April 2012, the Armenian community of India, Church Committee Members, students, teachers and staff of Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy assembled at the Armenian Holy Church of Nazareth, ...EXPLOSION AT MIDNIGHT
An explosion took place near Armenian Molybdenum Production Ltd. on the night of April 23.
The explosion left four employees with burns of varying degrees. They have all been transferred to the hospital.
The ...CITIZENS OF ETCHMIADZIN PARTICIPATE IN MARCH
Events dedicated to the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide were also held in Etchmiadzin.
Early this morning, all citizens of Etchmiadzin gathered in front of the Etchmiadzin Municipality and marched ...FREE FOOD AT TSITSERNAKABERD
For the past 24 years now, Silva Yeghiazaryan has always been giving free food at the top of Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide memorial complex in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated ..."WENT AGAINST HIS OWN IDEA"
The Armenian National Committee of America is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama once again, and this time it is due to this speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Monday in which he recalled ...HDK HOLDS CONSULTATION
The Democratic Party of Armenia (HDK) today held a wide-format consultation with leaders of the party's territorial structures and deputy candidates.
The party gave concrete assignments regarding the ..."GENOCIDE ISSUE IS IN LEGAL FIELD"
Turkologist Ruben Melkonyan says there have been certain changes in the process of Armenian Genocide recognition over the past year as the issue is moving from the stage of recognition to the legal stage.
"Despite ..."WE HAVE OVERCOME PSYCHOLOGY OF BEING VICTIMS"
The political parties participating in the elections for the National Assembly today paid tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The leaders of the political parties joining the Armenian National ...OBAMA DIDN'T SAY IT AGAIN
U.S. President Barack Obama didn't use the term "genocide" once again in his April 24 address to the Armenian American community and simply said the following: "I have expressed my position on the events ...MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GOING TO TSITSERNAKABERD
Representative of Armenian General Benevolent Union Buenos Aires Antonio Sarafian is visiting Tsitsernakaberd on April 24 for the first time ever.
Sarafian says events dedicated to the 97th anniversary ...CAR ACCIDENT, 2 VICTIMS
On April 24 at 17:00 a car accident took place on the Vedi-Dashtakar highway in Ararat province. A rescue crew left for the scene.
In circumstances still unknown, an Uaz 31519 with state license numbers ...
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Today in Armenian history- 775 Battle of Ardzni (Bagrevand).
- 1877 Tsar Alexander the Second starts the Russian-Turkish War in the Balkans and on the territory of ancient Armenia. The war ended with the victory of Russia.
- 1910 Death of Armenian writer Victoria Azanoor (Pompili). She wrote in Italian. Her books were translated into Armenian by Father Arsen Ghazikian.
- 1915 The arrest, exile and murder of the Armenian intellectuals (about 800) of Constantinople. The Turks start the implementation of their state plan for the Armenian Genocide. About one million Armenians are killed.
- 1937 The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia decides to dissolve the Committee of the Transcaucasian Countries.
- 1965 The Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide took place in about 25 countries out of respect for the memory of the innocent victims. A monument was unveiled in the Main Cathedral of Echmiadsin. The monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide in Montebello, California.
- 1968 The World Congress of Peace Movements, with the participation of organizations from 64 countries and of 16 international organizations, commemorated the Armenian Genocide.
- 1973 A monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide is unveiled in Marseilles, France.
- 1975 Opening of monuments commemorating the memory of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. They were in Bikfaya (Lebanon), Athens (Greece) and Milan (Italy).
- 1978 A monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide is unveiled in Lyon, France.
- 1984 A monument to the memory of the Armenian Genocide was placed in Alfortville, near Paris.
- 1987 An Armenian stone-cross dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide is unveiled in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1989 A monument dedicated to the memory of the Armenian Genocide was unveiled in Sydney, Australia.
- 1990 President Bush issued a news release calling on all Americans to join with Armenians on April 24 in commemorating "the more than a million Armenian people who were victims".
- 1994 President Clinton issued a news release on April 24, to commemorate the "tragedy" that befell the Armenians in 1915.
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