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Headlines for April 27, 2007BUSH AGAIN AVOIDED SAYING "GENOCIDE"
As it was expected, US President George W Bush once again avoided saying "Genocide" in his yearly speech on April 24 dedicated to the massacres of Armenians in Ottoman turkey. This year the President ...ANKARA ALSO DISSATISFIED WITH US PRESIDENT
By H. ChaqrianAlthough US President George Bush avoided saying "Genocide" in his April 24 speech, he called the events of 1915 one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century and stated that 1,5 million Armenians ...US DEPARTMENT OF STATE - TIME TO DETERMINE
By A. HaroutiunianIt is the second time that the US Department of State makes alterations referring Armenia to the 2006 Human Rights Report. It seems like the USA is not sure about its own position and under various circumstances ...BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT VOTING FOR DECLARATION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By A. HaroutiunianOn April 25 the National Assembly of Bulgaria started its session with a minute of silence commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The Foreign Ministry reports that parliamentarian Boyko Vatev ...PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN PRESENTED THE NEW MINISTER OF DEFENCE
The name of the newly appointed Minister of Defence cleared up on April 24. According to the decree of the President, signed on April 24, Michael Harutyunian is appointed the new Minister of Defence of ...SOME OF THE OLIGARCHS PAY MORE TAXES THAN BEFORE, BUT SOME OF THEM - FEWER?
By Ara MartirosianSome changes are registered on the list of the first 300 taxpayers of RA of the first quarter of this year. This time, the first taxpayer is not the 'Copper-molybdenum conglomerate of Zangezur' but 'Armrusgazprom' ...WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND WHICH IS THE REAL ONE?
By Ara Martirosian'Azg' daily received an e-message from our reader Sergey Karayan living in USA. He wonders about the differences of the information announced by the National Statistic Service: in one issue the percentage ...NEW ARRIVALS TERMINAL TO BE READY BY MAY 2007
By A. HaroutiunianA new arrivals terminal of the Zvartnots international airport, Armenia, will be opened in late May 2007. Artiom Movsisian, head of the Civil Aviation Department, also informed that in early June the ...
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Most read news (last 7 days)THE RADIO-STATION 'AZATUTYUN' (LIBERTY) AND ITS NEW 'CRITERIA'
By Sara PetrosianMASONS COMING TO ARMENIA - WITHOUT ANY CONSPIRACY
By A. HaroutiunianCOMMEMORATION SERVICES IN FRANKFURT OF MINE, KOLN, BERLIN
By Anahit Hovsepian, GermanyMASONS OF FRENCH "GREAT EAST" LODGE ADVOCATING THE RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By A. Haroutiunian
EU STARTING DISCUSSION OF LAWS PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMENT OF GENOCIDE DENIAL
By H. ChaqrianHRIPSIME REPEATED THE HEROISM OF MELINE. NAZIK AVDALIAN AND TIGRAN MARTIROSIAN BECAME EUROPE VICE-CHAMPIONS
ANKARA ALSO DISSATISFIED WITH US PRESIDENT
By H. ChaqrianMAJOR PART OF TERMS OF PEACE AGREEMENT ON KARABAKH SETTLED
By A. HaroutiunianA MEETING IN FRANKFURT DEDICATED TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
OSCE MINSK GROUP REPRESENTATIVES TO VISIT SOUTH CAUCASUS AFTER MAY 12
By A. Haroutiunian
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Today in Armenian history- 1749 Death of Mkhitar Sebastatsee. He founded the Roman Catholic Mkhitarist Congregation. He was born in 1676.
- 1827 Russian forces lay seige to Fort Yerevan (currently the Armenian Winery building).
- 1849 Students create the "Ararat Union" in Paris.
- 1868 Death of Grigor Aghatonyan in Paris. He was born in 1823.
- 1915 Birth of Hovhannes Shiraz (poet). He died in 1984.
- 1919 In Constantinople, start of the trials of the leaders of the Young Turk government and the central committee members of the "Union and Progress" party.
- 1925 The Science and Art Institute of the Armenian SSR opens in Yerevan.
- 1930 Death of Archbishop Eghisheh Doorian, historian, literary figure, author, and Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- 1931 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 6.3) occurs in Zangezoor and affects a 100 000 sq.km. area. The Monastery of Tatev and other structures on the Tatev highlands and in the valley of the Vorotan River are destroyed.
- 1994 Israel officially condemned the Armenian Genocide as Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin proclaimed on the floor of the Knesset (the Israeli legislature), in answer to the claims of the Turkish Ambassador, that "It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember".
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