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60 THOUSAND ARMENIANS LIVE IN TURKEY
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A group of Turkish scientists has prepared a report on the ethnic structure of the country. The research showed that Turkic groups number about 50 million. There are 12 million 600 thousand Kurds, 2.5 ...CIS FOREIGN MINISTERS COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD IN ASHGABAT ON APRIL 10
CIS Foreign Ministers will gather in Ashgabat on April 10 to discuss political, migration, humanitarian and social issues. The major issue on the agenda is preparation for celebration of 65th anniversary ...NETANYAHU SWEARS AS ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in late Tuesday to lead Israel's 32nd government, after cobbling together a coalition amid rising tensions within his own Likud party and with other leading ...U.S. AND IRAN FIND COMMON CAUSE AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
The U.S. and Iran found common cause Tuesday in battling Afghanistan's drugs trade and rebuilding the war-torn nation but Tehran warned its old foe that a planned troop surge would not bring security. ...STAR SUPERMARKET NETWORK WON’T CLOSE
The information that STAR supermarket network can be closed is untrue, marketing director Narine Avetisyan said. “The rumors are untrue. We are working and developing. The liabilities are of 38-45 days. ...SOUTH CAUCASIAN RAILWAY JOINTLY WITH GEORGIAN RAILWAYS TO LAUNCH TRANSPARENT TARIFF RATES
As a result of joint work of South Caucasian Railway CJSC and Georgian Railways, from Apr. 1, 2009, 20ft container transportation cost on Karmir Blur-Poti- Karmir Blur route comprises CHF 0.48 (around ...NORAYR SHAHINYAN’S EXHIBITION OPENS IN ARGENTINA
The parliament of Argentinean Cordoba province hosts an exhibition of works by architect and photographer, ethnic Armenian Stepan Norayr Shahinyan Armenian Ambassador to Argentina Vladimir Karmirshalyan ...PANARMENIAN.NET RECOGNIZED BEST NEWS AGENCY COVERING EUROPEAN EVENTS
In the framework of Monitoring of European Events Coverage by Armenian Media project, PanARMENIAN.Net was for the second time praised as the agency providing best coverage of European events. Monitoring ...COMIC FILM FESTIVAL HELD IN ARMENIA
Armenian National Arts Gallery is celebrating April Fools’ Day by hosting Not A Film festival. The festival program includes screening of Vocal Parallels and For the First Time on the Moon films shot ...CANADA-ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED
Harold Albrecht, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Conestoga, has been appointed Chairman of the Canada-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group. Dr. Albrecht is a Dental Surgeon with many years of community ...ISTC, RA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
A memorandum of understanding between the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science and International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) was signed in Yerevan today. “This is a significant step for ...OPENING OF BORDER WITH ARMENIA TO REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIA
Dennis Sammut, Executive Director of LINKS, thinks that opening of the border and establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey will facilitate resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. ...MILITARY EXPERT CALLS FOR CONTINUING REFORMS IN DEFENSE SPHERE OF ARMENIA
''August war in Georgia altered the balance of military forces in South Caucasus. It demonstrated Moscow’s power of influence in the region, solved two suspended conflicts in the Caucasus, proved it’s ...SCTO PROTOCOL ON MILITARY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMES INTO EFFECT
The CSTO protocol on mechanism of military and technical assistance in case of military aggression against a member state has come into effect. “The document envisages rendering of military equipment ...ARMENTEL DIRECTOR GENERAL RESIGNS
ArmenTel Director General Neicho Velichkov has sent in his resignation, ArmenTel’s press office reported. Details will be made public later. Financial Director Karen Shahnazaryan will run the office ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH TIES NORMALIZATION MAKES BAKU INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE
Armenian- Turkish border might be opened this year. This circumstance, as well as intensification of Armenian-Turkish ties lessen the possibility for US President Barack Obama to recognize the Armenian ...YEREVAN TO HOST GATHERING OF ARMENIAN UNIVERSITIES 1960-1970 ALUMNI ON JUNE 22-23
Yerevan will host a gathering of Armenian universities’ 1960-1970 alumni on June 22 and 23 with a purpose to form All Armenian Alumni Association. Seminars, meetings and lectures in various Armenian ...ARMENIA STARTING TO ATTRACT INVESTORS
In 2008 volume of direct investments into Armenia’s economy comprised $1,9 billion, Armenian Agency of Development (AAD) Director General Robert Harutyunyan stated on Wednesday seminar, entitled “Commercialization ...A MAJOR THINK TANK CALLS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT TO USE THE WORD GENOCIDE
A major think tank calls on President Obama not to recognize the killings of Armenians as ’genocide.’ ’If Obama uses the word Genocide, the Turkish response will be harsh and trigger a bitter breach in ...VAHAGN CHAKHALYAN TRIAL IS COMING TO AN END WITH NEW VIOLATIONS
On Mar.25-26 Akhaltskhe regional court held regular hearing of the case of Javakhk political activist, United Javakhk Movement Leader Vahagn Chakhalyan, as well as his father and brother Ruben and Armen ...US AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT BASED ON NEGOTIATION RESULTS
US and Russia intend to conclude a new agreement on reduction of strategic nuclear armaments until December 2009, upon the expiry of current agreement, says the joint statement based on results of today’s ...SPRING STARTS WITH PUBLIC UTILITIES TARIFFS INCREASE IN ARMENIA
New tariffs for gas, electricity and water were introduced today: gas tariff increase of AMD 96 000 per thousand cubic meter for those using less than 10 000 cubic meters, and an increase of $215 for ...MASSACRE OF ADANA ARMENIANS IN 1909 IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF GENOCIDE PRELUDE
(similar example, Kristallnacht in Holocaust chronicles), orientalist and historian Suren Manukyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Adana population was heartened with promises of “Liberty, Equality ...ARMENIAN DIASPORA DEMANDS US PRESIDENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
In all respects, April 24th 2009 will be one of the most important dates in the history of the Armenian people. In fact, great hope has been instilled since President Barak Obama’s promise to have the ...ALBANIA, CROATIA TO BECOME MEMBERS OF NATO
NATO welcomed Albania and Croatia Wednesday as the 27th and 28th members of the military alliance, after their ambassadors filed their instruments of accession with the US government. Earlier, Albanian ...APRIL IS GENOCIDE PREVENTION MONTH IN US
The month of April is Genocide Prevention month in the United States. It marks the anniversaries of six major genocides around the world, including Darfur, Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, the Holocaust and ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: FILMMAKER APO TOROSYAN TO PRESENT “THE MORGENTHAU STORY”
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Today in Armenian history- 1396 Tamerlane returns to Transcaucasia via the Alans.
- 1657 Birth of church-figure, musicologist, and writer Aveteek Yevdokatsee in Paris.
- 1846 Petros Minasyan (president) and Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (secretary) create the cultural association named "Association of the United Nation" in Constantinople.
- 1861 Death of Mkrtich Amira Jezayilian, one of the founders of theNersissian School in Khasgyoogh. He was born in 1805.
- 1863 Garegin Srvanjtiants edits the "Eagle of Taron" periodical at the St. Karapet monastery in Moush and issues 43 numbers.
- 1878 Birth of Movses Arazee (Harootyoonyan), writer of the "Israel Oree" and "The Sun" novels, in Yerevan. He died in 1964.
- 1906 The Bolshevik "Spark" newspaper first published in Tbilissi (Georgia) by Shahoomyan and Spandiaryan. Its publication was forbidden in August.
- 1908 Birth of seismologist Armenak Nazarov in Paris. He was a professor and member of the Academy of Sciences.
- 1909 Birth of civil engineer Vazreek Sekoyan in Igdir.
- 1910 Birth of trumpeter and conductor Tsolak Vardazarian in Stepanavan (formerly Jalaloghlee).
- 1918 The independent government of Van, being surrounded by Turkish and Kurdish forces, retreated to Iraq.
- 1920 Birth of Academician, linguist, and Doctor of Philological Sciences, Gevorg Jahookyan in Shahnazar (now Metsavan), Kalinino (Dasheer) region of Loree Province. He is a Professor with an interest in contemporary Armenian.
- 1920 After the Genocide of the Armenians of Marash, Hatjn, and Oorfa, the Kemalist Turkish army laid seige to Ayntab. After a 15-day defense, some 18000 were saved from murder. With the betrayal of the French forces, which suddenly withdrew from Cilicia to ahnd over the territory to the Kemalists, however, these Armenians had to flee, in 1921, to Syria.
- 1921 Bolsheviks regain control of Yerevan after having lost it during the February revolt.
- 1924 Birth of Karapet (Garoosh) Karapetian in Gyoomree (formerly Alexandropol then Leninakan). He was a coach and important sports figure. He was first Vice President of the European Weight Lifting Federation.
- 1928 Birth of Vladimir Greegoryan in Yerevan: a philologist, professor, and linguist. He was one of the creators of the first translation machine in the USSR. He died in 2001.
- 1930 Birth of actor and film directorr Khoren Abrahamyan.
- 1933 Birth, in Constantinople (Istanbul) of the linguist Barsegh Tooghladjyan. He authored bilingual and trilingual general and specialized dictionaries. He also authored "Ovgyanos", an encyclopedic, etymological dictionary in three volumes.
- 1935 Inauguration of the Russian Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan.
- 1938 First meeting of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences.
- 1958 Opening of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Yerevan.
- 1984 Under pressure from Turkey, the Canadian government terrorizes Toronto by alleging that "Armenian terrorists" had planted a bomb in the city's subway system. No bomb was ever found. The disclosure of any evidence was denied by Canadian police forces (CSIS and RCMP) under the pretext of "National Security".
- 1993 Artsakh forces control Kelbajar (Artsakh).
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