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ARMENIANS MARK 94TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE
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Today, on April 24, Armenians throughout the globe mark the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Mass arrests of the Armenian intellectual, religious, economic and political ...RA TOP LEADERS COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Today, on Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day, top leaders of Armenia and representatives of Armenian Apostolic Church laid wreaths to Armenian Genocide Memorial. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, ...ANCA CALLS ON OBAMA TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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America's stand against genocide represents a clear moral imperative. Political considerations – whether Turkish threats, prospects for Turkey-Armenia dialogue, or in any other form - should never stand ...U.S. VICE PRESIDENT WELCOMES ARMENIAN-TURKISH AGREEMENT
Vice President Joe Biden Thursday called Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and "welcomed" the Armenian-Turkish agreement on a roadmap to normalize their relations, his office said. "The Vice President ...ARMENIANS OF TBILISI DEMAND TURKEY’S RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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On April 24, activists in Tbilisi are planning to hold a rally under the slogan “We remember and fight for Justice”. The rally, dedicated to the 94 anniversary of the 1915-23 Armenian Genocide will be ...HRANUSH HAKOBYAN: APRIL IS A MONTH OF MOURNING AND REBIRTH OF ARMENIAN NATION
April is the month of mourning and rebirth of Armenian nation, said the RA Minister of Diaspora Affairs. “Today, Armenians across the globe commemorate those killed in the Ottoman Empire in the beginning ...UAR: TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ONLY IN CASE ANKARA RECOGNIZES THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Pursuant to the ideology of Pan-Turkism, the Turkish authorities started the systematic annihilation of Armenians in 1895. Living on their historical homeland in Western Armenia and resisting all attempts ...TO DENY GENOCIDE MEANS TO CONSIGN TO OBLIVION CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY
The President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan issued an address on occasion of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the RA leader’s press office reported. The President said, “Dear ...MARIE YOVANOVITCH: AMERICANS MOURN FOR 1915 VICTIMS
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Today, Americans together with Armenians across the globe grieve for the victims of 1915 events, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie L. Yovanovitch told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “I convey the prayer ...UNION OF ARMENIANS OF RUSSIA PICKETS TURKISH EMBASSY IN MOSCOW
The Union of Armenians of Russia picketed the Turkish Embassy in Moscow today. The city administration has authorized participation of 10 people in the action. “The matter is that trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...CIVILIZED WORLD REALIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
On Genocide commemoration day, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan addressed the following message to the Armenian nation: “Dear Compatriots, April 24 has a double importance for the Armenian nation. Paying ...SOLANA: ARMENIAN-TURKISH AGREEMENT GOOD NEWS FOR EUROPE
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Thursday 'warmly welcomed' the Armenian-Turkish agreement on road map on normalization of relations. “This is very good news for both countries and for Europe ...ARMEN KHATCHATRYAN: ARMENIANS LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, NEVER FORGETTING THE PAST
Armenia is ready to normalize ties with Turkey, RA Ambassador to Ukraine Armen Khatchatryan told a news conference entitled “April 24: 1915 Armenian Genocide Victims Commemoration Day” held on Apr. 23 ...EVENTS DATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 94TH ANNIVERSARY TO BE HELD IN ISTANBUL
An event titled “Armenian Intellectuals and 24 April 1915 – They were Arrested, Exiled and Did Not Even Have Grave Stones” will start at 2 pm at Tutun Deposu on Friday, April 24. Armenian intellectuals ...UKRAINE’S AMBASSADOR TO RA: ARMENIANS REVIVED
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Armenia is confident that Armenians believe in triumph of truth. “I share the grief of Armenians. It is hard to speak of the Armenian Genocide without pain and tears, since a ...THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS NOT A TRAGEDY OF ARMENIA ONLY, BUT A TRAGEDY OF HUMANITY
''As a protector of human rights, I can accept all possible dialogues, provided they're based upon humanitarian values and recognition of tragedy,'' RA Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net ...THE DAY WILL COME WHEN ARARAT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE PART OF ARMENIA
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Many of the great Armenians, Shiraz, Victor Hambartsumyan, William Saroyan, Hovhannes Baghramyan believed that the day will come when Ararat will once again be part of Armenia, a composer, People's Artist ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS WERE COMMEMORATED IN UKRAINE
Armenian Genocide victims were commemorated today in XIV century Armenian church in Kiev. Morning service for over 1,5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide was conducted by AAC Ukrainian Diocese Head, ...KOUCHNER: ARMENIAN-TURKISH DIALOG VITAL FOR PEACE IN CAUCASUS
France warmly welcomes the joint announcement by Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland of the development of a “roadmap” aimed at normalizing relations between Ankara and Yerevan, French senior official said. ...TURKISH-ARMENIAN AGREEMENT MADE PUBLIC?
A historic agreement between Armenia and Turkey consists of five provisions which make establishment of diplomatic relations possible. According to information published by SABAH Turkish newspaper, ...BERLIN IRANIAN COMMITTEE COMMEMORATED GENOCIDE VICTIMS
The Iranian Committee of Berlin has today organized an event dedicated to the memory of Armenian Genocide victims. During the event, Abbas Mohamad will deliver a report entitled “Armenian Genocide Organized ...YEREVAN REMINDED OBAMA OF HIS PLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Hayland.am users on April 23 organized an event called WAKE UP at U.S. Embassy in Yerevan. Residents of Hayland.am decided to use alarm signals to remind Mr. Obama of his pledge to recognize the Armenian ...RA MFA: ANY INFORMATION ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH AGREEMENT IN PRESS UNTRUE
Any information on Armenian-Turkish agreement in press is wrong, RA MFA media relations division head Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net when commenting on Turkish SABAH newspaper article on so-called ...U.S. ARMENIAN ACTIVISTS LAUNCH END THE CYCLE OF GENOCIDE EVENT
Each year on April 24th millions of Armenians and their descendants from around the world commemorate the Armenian Genocide, which was perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks. From 1915 to 1923, over 1.5 million ...THREE ARMENIANS MAY BE ELECTED TO LEBANESE PARLIAMENT
Three representatives of Armenian community stand a good chance to be elected to Lebanese parliament during June 7 elections. Hnchakyan party nominated Serzh Tursargsyan for the first electoral district ...ARAM ARKUN: THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SOONER OR LATER
The Armenian Genocide is a terrible reality. Armenians suffered enormous losses and those who do not imagine the real picture of what happened must know about it, Aram Arkun, a historian from New York ...BOSTON ARMENIANS EXPRESSED THEIR DISAGREEMENT WITH TURKEY’S NEGATION POLICY (PHOTOS)
Yesterday on April 23 Boston Armenians organized a march from Armenian Apostolic Holy Trinity Church to Harvard square. Rally participants included Boston and Harvard students, who held posters containing ...DAVUTOGLU CAN BE APPOINTED AS TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is planning to appoint Davutoglu, his chief foreign policy adviser and architect of the current pro-active foreign policy, as foreign minister, according to reliable sources. ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS TO BE COMMEMORATED IN BERLIN
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Voices of the Dead commemoration action will be held at the Turkish Embassy in Berlin today. Armenians, Greeks, Kurds, Assyrians and people of other nationalities will gather to commemorate the victims ...TUFTS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ORGANIZE PROCESSION DATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ANNIVERSARY (PHOTOS)
Students of Tufts University organized a candle procession on occasion of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The procession started at Fletcher School. The students march towards Goddard ...RA PRESIDENT: APRIL 24 IS EVER PRESENT IN OUR REALITY
Armenian nation had defeats and victories, loses and achievements all through its history. But there’s one dividing point to our history, April 24 1915. After this date we had to face a completely different ...CURRENTLY US HAS MORE CHANCES FOR MANEUVERS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
On April 22, Turkey and Armenia adopted a joint statement on normalization of relations, and agreed on a new route map. At first sight, Turkey and Armenia may seem ready to set aside their disagreements ...SERZH SARGSYAN: ARMENIA’S NOT PUSHING USA TO RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE
Armenia’s not pushing USA to recognize the 1915 Genocide in Ottoman Empire, RA President Serzh Sargsyan told when interviewed by Russia Today RF TV Channel. “USA had diplomats, missionaries, entrepreneurs, ...VLADIMIR JHIRINOVSKI: ARMENIANS LIVE ON THEIR OWN LAND, LET THE TURKISH GET BACK TO CENTRAL ASIA, WHERE THEY BELONG
A meeting in memory of Armenian Genocide victims was held in Moscow today. Commemorative meeting was held for the first time, until now the Armenian Community in Moscow held piquets in front of Turkish ...ANKARA’S REFUSAL TO RECOGNIZE THE GENOCIDE IS NOT A HINDRANCE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TURKEY
Ankara’s refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide is not a hindrance to establishment of diplomatic relations with Turkey, RA President Serzh Sargsyan told when interviewed by Russia Today RF TV Channel. ...THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE 94TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION WAS HELD IN NKR
On 24 April, on the day of the Great Armenian Genocide President of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic Bako Sahakyan accompanied by top officials of the republic visited Stepanakert memorial complex and paid ...RA PRESIDENT: ARMENIA NEVER MADE TERRITORIAL CLAIMS TO AZERBAIJAN
“Since my entering upon position I had 3 meetings with Azeri President Ilham Aliev. I believe a year is enough for us to understand each other’s positions and make our judgments. It’s time to expedite ...KURDS APOLOGIZE TO ARMENIANS AND ASSYRIANS
Pro-Kurdish Party Leader Ahmet Türk apologized to Armenians and Assyrians for 1915 tragic events, Dogan News Agency reports. “Kurds probably contributed to empire’s cultural wealth annihilation. We feel ...SERZH SARGSYAN: CIS HAS NOT YET EXHAUSTED ITS RESOURCES
CIS has not yet exhausted its resources, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview to Russia Today TV channel. “Any organization can be just as CIS member states view it. We lived in the ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS WERE COMMEMORATED AT ARMENIAN CEMETERY IN ISTANBUL
Today Agos Newspaper staff held a commemorative event at Armenian cemetery in Istambul, Hrant Dink burial site. Around 20 people lay wreaths at the grave of Hrant Dink and memorial to1894-1896 massacres’ ...MIATSUM DEMANDS ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES CEASE NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY
Miatsum National Initiative made a sharp statement on Armenian-Turkish agreement . The statement says that Armenian authorities are ready to make concessions, accepting acknowledgement of Turkey’s present ...LEVON TER-PETROSYAN VISITED GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
Armenian National Congress (ANC) started its mourning march from the Northern Avenue. Many of the activists joined them later. First Armenain President Levon Ter-Petrosyan and his family met rally participants ...NETHERLANDS TO COMMEMORATE 94TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
On 24 April 2009 the Armenian community of Holland commemorated the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by laying wreaths at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Assen, The Netherlands. The ceremony ...“THE LARK FARM”, A FILM DEDICATED TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE WAS SCREENED IN SOCHI
Today, “The Lark Farm” was screened in one of Sochi movie theatres. People of different ages who had come to the see the film left the cinema hall with tears in their eyes. “I am shocked. When you read ...GUNLUK NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ARTICLE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The short Article entitled “We Remember … We Express Our Sympathize”, starts with the description April 24, 1915 events, but does not naturally contain the word “genocide”, although the author hints that ...ARMAN MELIKYAN: WE WOKE A SLEEPING MONSTER NAMED TURKEY
The Armenian people should have taken a firmer position on issues of national interest, instead of acting from the position of victim, NKR ex-Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. ...ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM WAS REPLENISHED WITH A NEW EXHIBIT - DAGGER THAT ONCE BELONGED TO ANDRANIK OZANYAN’S COMRADE-IN-ARMS
Today, a resident of Yerevan Haykanush Sarsyan, who came to Tsisernakaberd to commemorate 1915 Genocide victims, made a gift of her father's dagger to Armenian Genocide Museum. The dagger once belonged ...US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DID NOT FULFILL HIS PLEDGE
. The President refrained from saying the Genocide word in his traditional address to US Armenians on April 24. ''As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide,'' Barack Obama said during his ...GERMAN HISTORIANS TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY'S ROLE IN THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The greatest commemoration event will be held in St. Peter Church, Frankfurt am Main. Among the participants, there will be politicians, clergymen and cultural figures. Historian and journalist Wolfgang ...YEKATERINBURG ARMENIANS COMMEMORATED 1915 GENOCIDE VICTIMS
Early in the morning, over 500 people gathered near Yekaterinburg Armenian church to commemorate the anniversary of the 1915 Armenians Genocide. They lit candles to commemorate innocent victims of Genocide. ...SWORN ENEMIES INTEND TO PUT AN END TO DECADES-OLD CONFLICT
Sworn enemies, Armenia and Turkey, intend to put an end to decades-old conflict: Turkish MFA announced on Wednesday about an agreement and gradual normalization of ties with Armenia through the intermediary ...ARFD TO LAUNCH AN INTERNET PROTEST CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMENIAN-TURKISH AGREEMENT
ARFD launched an internet protest campaign against Armenian-Turkish agreement. Campaign statement runs as follows, “We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the agreement reached between Turkey and Armenia ...RELATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIA AND EUROPE ARE A KEY ASSET FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Today, EuroNews starts broadcasting a 10 minute report on Armenia which will run several times during the course of the coming week. The idea to produce this film was inspired by European Friends of Armenia ...BARACK OBAMA LOST HIS SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO AFFIRM ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
US President Barack Obama’s April 24 statement is his second lost opportunity to affirm the Armenian Genocide. On the first occasion, his visit to the Republic of Turkey, the President stated that his ...NANCY PELOSI COMMEMORATES THE 94TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today to commemorate the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide: "Today, we commemorate the 94th Anniversary ...BARACK OBAMA DISAPPOINTED US ARMENIANS
Thousands of US Armenians participated in annual rally in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims. This time, US Armenians had great expectations towards US President’s annual statement. Yet, Barack ...BARACK OBAMA CHOSE THE WELL-TRODDEN WAY OF US EX-PRESIDENTS
Statement of US President Barack Obama on Armenian Remembrance Day: “Ninety four years ago, one of the great atrocities of the 20th century began. Each year, we pause to remember the 1.5 million Armenians ...OBAMA’S ADDRESS TO US ARMENIANS LOWERS TRUST TOWARDS AMERICA
With heightened expectations of normalized relations between Turkey and Armenia, President Barack Obama had an opportunity to chart a new course in his April 24th statement commemorating the Armenian ...ADAM SCHIFF COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The representative of California’s 29th district Congressman Adam Schiff’s spokesman Sean Oblack reported PanARMENIAN.Net that the Schiff issued the following statement today to commemorate the 94th anniversary ...THOUSANDS COMMEMORATED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS (PHOTOS)
On April 24 thousands commemorated 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide victims. Delegations of Genocide survivors’ descendants gathered in Tsisernakaberd Memorial. All Armenian Catholic offered a burial service ...
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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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