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Minister Nalbandian leaves for Lebanon
On May 26 Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian pays visit to Lebanon on the invitation of his Lebanese counterpart Jebran Bassil. Press and information department of the RA Foreign Ministry informs about this. In frame of the visit Edward Nalbandian will meet the Lebanese authorities and also will have meetings with the representatives of Armenian community i...
US Lawmakers Violated Laws, Taking Trips to Azerbaijan & Turkey
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com In a lengthy article titled, “10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government,” The Washington Post disclosed last week the scandalous details of an all-expenses paid trip to a conference in Azerbaijan by 10 lawmakers and 32 staff members in 2013. Former...
Arstakh President left for France
On 17 May the delegation of the Artsakh Republic headed by President Bako Sahakyan arrived in France with a working visit. The NKR delegation is composed of foreign minister Karen Mirzoyan, health minister Haroutyun Koushkyan, deputy head of the NKR President’s office David Babayan, NKR permanent representative to France Hovhannes Gevorgyan. Central Information Department...
Deputy Foreign Minister of RA Ashot Hovakimian meets with UN Special Rapporteur
On May 18, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ashot Hovakimian received UN Special Rapporteur Maud de Boer-Buquicchio. Press and Information Department of the RA Foreign Ministry informs about this.  During the meeting the UN Special Rapporteur presented issues and challenges revealed in the field of protection of children’s right as a result of her visit. The proce...
Armenia hosts the Ninth Bologna Process Ministerial Conference
Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia delivered a welcoming speech at the Ninth Bologna Process Ministerial Conference and especially stated: "It is my extraordinary honour as the Minister responsible for higher education in Armenia to host the Ninth Bologna Process Ministerial Conference together with the Fourth Bologna Policy Forum...
Russia and the USA are ready to discuss the problems
The readiness of the United States and Russia to discuss problematic issues was the highlight of the meeting among US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi on Tuesday, Russia’s Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak told Sputnik. The Russian Ambassador added that the discussion betwee...
Turkish Obsession with Armenian Territorial Demands
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com On the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial, Turkish reporters insistently inquired about Armenia’s territorial claims from Turkey. In an interview published on April 25, 2015, in the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper, a reporter asked Pres. Serzh Sargsyan if Armenia had territori...
Armenian Genocide Memorial Cross Placed in Mediterranean Sea
Under the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Lebanon, and the Armenian Genocide Centenary Central Committee of Lebanon, and His Holiness Nerces Bedros IXX, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church in Beirut, a diving club owned by Antranig “Toni” Haddad, a descent of an Armenian Genocide survivor, organized the placement of an Armenian Genocide ...
President Sargsyan meets delegation of EBRD
On May 11 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation headed by Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Press service of Armenian President informs about this.  The president greatly appreciated the activities carried out by the EBRD in Armenia and its many years of cooperation as a strategic partner of our...
New Postage Stamps on the Theme of “The Centennial of the Armenian Genocide”is cancelled
On May 6th, 2015 in the Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, the designated National Postal Operator of the Republic of Armenia HayPost CJSC cancelled a stamp on the theme of “The centennial of the Armenian Genocide: Henry Morgenthau” and a stamped souvenir sheet on the theme of “The centennial of the Armenian Genocide: American Committee for Relief in the...
Serzh Sargsyan met OSCE MG US co-chair
OSCE Minsk Group US co-chair James Warlick tweeted about his meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.  "I was pleased to welcome the President of Armenia to my home city of Washington. We were able to talk this evening about NK peace", the US diplomat wrote on his Twitter page. Remind that Armenian President Serzh Sarsgyan is in the USA with working visit. 
Republic of Armenia and the USA to sign Trade and Investment Treaty
On May 5 U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills confirmed reports that a U.S.-Armenia Trade and Investment Treaty will be signed during President Sargsyan's working visit this week to Washington, DC, the final step in the negotiation of a bilateral economic accord long sought by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), the American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia, an...
A. Schiff welcomes Sis Catholicosate Lawsuit
In a statement issued Wednesday, Representative Adam Schiff applauded the lawsuit filed by the Great House of Cilicia in the Turkish Constitutional Court to regain ownership of the historic headquarters of the Church, which includes the Catholicosate, the monastery and cathedral of St. Sophia, a major Armenian Christian holy site located in the Sis (currently Kozan), in south-c...
Armenians Should Now Pursue Legal Claims Rather Than Further Genocide Recognition
By Harut Sassounian, Publisher, The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Armenians experienced unforgettable days last week during the Centennial commemorations of the Armenian Genocide. In many respects, Turkish denialists' much-feared ‘Tsunami’ became a reality! While Armenians around the world were busy organizing commemorative events in recent ...
S. Sargsyan receives members of band Genealogy
On April 27 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received the six members of the band Genealogy representing Armenia in the 2015 Eurovision Song Context. Symbolizing the five petals of the forget-me-not flower, the artists represent the new generation of the Armenian people living in five different continents of the world and in Armenia. Press service of Armenian President informs...
Edward Nalbandian is to meet OSCE MG co-chairs
On April 28-29 Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs will visit Paris. Press and information department of the RA Foreign Ministry informs about this.  In Paris municipality Minister Nalbandian will take part in the acceptance devoted to the 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. The presentation of the "Politique Internationale" magazine number devoted to the 100th anniv...
S. Sargsyan meets Belgium's Foreign Minister
President Serzh Sargsyan today received today the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), Didier Reynders, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs. Press service of Armenian President informs about this.  The Armenian President welcomed the dignitary to our country and stress...
E. Nalbandian receives representatives of the Democrat Youth Community of Europe
On April 25, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian received representatives of the Democrat Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC), international umbrella organization of the youth wings of Christian Democratic, Conservative and like-minded parties of Europe. Press and information department of the RA Foreign Ministry informs about this.  Welcoming the guests, Minister...
Foreign Minister of Armenia received the President of European People's Party
On April 25, Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian received the President of European People's Party Joseph Daul, who arrived in Yerevan to take part in the events dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centenary. Press and information department of the RA Foreign Ministry informs about this.  Welcoming the guest Minister Nalbandian expressed appreciation for the prin...
R. Hovhannisyan welcomes EPP President Joseph Daul
Heritage Party chairman Raffi K. Hovannisian received European People’s Party President Joseph Daul and his delegation at Heritage headquarters here today, April 25. Heritage Party Press Service informs about this. Daul and Hovannisian discussed projected developments on the heels of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia’s domestic situation and the...
Reddit website also commemorates Armenian Genocide
Reddit, an entertainment, social networking, and news website where registered community members can submit content, such as text posts or direct links, changed its logo to the Armenian flag on April 24 in commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. When hovering over the image, users would see the phrase, “100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.” ...
F. Hollande: I've taken part in a historic event in Yerevan
On April 24 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with French President Francois Hollande who has arrived in Armenia to take part in the commemorative ceremony devoted to the Armenian Genocide Centennial. Press service of Armenian President informs about this. Serzh Sargsyan welcomed President Hollande and noted that it is a great honor for him to host the French Pr...
Presidents Sargsyan and Putin discussed issues of bilateral interest
On April 24 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin who has arrived in Armenia to participate in the commemorative event devoted to the Armenian Genocide Centennial. Press service of Armenian President informs about this. The Armenian President thanked to President Putin for standing beside our people in Yerevan on this day which ...
A. Schiff: The US must join the world community in calling the Armenian Genocide a genocide
U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) released a statement on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The statement especially reads: “One hundred years ago, the Ottoman Empire attempted to annihilate an entire race in the first genocide of the last century. When it was over, 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children lay dead and many thousands of others barely s...
The Christian Science Monitor: Why did Obama avoid the word "genocide"
The Christian Science Monitor published an article by journalist Linda Feldmann in which the author analyses Obama’s failure to view mass killings of Armenians as genocide, but notices some kind of signal showing he does in fact view the Armenian slaughter as genocide. The article reads: As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama promised, if elected, to refer to t...
Fox News: What the Armenians suffered was, indeed, genocide
Fox News Strategic Analyst Ralph Peters wrote a column on Armenian Genocide, expressing respect towards both Armenia and Turkey and at the same time speculating that the Armenian Genocide was a fact. The article reads: “The bitter argument over a subject at once cobwebbed and bloodstained — how to describe the massacre of at least a million Armenians a century ago &...
Dani Alves calls on to recognize Armenian Genocide
Dani Alves who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team as a right back called on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide. A group of tennis players joined Alves in his appeal, Galatv.am reports. Barcelona-based businessman Arman Mayilian wrote in a Facebook post: “April 24, 2015 is a very important day for us. My friends joined us in commemo...
Presidents of four countries visit Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
On Aril 24 by the invitation of President of RA Serzh Sargsyan the presidents of Russian Federation, France, Serbia and Cyprus visited Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute to take part in commemoration of victims of the Armenian Genocide. Official web-site of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute informs about this.  The presidents of Russia, France, Serbia and Cyprus tour...
French President: Armenian Genocide recognition is an act of peace
In May 1915 France, Great Britain and Russia issued a joint declaration characterizing what was happening with the Armenian people as “a crime against humanity.” It was the first time when the notion of crimes against humanity and civilization entered the historical records, French President François Hollande said, according to Panorama.am. Speaking during th...
Armenian Genocide victims are commemorated in Istanbul
The Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) initiated events commemorating the Armenian Genocide on the evening of April 23. ArmenianGenocide100.org web-site informs about this referring to News.am. HDP’s Sisli district headquarters and Youth Coordination of Istanbul staged a march commemorating the 1915 massacres. They visited the houses of some of the Armenian int...
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