Archive for December, 2011
Turkey angered by French bill to criminalize Armenian genocide denial
Nearly 100 years have elapsed since the killing of thousands of Armenians, but the wounds seem far from healed. The French parliament is to vote on a bill on Thursday making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killing of Armenians during World War I was genocide. The bill, which is expected to [...]
French parliament passes bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial
France’s National Assembly passed on Thursday the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially [...]
Georgia to build new city at Black Sea coast
A new city called Lazika will be built at Georgia’s Black Sea coast, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated on Sunday, adding that Lazika will be the country’s second largest city, after the capital Tbilisi. “It will be Western Georgia’s commercial and economic, and [...]