‘World’ Archives
95 Years After the Armenian, Assyrian, Greek Genocide
(AINA) -- "We have made a clean sweep of the Armenians and Assyrians of Azerbaijan." Those were the words of Djevdet Bey, the governor of Van Province in Ottoman Turkey, who on April 24, 1915 lead 20,000 Turkish soldiers and 10,000 Kurdish irregulars in the opening act of the genocide of Assyrians, [...]
Lebanon’s Armenians prepare to mark 95th anniversary of genocide
BEIRUT: As Armenians from across Lebanon gather in Bourj Hammoud Saturday to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, their political representatives are increasingly worried by Turkey’s growing influence in the region. While the killing of one-and-a-half million Armenians nearly a [...]
Armenia must withdraw signature, demonstrators state
A year ago, on the threshold of the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan and Ankara stated their intention to establish bilateral relations. On April 22, 2010, the Armenian side had to state its decision to suspend the ratification of the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed in Zurich on [...]
Rally and torchlight procession started in Yerevan
A moment ago, at 8:00 p.m., a meeting devoted to the 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide initiated by ARF Dashnaktsutyun started. Despite the bad weather thousands with banners and Armenian flags gathered near Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenadaran) to protest against [...]
Armenian oppositionist notified OSCE PA of Protocols’ unacceptability
Today, April 23, Heritage party head Armen Martirosyan had a meeting with OSCE PA Italian delegation head Riccardo Migliori. Officials discussed Armenia’s foreign policy issues, recent developments in Armenia-Turkey relations, Nagorno-Karabakh issue and Armenia-EU cooperation [...]
U.S. Embassy in Ankara welcomes Sargsyan’s decision
U.S. Embassy in Turkey issued a statement on RA President’s decision regarding the Armenia-Turkey Protocols. Sargsyan says that Armenia suspends ratification of the Protocols until Turkey make a move on this direction. “We support RA President’s decision that provides continuous efforts to [...]
Armenian intellectuals call China to recognize Genocide
A group of Armenian art workers and scientists addressed Chinese Government urging to recognize Armenian Genocide, committed in Ottoman Empire in 1915. “We urge our friendly Chinese nation to join the world community with its powerful voice to recognize Armenian Genocide, denounce the interethnic [...]
US Treasury Introduces the new 100 dollar bill
U.S. financial authorities showed on Wednesday its new $100 bill, which contains more security tools to combat counterfeiting. The old bills will remain in circulation even when the new 100 dollar bill start to move in February 2011, explained senior officials of the US Treasury and Federal [...]
Turkey not ready to continue Armenia-Turkey process: RA President
Fellow Armenians; A year has passed since the Armenian-Turkish-Swiss joint statement on steps to normalize the relations between Armenia and Turkey. During this period, the two Protocols aimed at normalization of the relations have been publicized, discussed in the public domain, and signed. The [...]
Turkish PM on RA ruling coalition statement: “It is their affair”
At the joint press conference with his New Zealand’s counterpart, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented on April 22 Armenian ruling coalition’s statement to withdraw Yerevan signature from Armenia-Turkey Protocols. According to him, in any case Ankara considers the continuation of the [...]