‘At The Focus’ Archives
Turkey’s Henchmen: Mass Media Butcher the Armenian Genocide
Most reporters and other journalists in the mass media failed to do due diligence and misled their audiences regarding last month's US House Foreign Affairs Committee vote in favor of Resolution 252, which would reaffirm the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923. Nearly all media, prior to and after the [...]
Ankara not to link Karabakh conflict with Armenia-Turkey normalization: Erdogan
Turkish Sabah newspaper reports the details of April 12 Sargsyan-Erdogan meeting in Washington. According to the source, in the course of 1.4-hour meeting Turkish Premier said Turkey reaffirms its commitments to the Protocols, and stressed the necessity for the parties to adhere to the documents [...]
Armenian speaker thanks Lebanon for refugee support
BEIRUT: Armenian Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan thanked Lebanon for embracing thousands of Armenian refugees in the early 20th century, while stressing Armenia’s stance in support of Lebanon. Abrahamyan’s remarks came during a meeting with President Michel Sleiman along with a parliamentary [...]
Armenian President departs to US
Sunday, April 11, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan departed to US to participate in global nuclear security summit. Meetings with US President Barack Obama; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are on Serzh Sargsyan’s agenda. Upon [...]
Political elite was on Polish president’s aircraft
High officials were on the board of Polish president’s aircraft, crashed today near Smolensk region, Russia. The list of passengers was released by Council for the Protection of Memory of Combat and Martyrdom, Vesti reports. Onboard were Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his spouse Maria [...]
Demons Of The Past – The Armenian Genocide And The Turks
The month of April marks the 95th anniversary of the start of the Armenian genocide. An unusual television documentary shows what motivated the murderers and why Germany, and other countries, remained silent. Tigranui Asartyan will be 100 this week. She put away her knives and forks two years [...]
ANCA asks Obama to honor his campaign commitments
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to honor his campaign promise to recognize the Armenian Genocide, ANCA press release reads. The one-page letter, signed by ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian and sent in the days leading up to President [...]
Turkish Premier asks for meeting with Armenian President
On April 1, at Turkish Premier Recep Erdogan’s request, RA President Serzh Sagsyan received the Turkish Premier’s Special Envoy Feridun Sinirlioğlu. The RA presidential press office informed that Feridun Sinirlioğlu conveyed verbal messages of the Turkish President and the Turkish FM to [...]
New EU visa code applied from April 5
A new EU visa code is effective starting April 5. The document provides for the legal provisions regulating visa issues and stipulates a number of innovations and procedures. While issuing a visa, special attention will be drawn to authenticity of the documents. Illegal migration and [...]
Armenian Diaspora should not meet Turkish FM: ARFD
Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu’s statement on his intention to meet with representatives of Armenian Diaspora indicates that either Ankara radically changed its course towards Armenian Genocide or Turkey re-attempts to imitate the intensification of the dialogue with Armenians, Head of ARFD “Hay [...]