Posts Tagged ‘EU’
Thomas Hammarberg: “More needs to be done”
"Historical controversies should not hold human rights hostage. One-sided interpretations or distortions of historical events have sometimes led to discrimination of minorities, xenophobia and renewal of conflict. It is crucial to establish an honest search for the truth" said Thomas Hammarberg, [...]
Spanish government does its utmost not to approve Genocide bill
Spain’s government does its utmost for the parliament not to approve the bill on Armenian Genocide in 1915 by Ottoman Empire, Spanish ABC newspaper reports. According to the daily, “government fully acknowledges that Genocide recognition will provoke negative response of Turkey that is one of [...]
Netherlands’ Armenians to organize demonstration to mark 95th anniversary of Genocide
The 24 April Committee of FAON and the Hay Tad Holland cooperating as "Joint Armenian Organisations of the Netherlands" intend to organise a commemorative demonstration to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. FAON calls on all other Armenian organisations and all Armenians in the [...]
Armenian Genocide motion to be considered in Bulgarian Parliament next week
The draft resolution on Armenian Genocide was introduced into Bulgarian Parliament. NEWS.am posts unofficial translation of the motion to be considered next week. The genocide against Armenian people is one of the most portentous crimes against humanity in the modern history. In order to realize [...]
‘Why Award Ahmadinejad with Honorary Degree?’ Sargsyan Responds
We cannot oblige our neighbours to think as we do, said Serzh Sargsyan in an interview with Euronews TV channel late yesterday evening, responding to the interviewer’s question as to why Yerevan State University would award Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an honorary degree in [...]
If Turkey wants to step over its past, it should not overreact to its mention
“If you want an ugly reminder of the past to stay there, you shouldn't throw a fit whenever someone brings it up. This is a lesson Turkey ought to learn sometime,” reads Tim Giannuzzi’s article in Calgary Herald. Being one of free and well-developed democratic states in Muslim world, [...]
CoE Congress will not monitor Armenia by 2012
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe will assess the level of local democracy in CoE 15 member countries in the coming next two years. Armenian is not included in the list. The Congress drafted a report on local democracy in Armenia in 2003, but according to [...]
UN Sec. Gen. to visit Middle East
March 20-21, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will hold talks in Palestine and Israel in the course of his Middle East tour. He will meet with a number of high-ranking officials, including Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Palestinian Premier Salam [...]
Turkey has no moral right to impose any conditions: RA President
RA President Serzh Sargsyan delivered an interview to Euronews TV channel Q.: President Sargsyan, with 23 votes in favour of the resolution and 22 against, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has decided to declare that the 1915 massacre of over one million [...]
European Armenians condemn Erdogan’s statement
Assembly of Armenians of Europe (AAE) condemned recent statement by Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that if needed he will deport 100.000 illegal Armenians from the country. “This fact also comes to prove that in modern Turkey too xenophobia is spread, particularly intolerance towards [...]