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One of world’s oldest swords is in Armenian museum on Saint Lazarus Island

One of the world’s oldest swords is located in the Armenian museum on Saint Lazarus Island in Venice. The ultra-rare sword is around 5,000 years old, was made around the year 3,000 BC, came from the east of Western Armenia, in Hamshen (territory temporarily occupied by the Republic of Turkey) and was contained in a cabinet …

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Armenia, Greece and Cyprus defense ministries sign cooperation plan

The Ministries of Defense of Greece and Armenia have signed a bilateral cooperation plan for 2020 in Athens, as reported the Department of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. The delegation led by Head of the Department for Defense Policies at the Ministry of Defense of Armenia

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Sumgait pogroms marked beginning of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – MFA Armenia

The Sumgait pogroms marked the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, when Azerbaijan responded to the peaceful appeal of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination with mass violence and pogroms of Armenians. This in fact also formed the essence of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: to ensure the security of the people of Artsakh through exercise of their …

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Anti-Armenian Pogroms in Sumgait (eyewitness account and archive materials)

Ishkhan Trdatov is one of the 18 thousand of Armenians who survived the horror of the genocide in Sumgait. Besides this, he is a true hero – someone who fought back against the members of the pogrom mobs along with his neighbors for more than 6 hours. They were able to protect their families, rescue …

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The Appeal of the Head of the International Independent Legal and Scientific Center of Evaluation and Expertise for Reparations and Restitutions academician Martik Gasparyan for awarding Garo Paylan with Nobel Peace Prize 2020

Dear compatriots, friends, people of good will! My name is Martik Gasparyan and I am the head of the International Independent Legal and Scientific Center of Accounting, Analysis, Inventory, Audit, Qualimetric

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Syrian Parliament recognizes Armenian Genocide

The Syrian Parliament has unanimously adopted a resolution on recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide, Syria-based journalist Sarkis Kassargian told ARMENPRESS. The resolution has been introduced by the Syria-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Commission. Secretary of the Syrian Parliament Rami Saleh had noted

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Jackie Speier commemorates 30th anniversary of anti-Armenian Baku pogroms

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) , who is also Co-Chair of the Armenian Caucus,  commemorated the 30th anniversary of the 1990 anti-Armenian Baku Pogroms, on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. In a powerful case for peace, freedom and security for the Artsakh Republic,

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Financial Times: Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assertive foreign policy shakes international order

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is applying his assertive foreign policy at the expense of deterioration of relationships with allies and neighbors, reports Financial Times. “Turkey’s desire to gain greater influence in its neighborhood is not new. But the increasingly bold pursuit of its goals has riled European and Arab leaders alike,” writes Financial …

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Caroline Cox: Genocide of Armenians in Baku and Sumgait needs to be recognized

The genocide of Armenians has been continuing in Baku, Sumgait, and Nagorno-Karabakh and needs to be recognized so that it does not continue with impunity, Baroness Caroline Cox said during the  “The Forgotten Refugees: What Happened to the Armenians of Baku?” conference at the European Parliament.

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Tigran Pashabezyan: «The formation of the Government of Western Armenia is not an end in itself»

On the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the Government of Western Armenia The formation of the Government of Western Armenia (and not only the government, but also the entire state system, as well as the parliament and the presidential system) was originally intended in 1918-1920 to protect the rights granted to the Armenian people

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