Harut Sassounian. Turmoil in Turkey on Letter by Gulen Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

A major controversy erupted in Turkey last week after a pro-Erdogan Turkish Islamist magazine “Gercek Hayat” (Real Life) claimed that the controversial Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen had written a letter on May 6, 1965 acknowledging the Armenian Genocide. The letter is included in a special 176-page edition of the magazine which belongs to the editorial group of the pro-government newspaper “Yeni Safak,” owned by the family Continue reading

Harut Sassounian. Libya’s Interim Government Recognizes The Armenian Genocide Once Again

Libya’s Interim Government recognized the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2020, for the second year in a row. On April 19, 2019 the provisional government had issued a similar recognition.

While this recognition may surprise many people because there is hardly a single Armenian living in Libya, there are, however, geopolitical Continue reading

Action in Tsitsernakaberd of the victims of the pontic greek Genocide by Turkey

On May 19, 2020, in Yerevan in Tsitsernakaberd, an action was held in memory of the victims of the Pontic Greek Genocide by Turkey.

The ceremony was attended by:

  • military attache of the Embassy of Greece in Armenia Simaiakis Dimosthenis,
  • representatives of the Greek community,
  • Armenian freedom fighters and military personnel.

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On the 100th anniversary of the de jure recognition of the independence of the State of Armenia by the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers

After the end of the First World War, at the Paris Peace Conference from January 18, 1919 to January 21, 1920, treaties were prepared, which were subsequently signed by the states that won the war along with the defeated states.

This treaty system was Continue reading

KOCHARI Armenian victory dance at the walls of the Reichstag on May 9, 1945

KOCHARI Armenian victory dance at the walls of the Reichstag on May 9, 1945

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Վավերագրական կադրեր, թե ինչպես են հայ զինվորները պարում են հաղթական ՔՈՉԱՐԻ պարը Ռեղստագի պատերի մոտ 1945 թվականի մայիսի 9-ին

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Военная кинохроника запечатлела уникальные кадры, как армянские воины танцуют Победный танец КОЧАРИ  у стен Рейхстага 9 мая 1945 год

 

Armenia war veterans hold march of honor at Victory Park Memorial

The war veterans of Armenia are holding a march of honor at the Victory Park Memorial in Yerevan

To note, earlier in the park, the country’s political elite paid tribute to the participants of the Great Victory in World War II and of the Artsakh liberation war. Continue reading

VIDEO – The Day of Victory

“Victory Day” song

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“День Победы” 

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“Հաղթանակի օրը”

 

Armenians in the Great Patriotic War – Dance of KOCHARI at the walls of the Reichstag on May 9, 1945

Armenians in the Great Patriotic War

Dance of KOCHARI at the walls of the Reichstag on May 9, 1945

“Victory day” song in english

Zareh Sinanyan: «We do not consider assistance to repatriation to be our priority»

We travel abroad and visit various communities of the Armenian diaspora, but we do not consider assistance to repatriation to be our priority. Zareh Sinanyan, the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of Armenia, stated this Thursday at the sitting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Diaspora, Youth and Continue reading

Tanks, artillery used against civilian population in Getashen, Martunashen, Artsakh MFA says

29 years ago, under the direct organization and coordination of the central authorities of the USSR and Azerbaijan, a large-scale operation ‘Koltso’ (‘Ring’) was carried out to deport the Armenian population of the borderline villages of Artsakh. This bloody operation ultimately transferred the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict to the military plane, initiating the subsequent full-scale aggression of Azerbaijan against Continue reading