The U.S. Senate unanimously adopted resolution calling to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance and to reject efforts to associate the United States Government with denial of the Armenian Genocide.
The full text of the resolution is as follows: Continue reading
The U.S. Senate approves unanimous consent request on the adoption of S.Res.150 recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
Senators Robert Menendez and Ted Cruz presented the resolution for the fourth time, and this time it was not objected by any of the senators.
Bishop Sahag Maşalyan has been elected the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.
The final election for the Patriarch took place this morning at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople.
A total of 119 delegates elected the new Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople. Continue reading
Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to impose sanctions against Turkey.
Committee members voted in favor of the resolution 18-4 to send the bipartisan measure to full Senate.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed its own Turkey sanctions Continue reading
In September 2015, the UN General Assembly, at the initiative of Armenia, decided to declare December 9 as International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The day was chosen because that day in 1948, the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Continue reading
After the constitutional amendments of 2015, at least five values, such as culture, science, education, the Armenian language and spiritual heritage, are protected by the state. No norms that contradict these values can be adopted by laws or other normative acts, as they will contradict the Constitution, said a former member of the Supreme Judicial Council, Continue reading
Legendary explorer Gohar Vardanyan has passed away. This is what writer and publicist Gurgen Khazhakyan wrote on his Facebook page.
Gohar Vardanyan was born on January 25, 1926 in Gyumri. In the early 1930s, she and her family moved to Iran. Continue reading
Statement by the International independent legal Center for the expertise of reparations in connection with the adoption by the US Congress of the Resolution on recognition of the Genocide of armenians
In light of the further advancement of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the President of Republic of Turkey recently made controversial statements, which distort the reality, Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“These statements contain claims aimed at justifying the Genocide by means of insulting the dignity of the victims. On April 24, 2019 the President of Turkey Continue reading
In a prelude to the Holocaust and the crimes of ISIS, the slaughter of Armenians was an opening to a hundred years of similar mass murder events, Jerusalem Post editorial reported as authors urge the government of their country to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
The article talks about the systematic killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. Continue reading
