Member of the International Olympic Committee, first President of the World Anti-Doping Agency Dick Pound, 78, has informed that the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics will be postponed and will most likely be held in 2021. The details regarding the postponement will be considered over the next four weeks.
Russian authorities on Monday banned foreign nationals from entering the country, shut state schools and limited public gatherings in Moscow in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. The ban on foreign nationals will be enforced from March 18 until May 1, though diplomats, airplane crew members and some other categories of people will be exempt, …
The United States will suspend all travel to UK and Ireland starting from Monday, March 16, Vice President Mike Pence said during a press conference on Saturday. Earlier Trump imposed a travel ban on 26 EU member states, the decision went into effect on Saturday.
The Multicultural Mosaic Foundation (MMF), a Colorado-based nonprofit organization which derives its inspiration from the Turkish Muslim religious leader Fethullah Gulen, voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide from 1915-1923, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator reported. MMF issued a statement on March 8 explaining the context, as follows: “MMF established a committee
After his meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared that Turkey is NATO’s key and valuable ally and contributes to NATO’s common security in many regards.
Happy 8th March, our lovely mothers, grandmothers, wife, daughters, sister and girlfriends Շնորհավո՛ր տոնդ ՀԱՅՈՒՀԻ – Հայ Մայր, Կին, Քույր եւ Դուստր… Մեր բոլոր սիրելի մայրերին, տատիկներին, կանանց, քույրերին, դուստրերին և ընկերուհիներին Joyeux 8 mars, nos adorables mères, grands-mères, épouses, filles, soeurs et amies С праздником 8-го Марта милые наши мамы, бабушки, супруги, дочки, сестра …
Between February 29th and March 1st, 2020, the Coordinating Council of the Pan-Armenian Conference on Media and Press convened in Antelias to clarify the general direction of forthcoming projects, which include organizing conventions, conferences and workshops, at both local and international levels.
Wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Chairperson of the boards of trustees of My Step and City of Smile charitable foundations Anna Hakobyan hosted today daughter of the 14th Emir of Kuwait, Sheikha Hessa Saad al-Abdullah Al-Sabah.
On Sunday, March 1st, 2020, His Holiness Aram I received the Coordinating Council of the Pan-Armenian Forum of Journalists composed of Satig Seiranian (Chairperson of Union of Journalists in Armenia, and Editor-in-Chief of 168 Jam), Dikaran Harutyunian ( Founder and director of “Noyan Tapan” Information and Analysis Center, and President of the All-Armenian Media Association),
Thirty-three Turkish soldiers have died and another 36 injured in Idlib. Turkish defense minister Hulusi Akar has arrived at the command center in the border Hatay province and took command of the operation against the Syrian government forces in Idlib, RIA Novosti reported referring to Anadolu agency.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
(On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the decision of the Special Commission of the Paris Peace Conference on the demarcation of the border between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan) Today, February 24 100 years have passed since the moment when in 1920 at the Paris Peace Conference the Special Commission defining the …
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
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
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,
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 …
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.
