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The coordinating council of the Pan-Armenian conference on media and press concludes its sessions in Antelias

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.

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Daughter of Emir of Kuwait tells Anna Hakobyan about her Armenian grandmother

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.

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His Holiness Aram I received the coordinating council of the pan-armenian conference on media and press

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),

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33 Turkish soldiers die, 36 injured in Idlib

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.

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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 decision on the border between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan was made back in 1920

(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 …

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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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Armenian Army is a living embodiment of national unity

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian addressed a congratulatory message on the occasion of Army Day, the Presidential Office told Armenpress. The message runs as follows: “Dear soldiers, officers and generals, Dear compatriots, I congratulate you on the Army Day, wish you peace and new victories.

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VIDEO – About awarding Garo Paylan with Nobel Peace Prize 2020. The Appeal of the Head of the International women’s union of Hamshen Armenians «HAMSHENIAN» Saida Ohanyan

My dear compatriots, friends! My name is Saida Ohanyan and I`m the head of the International women’s union of Hamshen Armenians «HAMSHENIAN», the deputy of the Parliament of Western Armenia. Our goals are: the protection of women`s rights; the international recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide in 1894-1923 committed in our historical Motherland in …

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In Portuguese – VIDEO – Atribuição do Prêmio Nobel da Paz 2020 ao Karo Paylan. Pedido da dirigente da associação internacional de mulheres armênias hamshen «AMSHENKA» Saida Ohanyan

Meus estimados compatriotas, amigos! Meu nome é Saida Ohanyan, eu sou chefe da associação internacional de mulheres armênias hamshen «AMSHENKA», a deputada do Parlamento da Armênia Ocidental. O objetivo da nossa organização é proteger os direitos das mulheres, o reconhecimento internacional e a condenação do Genocídio do povo armênio cometido em anos 1894-1923, em sua …

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Statement of the Armenia-Artsakh Inter-Parliamentary Committee

The MPs of the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh issued a joint statement, condemning the massacres of Armenians in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku 30 years ago. “On 13-19 January, 1990, coordinated mass pogroms of the Armenian population were committed in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku,

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Interview with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Western Armenia Tigran Pashabezyan in Tsitsernakaberd on the occasion of the Remembrance Day of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan (January 13, 1990)

Interview with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Western Armenia Tigran Pashabezyan to the «News.am» information agency in Tsitsernakaberd (Yerevan, Armenia) on the occasion of the Remembrance Day of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Azerbaijan (January 13, 1990).

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