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Armenian concerns raised in Georgian president’s Washington meetings
In February 2 meeting with Georgian leader, California Democrats Reps. Howard Berman and Adam Schiff discussed the need for more U.S. economic assistance to Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti province.
Members of Congress recall anti-Armenian violence in Azerbaijan
U.S. Representatives Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Judy Chu (D-CA) marked the anniversary of the Sumgait and Baku pogroms by speaking out in the U.S. Congress in condemnation of Azerbaijan's aggression and ongoing threats against Nagorno Karabakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
French Senate approves law on genocide denial
Senators voted on January 23 to approve legislation that criminalizes denial of genocides that are officially recognized by France, including the Armenian Genocide; President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to sign the measure into law pending a review by the Constitutional Council.
ANCA, Georgian embassy discuss Javakheti development
An ongoing dialogue between the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) and the Georgian government - both in Tbilisi and via Georgia's Ambassador in Washington, DC - is exploring ways to expand the Georgian-Armenian partnership to include broader direct Georgian and Armenian investments and also increased U.S. assistance to promote job-creation in the Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti (Javakheti) region of Georgia.
Many thousands rally in Istanbul to remember Hrant Dink
Published: Thursday January 19, 2012
Five years since the Turkish Armenian journalist's murder was marked by public solidarity and little progress in the official investigation of the assassination plot.
U.S. urged to investigate deadly Turkish airstrike
Published: Friday January 13, 2012
Kurdish American, Hellenic American, and Armenian American leaders joined together today in calling upon key Congressional leaders to demand that the Obama Administration investigate whether Turkey violated U.S. arms export laws by using American-supplied weaponry in a December 28, 2011, airstrike that killed 35 Kurdish boys and young men along the Turkey-Iraq border.
In Memoriam: Gevork Vartanian, 87, Soviet spy who foiled Hitler's plot against Roosevelt and Churchill
Published: Wednesday January 11, 2012
Vartanian, who passed away January 10, is credited with saving the leaders of the Soviet Union, UK and U.S. during their 1943 summit and, years later, convincing Levon Ter-Petrossian not to disband Armenia’s intelligence service.
Archbishop Aykazian: Turkey will apologize for Genocide
Published: Friday December 30, 2011
In an interview with The Armenian Reporter, Archbishop Vicken Aykazian comments on Turkey's recent rhetoric on Dersim massacres, return of minority foundations' properties and the recent re-consecration of the Diyarbakir cathedral.
French National Assembly adopts Genocide denial legislation
Published: Friday December 30, 2011
The December 22 vote came with the backing of French President Nicolas Sarkozy who previously opposed a Senate vote on the law.
Appeals court rehears Armenian Genocide insurance case
Published: Friday December 30, 2011
Lawyers for a German insurance company and successors of the company's insurance policy holders presented their arguments in a San Francisco court room.
House of Representatives calls for return of churches confiscated by Turkey
Congressmen urge State Dept. to support Armenia
Russian elections: ethnic Armenian representation reduced in Duma
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