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OSCE Conducts Planned Monitoring of NKR LoC

MARTUNI, NKR (A.W.)— On Jan. 12, in accordance with the agreement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact (LoC) between the armed forces of NKR and Azerbaijan. The monitoring took ...

French Senate to debate on issue of involving Turkish community in Armenian Genocide recognition process

  ARMENPRESS - France-Armenia friendship group will organize a conference at the French senate entitled “Involvement of Turkish community in Armenian Genocide recognition process” with the participation of Turkish representatives. “Armenpress” reports, citing Nouvelles d`Armenie, the conference will be attended by prominent ...

165 Armenian Servicemen Died in 2016

YEREVAN (A.W.) – A total of 165 Armenian servicemen—147 full-time soldiers and 18 volunteers—were killed in 2016, according to a new report released by Armenia-based Razm.info. April of 2016 marked the first time the Armenian Armed Forces and Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (Artsakh/NKR) Armed Forces suffered the loss of volunteers since the ...

Catholicos Aram I Celebrates Christmas Mass in Aleppo, Visits Damaged Institutions

ALEPPO, Syria (Asbarez)—His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, celebrated Christmas Mass on Jan. 6, with hundreds of community members from this city besieged by war flocking to St. Mary’s Armenian Church in the heart of the city. “Let the all the children of our nation, who are dispersed around the world, know ...

Cem Özdemir to Deliver Keynote Addresses at Hrant Dink Commemorations in Canada

TORONTO, Canada (A.W.)—The co-leader of Germany’s Green Party Cem Özdemir—a German Member of Parliament of Turkish origin and one of the initiators of the Armenian Genocide resolution that was approved by Germany’s Parliament (Bundestag) on June 2, 2016—will be the keynote speaker at events in Toronto and Montreal, commemorating the ...

Armenian Prime Minister May Not Be Eligible for Upcoming Elections

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan may not be eligible to stand as a candidate in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) acknowledged on Jan. 11, RFE/RL’s Armenian service Azatutyun.am reports. The Armenian constitution states that only those citizens who have permanently ...

Արցախի Շուրջ` Մտահոգիչ Զարգացումներ

Թաթուլ Յակոբեան Շատերին թւում էր, թէ ապրիլեան 4-օրեայ պատերազմից յետոյ արցախեան կարգաւորման խաղաղ գործընթացը կը մտնի աւելի խորը փակուղի: Դա տեղի չունեցաւ, եւ հակառակը, այսօր ականատեսն ենք ...