On April 22 the opening ceremony of the International Media Forum “Against the Crime of Genocide” at the Sports and Concert Complex after K. Demirtchyan will be broadcasted live at 9:30-10:30, and the closing ceremony will be broadcasted live on April 23 at 13:00-13:30.
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Armenia to attend the Centennial Commemoration of the Events of 1915 on April 24, 2015.
The Armenian community of Toronto, Canada, held a commemoration event for the victims of the Armenian genocide in 1915. The centennial commemoration gathering on April 19, 2015, organized at Queen’s Park in Toronto, was attended by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Minister of National Defense of Canada Jason Kenney, Mayor of Toronto John Tory, Cardinal Thomas Collins, parliamentarians, federal and provincial officials.
The condition of the refugees was very distressing to Orvis. “We helped ‘home orphans’, too, who were children that had lost their fathers in the massacres; many of them were with their mothers but destitute. Old people were even more pitiful than the children because they were so cold and miserable and sick and lonely and neglected.
The recent “thawing” between Iran and the West rises hope in world’s challenged capitals, that Tehran’s nuclear problem will be resolved at last, and in the near future it can become a safe partner for the USA and the EU in the Middle East.
Your Highness and Prince Harry are visiting Istanbul to take part in the Anzac Day Commemoration, which has always been remembered on April 25. I do believe that it is Your duty to remember the British subjects. However, it must be acknowledged that is also Your duty to remember the Armenians, who became victims of the policy of the British Empire.
While Armenians criticize Turkey for genocide denial and other massive violations of human rights, it is just as important to blame all non-Turks who conduct business as usual with Turkey, thereby encouraging Turkish officials to continue their outrageous behavior.
Ardshinbank and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) signed a US$10 million loan agreement on March 31, 2015 in Vienna. The agreement was signed by Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, the Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development and Mr. Mher Grigoryan, the Chairman of the Management Board of Ardshinbank.
We encourage Turkey to face history and finally recognize the ever-present reality of the Armenian Genocide and its attendant dispossession, including but not limited to ensuring a right of return of the Armenian people to, and a secure reconnection with, their national hearth―all flowing from the fundamental imperative of achieving Reconciliation through the Truth;
A new significant renewal project is being launched for the redevelopment and renewal of Gyumri, it is called “Gyumri Project HOPE.” The goal of the project is to come up with a long-term development plan for Gyumri that will bring together organizations and individuals from diaspora, international organizations and the municipality of Gyumri for the purpose of reviving Gyumri.
