STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—Armenian servicemen Tigran Poghosyan (b. 1992) and Aram Arushanyan (b. 1972) were killed by Azerbaijani fire on the Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Line of Contact (LoC) on April 26, according to a press statement […]
Genocide Commemorations Persevere into a New Century, Fight for Recognition Prevails NEW YORK—The Centennial of the Armenian Genocide last year reinvigorated worldwide efforts to not only commemorate the massacres of 1.5 million lost lives but […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan released a message on April 24 offering his condolences to the relatives of “Ottoman Armenians, who lost their lives under the tragic conditions of the First World War.” […]
ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of Turkey released a statement on April 24 condemning the Turkish government’s denial of the Armenian Genocide and urging a full restoration of justice. Specifically, the HDP called for […]
CRANSTON, R.I.—On Thursday evening, April 21, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung welcomed members of the community to the City Hall Council Chambers. Fung served as the host to the annual Armenian National Committee (ANC) Rhode Island flag-raising ceremony in his city, […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly ISTANBUL, Turkey—On an overcast evening amid the threat of rain, the 7th annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide took place in Istanbul. These commemorations, which first began in 2010 in Taksim […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—A public transportation bus in Yerevan exploded on the night of April 25 at 9:51 p.m. local time, killing at least one person and injuring several others, reported a number of news outlets in […]
ALEPPO, Syria (A.W.)—On April 25, two Armenians were killed in attacks on the Armenian districts of Aleppo, which specifically targeted the Sulaymaniyah district. Avedis Torosian (b. 1966) and George Tashjian (b. 1982) were killed in a rocket […]
Protest against Turkish Denial TBILISI, Georgia (A.W.)—Tbilisi Armenians held a protest in Avlabari (Havlabar)—long known as the center of Armenian life in Old Tbilisi—demanding justice for the Armenian Genocide. The protest was originally scheduled to […]
By Andrew Devedjian CHICAGO, Ill.—”Click, click, click, fall the dominoes,” exclaimed Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Chicago “Christapor” Gomideh member Ara Surenian in his opening remarks on April 23. This kicked off the commemorative program at the […]
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