Early on Sat., April 2, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group co-chairs expressed grave concern over the reported large-scale ceasefire violations that were taking place along the Line of Contact […]
The Georgian Dream Party (GDP) dramatically came to power in 2012 on the back of a popular message. The GDP claimed that Mikhail Saakashvili’s United National Movement (UNM) had become authoritarian and lost touch with […]
In April this year, French President Francois Hollande declared that “genocide” was the only word that could appropriately characterize the events of 1915; the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations passed a resolution affirming the […]
An initiative introduced by the Armenian government to stop the reduction in numbers of its citizenry was the law of dual citizenship. The law which came into effect in 2008 ensured that while large numbers […]
Landlocked, blockaded, and permanently under threat of attack from hostile neighbors, the Republic of Armenia faces a multitude of national security issues. These issues are further perpetuated by a myriad of social concerns relating to […]
The Turkish minister for EU Affairs, Egemen Bagis, recently compared the Assyrian Genocide to “masturbation.” The comment was reportedly made during a discussion with a Swedish parliamentarian of Assyrian descent at an event organized by […]
Covering an area of 19,000 sqm (4.7 acres) and comprised of 2,711 stelae concrete blocks ranging in height from 0.2 meters to 4.8 meters (8 inches to 15 feet 9 inches) is the Memorial to […]
While we are well aware that the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide is the international law under which we seek justice for the Armenian Genocide, and we know […]
Much has been said about the need to help Javakhk, but little is known about the realities and conditions under which the local Armenians live. On a steamy June morning in Yerevan, I embarked on […]
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