By Nessuna
Tonight, the American University of Armenia (AUA) hosted a public lecture entitled “Is Democracy Advancing or Retreating in the World?†by Thomas Carothers. Among other things, Carothers is Vice President for International Politics and Governance at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Carothers also has significant experience in the fields […]
On October 12, 2006 – French Parliament passed a bill criminalizing the denial of the fact, that the Ottoman Turkish Empire committed Genocide against Armenians in 1915. On the same date the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
It is indisputable, that Turkey should acknowledge the Armenian Genocide and bear the full consequences as stated by the International Law after a subsequent action at the International Criminal Court.
Hrant Dink, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2005
In a strange twist to news that France has passed a bill making denial of the Armenian Genocide a crime, ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink says that he is prepared to deny the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians to defend freedom of speech. […]
Tsitsernakaberd, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
Despite Turkish protests, PanArmenian.net reports that the lower house of the French Parliament has passed a bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide.
A total of 106 deputies voted in favor of the bill while 19 voted against, France Info radio […]
Arminfo carries news that the South Caucasus Parliamentary Initiative (SCPI) has proposed to establish an annual Caucasus Day in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. I’m all for the idea given the fact that the three countries have a lot to offer each offer culturally and the need for mutual hatreds to be overcome. However, the idea […]
RFE/RL quotes Peter Semneby, the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus region, as saying that both Armenia and Azerbaijan are stalling for time in continuing efforts to resolve the long-standing conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.
Semneby told the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee that Azerbaijan in particular appears to be hoping that income from […]
Just received an email from a new Armenian site that looks quite interesting although it appears to be only available in French. Nevertheless it seems different from the normal types of Armenian sites that we’re used to and I especially like the inclusion of a photo reportage section.
Thanks a lot for your blog: very […]
It’s the third day of my Mum’s visit to Armenia and British Airways still has no idea where her luggage is. There were about a dozen others on the same flight who are also without their bags, as well as those who came over on the the Air France flight that arrived a few hours […]
Thanks to Nessuna over at Di Cavoli e di Re, I’ve met quite a few visitors from Europe in the past month or so. One of those is Thomas Seropian from France via Lebanon who’s working for an International NGO in Armenia at the moment.
He’s also a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan and has […]
For such a predominently mono-ethnic country, it’s interesting to note that there are some signs that racism is on the increase. Nessuna at di cavoli e di re recently posted about some white supremacist leaflets she noticed in Yerevan, for example, and from my own experience, many locals — as well as some Diasporans — […]
