Armenian-Turkish border, Khor Virap, Ararat Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2004
After last weekend’s conference on the economic and social consequences of opening the Armenian-Turkish border, The Washington Post carries a story detailing calls from businessmen on both sides to establish economic relations sooner rather than later.
Turkey refuses to open […]
Via RFE/RL’s Armenia Liberty, the Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan has outlined his position on Turkey’s EU accession ambitions. As RFE/RL’s article points out, this might put Sarkisyan in conflict with some groups in the Diaspora, but his opinions are particularly important given that he will likely take over as President when Kocharian steps down in […]
Via Bekaisa, there’s an account of a recent visit to Armenia by two Azerbaijanis and a Turk. As it’s in Russian, there’s thankfully an English translation. Anyway, it starts off interesting enough with their journey into Armenia from Georgia. As anyone who knows the route well will tell you, buses and cars from Armenia usually […]
Today as I read the newspaper, Serzh Sarkisyan’s comments struck me as unbelievably short sighted and almost comical. I was reading a week old paper and in it Serzh said that he does not see Russia’s acquiring of Armenia’s utilities as dangerous. He continued to say that he does not see Russia using […]
Tsitsernakaberd, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1998
Well, even if the French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide doesn’t make it into law its certainly stirred up activity in the Blogosphere although it has to be said that posts by foreigners are proving better written and more interesting than ethnic […]
Following on from Hrant Dink and other ethnic Armenians in Turkey denouncing a bill that will criminalize denial of the Armenian Genocide if it becomes law in France comes reaction from Orhan Pamuk.
Dissident Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Literature Prize, denounced a French bill that would make it a […]
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 […]
Armenia is in a very interesting part of the world. As most of you know it is in the Southern Caucuses but this is a new designation. As I travel around the country and see the 1000 year old monuments of the silk trail with Armenian and Arabic languages, it brings up a […]
