Youth rally to mark Armenian genocide
The Committee of Memory for the Armenian genocide is organising a youth rally next week to commemorate the 104th anniversary of the 1915 events. The...
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Turkey attacks French President on Armenian genocide day
ANKARA, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Turkey on Wednesday said it strongly condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to declare April 24 as a day for...
Turkey continues denial of Armenian genocide, Syllouris says at remembrance event
Turkey continues to deny their responsibility in the crime committed against the Armenians, House President Demetris Syllouris said on Tuesday at a ceremony marking the...
Armenian community in Cyprus to mark genocide anniversary
The Armenian community in Cyprus will mark 103 years since the 1915 genocide by Turkey with a series of events in the coming week. On...
Government condemns Armenian genocide
The government and President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday strongly condemned the Armenian genocide by Turkey on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the event....
Germany braces for Turkish backlash to Armenian genocide vote
The German parliament will approve a symbolic resolution on Thursday that declares the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a “genocide”, a move that...
German lawmakers risk Erdogan ire with Armenia ‘genocide’ vote
German lawmakers risk angering Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and jeopardising an EU-Turkey migrant deal by backing a planned resolution branding as “genocide” the mass killings of...
Tusk desperately needs lecturing on Turkey
By Dr Yiorghos Leventis “Today Turkey is – and this is not just a political, formal assessment, it is also my very private personal feeling...
Cyprus condemns Armenian Genocide on 101st anniversary
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday condemned the Armenian Genocide by the Ottomans, which he called “a disgrace in the history of mankind”. “The government expresses...
MEPs say Turkey-EU relations affected by Cyprus, Ankara sends back progress report over Armenian reference
MEPs on Thursday welcomed the ‘considerable progress’ in the Cyprus reunification talks, yet at the same time stressed that non-settlement of the Cyprus issue affects the development...
Turk’s denial of any Armenian genocide not a crime – European Court
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday Switzerland had violated a Turkish politician’s right to freedom of speech by convicting him for denying...
Turkey’s EU ambitions complicated by row over Armenia genocide
Turkey’s backlash against European countries that call Ottoman Turks’ 1915 massacre of Armenians genocide will complicate Ankara’s ambitions to join the European Union, the commissioner...
Our View: Turkey should acknowledge and apologise for genocide
TODAY marks a hundred years since the start of the Armenian genocide. On April 24, 1915 the Ottoman government arrested some 200 Armenian intellectuals and...
Pain never shared: Turkey offers condolences to Armenians without sincerity
By Aram Ananyan AARON Manoukian, one of two dozen Armenian genocide survivors living in Armenia, celebrated his 101st birthday on March 20, a month before...
Anastasiades and MPs attend genocide events in Armenia
By Elias Hazou PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades yesterday traveled to Yerevan, where today he will join other heads of state and officials for the main commemoration...
Turkey says Austrian accusation of Armenian genocide damages ties permanently
By Humeyra Pamuk Turkey told Austria yesterday Wednesday that an Austrian parliamentary declaration describing the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as ‘genocide’ would...
A century old scar
By Alexia Evripidou Friday, April 24 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman government. Up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed....
Turkey’s Erdogan says will disregard European vote on Armenian killings
By Humeyra Pamuk and Ece Toksabay President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would disregard the European Parliament’s vote later on Wednesday on the 1915 mass killings...
Pope calls Armenian massacre first genocide of 20th century, disappoints Turkey
By Steve Scherer Pope Francis described the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians as “the first genocide of the 20th century” at a...
Cyprus and Armenia issue commemorative stamp
Cyprus and Armenia Post on Thursday jointly issued a stamp to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide. The stamp depicts the building of the...
