(Combined Sources) – On October 14, the Upper House (Senate) of the French Parliament adopted a bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial, passing with 156 Members of Parliament in favor of the bill and 146 against. “This is a really serious achievement, we have carried out huge works. Let’s remember that Turks have carried out a serious lobby, but the Senate voted in favor of the option of the bill that has been discussed in the National Assembly in the summer. It means th

April 2, 2016 English Translation: The President of the Republic deeply regrets the serious incidents in Nagorno Karabakh, near the cease-fire, which resulted in several casualties including civilians. These events are the most serious and deadly since the agreement reached in 1994 when the conflict had already 30,000 deaths. The President of the Republic calls on the parties to exercise the utmost restraint and respect the immediate, total, and durable cease-fire. Absolute p

(L-R): Armenian Assembly of America Western Region Director Arpi Vartanian and French Armenian historian Raymond Kevorkian By Sara Khojoyan (Armenia Now) – A country cannot be a nation if it does not know its past and has not analyzed it. With these words, renowned French Armenian historian Raymond Kevorkian opened his lecture in Yerevan on the evening of March 2nd. The lecture entitled “Analyze the History and Build the Future. The Example of Genocide Studies” was organized

Armenian Americans Express Condolences to the Families of the Victims, Solidarity with the People of France WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Sunday, the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) Board of Trustees Co-Chairs Anthony Barsamian and Van Krikorian released the following statement: “The Armenian Assembly, along with the Armenia Tree Project and the Armenian National Institute, express our deepest sympathies to the people of France in the face of the senseless acts of terror. Arm

By Taniel Koushakjian (@Taniel_Shant) AAANews Blog On November 12th, an Azerbaijani military unit stationed near the official Line of Contact (LOC) shot down an unarmed Nagorno Karabakh (NK) army helicopter killing all three servicemen aboard. News of the incident was first reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation and soon went viral across the Internet. “The [Armenian] Assembly strongly condemns Azerbaijan’s blatant cease-fire violation and calls upon the Administrat

By Taniel Koushakjian AAANews Blog On Wednesday, July 2nd, a member of Armenia’s press service in Washington, D.C. raised the issue of Azerbaijan military attacks on Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh during the U.S. State Department’s daily press briefing. “There is a noticeable escalation of anti-Armenian rhetoric in Azerbaijan recently,” stated Haykaram Nahapetyan, Armenian Public Television’s Washington correspondent. Azerbaijan violated the fragile ceasefire agreement “not onl