Armenia’s third President and Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan has been re-elected as president of the Chess Federation of Armenia.
The voting took place during the Chess Federation's reporting conference on Saturday, RPA said on Facebook.
Sargsyan was the only candidate and was re-elected unanimously. He has headed the Armenian Chess Federation since 2004.
Also, Smbat Lputyan was re-elected as first vice president of the federation.
Opposition protests aimed at forcing Nikol Pashinyan to resign as Armenian prime minister resumed in Yerevan on Friday.
Groups of protesters began marching along four key streets from France Square in central Yerevan at 12pm.
"Today, as it was announced, we must show our strength, steadfastness and vigor, which no column can resists," ARF member Gegham Manukyan said at the beginning of the march.
Demonstrators then began the march, chanting "Unity!" and "Armenia without Nikol!".
"This is not a struggle for power, but for the existence of the two Armenian states, our future and the security of our borders. We have not and will not put up with the idea of friendship with the Turks, so we have all stood up and call on our compatriots to join us," said a protester.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has said that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh have the courage to reject any proposal that could threaten the security of the Armenians of Artsakh (Karabakh).
"We must have the courage, and the people of Artsakh have the courage to reject any offer, coercion or agreement that could threaten the security of the Armenians of Artsakh and to question the will of the people of Artsakh to freely express their will," the Catholicos said in a tweet on Wednesday, May 3.
Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said Tuesday that his government was not going to deviate from the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination.
Days earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the number one beneficiary of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is Artsakh and its people, which means nothing can be negotiated implemented in secret. According to the Prime Minister, the agenda of peace is aimed at overcoming the difficulties that followed the war, to guarantee the security, the rights and the future of the people.
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YEREVAN, MAY 2, ARMENPRESS. The number of full vaccinations against COVID-19 in Armenia is 996,530, as of May 2, the ministry of healthcare said.
The number of first dose vaccinations is 131,799.
Another 48,020 received booster shots.
Police detained opposition activists protesting outside the Armenian government building in Yerevan and chanting "Let’s get rid of liars!” on Friday.
Officers of a special police task force aggressively detained the activists of the Liberation Movement, forcing them into a police van without providing any explanations.
Also, they detained an activist filming the incident and forced him to turn off his phone camera.
This year Youth Sambo World Championship will be held in Yerevan.
The decision was made by the Executive Committee of the International Sambo Federation, according to the official website of the organization.
The championship will be held from 14 to 16 October.
Yerevan will host Sambo World Masters Championship in 2023.
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YEREVAN, APRIL 28, ARMENPRESS. Members of the US Congress, representatives of Washington DC's human rights, faith-based, and ethnic organizations, and the Armenian-American community gathered at the Capitol to honor the victims of Turkey's Genocide of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Syriac, Chaldeans, and Maronites from 1915-1923, ANCA reported on social media.
The event included remarks by special guests, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Balakian and US Commission on International Religious Freedom Chair Nadine Maenza.
“As we gather here to remember history, to remember the Armenian Genocide, it’s really that opportunity to say 'never again' and to make sure that we put that into action in events that are going around the world here today," said Senator Van Hollen (D-MD), citing the importance of Armenian Genocide recognition in genocide prevention, at the Capitol Hill Observance of the Armenian Genocide.
“It is now incumbent on all of us to ensure that the education around the Armenian Genocide is as deep, and broad, and compelling as it could possibly be”, Congressman John Sarbanes, who is an original cosponsor of the Armenian Genocide Education Act (H.R.7555), said.
Congressman Frank Pallone also delivered remarks at the event.
The event was sponsored by Armenian American organizations and the Embassy of Armenia, in cooperation with the Congressional Armenian Caucus.
YEREVAN. – Iravunk daily of Armenia writes: In recent days, Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] MPs are strangely avoiding even expressing an opinion on the internal political developments taking place in Armenia—in the case when the core of these developments is the salvation of Artsakh.
Everyone, virtually jointly, says that they are still in discussions at the moment, that they will speak as soon as they have something to say.
To the question whether [Artsakh President] Arayik Harutyunyan's statement at the last sitting of the AR [(Artsakh Republic)] Security Council that [Armenian PM Nikol] Pashinyan would not sign any official document without Artsakh has inspired confidence, [opposition] ARF [Dashnaktsutyun Party] member Davit Ishkhanyan, maneuvered, only said: "We will talk. We will talk about that as well."
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by TurkeyPurge | Apr 23, 2022
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu flashed the “Grey Wolf” sign in front of a group of Armenians marching for the anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Uruguay on Saturday.
Turkish nationalists often use the salutation of the Grey Wolves, “a fist with the little finger and index finger raised,” inspired by a she-wolf in the Ergenekon legend, a myth associated with the country’s Turkic origins in the Central Asian steppes.
It was banned in Austria in February 2019. In Germany, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Left Party proposed banning the salute in October 2018, calling it fascist.
https://turkeypurge.com/turkish-foreign-minister-flashes-racist-grey-wolf-sign-in-front-of-armenian-protesters-in-uruguay
RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE
"Let us redouble our efforts toward healing and building the better, more peaceful world that we wish for our children," he said.
A torchlight procession march during a demonstration marks the 107th anniversary of the massacre and honors the victims of the Armenian genocide in Yerevan, Armenia, on April 23. | Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP
By DAVID COHEN
04/24/2022 10:06 AM EDT
President Joe Biden on Sunday issued a statement memorializing the Armenian genocide that included some phrasing that seemed to be indirectly referencing Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
“Let us redouble our efforts toward healing and building the better, more peaceful world that we wish for our children,” Biden said in a statement Sunday. “A world where human rights are respected, where the evils of bigotry and intolerance do not mark our daily lives, and where people everywhere are free to pursue their lives in dignity and security.”
April 24 is an important date for those who remember and mourn the Ottoman Empire’s systematic killing of as many as 1.5 million Armenians. On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities began persecuting Armenians by arresting and then deporting community leaders in Constantinople. The persecution continued through 1917 and didn’t fully end until the demise of the once-mighty Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.
“As we reflect on the Armenian genocide, we renew our pledge to remain vigilant against the corrosive influence of hate in all its forms,” Biden said. “We recommit ourselves to speaking out and stopping atrocities that leave lasting scars on the world.”
The statement did not directly reference Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine during its invasion, which Biden has called “genocide.”
“It’s become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of being Ukrainian. The evidence is mounting. It looks different than last week,” Biden said in Iowa earlier this month. “More evidence is coming out, literally, of the horrible things that the Russians have done in Ukraine. And we’re going to only learn more and more about the devastation.”
In 2021, Biden became the first American president to describe the mass killings of Armenians as “genocide.” American leaders had long been reluctant to make the designation, which the nation of Turkey has fought against tooth and nail.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/24/biden-armenian-genocide-ukraine-00027363