The Defense Ministry presents an intercepted recording of a phone conversation between two Azerbaijanis speaking about a number of casualties on the Azerbaijani side.
Defense Ministry Spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan shared the video on his Facebook page.
A German orchestra said on Saturday that Turkey attempted to pressure it and the EU to keep the term “genocide” out of a concert marking the massacres of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World War I, reports.
The controversy centres on texts that will be sung or spoken during the April 30 show in the eastern German city of Dresden, as well as the event’s programme, which uses the word.
“It’s an infringement on freedom of expression,” said Markus Rindt, director of the Dresdner Sinfoniker orchestra.
Rindt said Turkey’s delegation to the European Union demanded the European Commission withdraw 200,000 euros ($224,500) in funding for the concert.
The commission ultimately maintained its financial support, but asked the orchestra to not mention genocide and has removed any mention of the event from its website, Rindt said.
“We find all of this very questionable,” he added.
A commission spokeswoman confirmed that details of the concert had been pulled from the body’s website.
“Due to concerns raised regarding the wording used in the project description, the Commission temporarily withdrew it,” the spokeswoman said. “A new project description will be republished in the coming days.”
The history of Armenia is closely connected with Byzantium and Greece, through common course and tragic events. The Athens-based Byzantine and Christian Museum, hosts the exhibition “Armenia: The spirit of Ararat, from the Bronze Age to the 20th century,” organized in collaboration with the History Museum of Armenia and the Embassy of Armenia in Greece.
Director of the Byzantine and Christian Museum Mrs. Katerina Delaporta told that “the exhibition includes 104 items, starting from prehistoric times, findings that emerged from excavations of the Hellenistic and Roman period to digital material from the modern history of Armenia, presenting the destruction of monuments and the Armenian Genocide.”
It is the first time that archaeological treasures of Armenia are on display in Greece. Visitors will certainly find the historic link between the two countries.
Armenians made their presence felt both in Europe and the Middle and Far East and India and China. This geographic expansion of their commercial networks, particularly to the east, influenced their cultural preferences, which are visible on objects in the collection.
The exhibition will remain open until May 31.
The search for bodies of those killed during clashes along the Nagorno Karabakh line of contact continues with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office have also arrived at the scene.
The parties agreed a “period of silence” yesterday to recover the bodies of the dead.
After de-mining works, the ICRC and OSCE representatives approached the buffer zone.
No bodies of Armenians soldiers were found in the buffer zone, the search works continue.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Mdvedev has arrived in Yerevan at the invitation of Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.
The delegation headed by the Russian PM comprises a number of government representatives, as well as the Director General of “Roskosmos” State Corporation Igor Komorov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller.
Hovik Abrahyan welcomed his Russian counterpart at Zvartnots Airpors.
Immediately after the official welcome ceremony the Russian delegation left for Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian genocide victims.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan attended the prayer for Motherland and its Defender held at St. Grigor the Illuminator church on April 4, delivered by Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
The NKR Defense Army has released a video, proving Azeri lies about the number of casualties along the Nagorno Karabakh line of contact.
Footage shows 21 Azeri troops killed in one battle, while the Azerbaijani side puts the number at 12.
“The Video shows the bodies of the Azeri soldiers, who were claimed to have conquered Seysulan, while Seysulan has been Armenian, and will stay Armenian,” the Ministry of Defense says in a statement.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is attending the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington at the invitation of UN President Barack Obama. The summit featured more than 50 heads of state and government.
The goal of the two-day event is to come up with strategies for preventing would-be attackers against nation states from obtaining or building nuclear weapons capable of inflicting mass casualties.
Initiatives for Development of Armenia (IDeA) Charitable Foundation and National Geographic Partners have signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a preliminary review of sustainable tourism development opportunities in Armenia. The initial research will include recommendations on product potential for developing Armenia’s cultural and natural attractions based upon the three pillars of sustainable tourism:
Costas Christ, editor at large for National Geographic Traveler, will travel to Armenia in late April to lead a preliminary tourism development assessment on behalf of National Geographic. Christ, who is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on sustainable tourism, works with National Geographic’s Travel group, for which he serves as director of sustainable tourism and oversees field audits for the National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World.
As part of the Armenia research trip, Christ will meet with government representatives, community leaders, business owners and tourism operators to assess the challenges and opportunities for sustainable tourism development to promote economic growth, while safeguarding Armenia’s natural treasures and rich cultural heritage for future generations. Working closely with IDeA, Christ’s recommendations will provide guidance on tourism strategy based upon globally recognized criteria for sustainable tourism principles and practices.
“Global scope and collaboration and using best international practices and standards for creating new local benchmarks are among the key principles of IDeA Foundation and based on that we are starting to work with National Geographic Partners. I am sure that this cooperation will help us to explore the best ways of presenting Armenia to the world and include them in the IDeA’s Tourism Development Strategy,” said Edgar Manukyan, CEO of IDeA Foundation.
“Armenia is a beautiful country with a rich and proud cultural heritage. Protecting that heritage and caring for the environment are fundamental to Armenia’s sustainable tourism development strategy to deliver economic and social well-being for the Armenian people. I am looking forward to working with such a visionary organization like IDeA to introduce Armenia to the world,” said Christ.