New website on Armenian Genocide launched April 16, 2012 - 10:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Genocide1915.org is a new information site, dedicated to the 1915 Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, which engulfed Armenians, Assyrian/Syriacs and Anatolian and Pontic Greeks. While there are number of excellent information sites on the Armenian Genocide, the new genocide1915.org aims to explain the genocide to the general public by answering the most frequently asked questions about the events during WWI, their background, the denial policy, the recognition process and gathering other information and material such as images, videos etc. in one place. Genocide1915.org is the English version of the Swedish language Folkmordet1915.org which was released as part of the information campaign prior to the recognition of the 1915 Genocide by the Swedish Riksdag on March 11, 2010. Genocide1915.org is created and maintained by Armenica.org in cooperation with the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden. Armenica.org is a nonprofit project for spreading information about Armenia and its related issues. Partner news  Top stories Last month, renowned Turkish pianist Fazıl Say was also handed a suspended 10-month prison sentence for blasphemy. Recent Azeri “examination” concerns a world-famed soprano Montserrat Caballe who’ll perform and give master classes in Yerevan on June 9. Valadao spoke about the importance of affirming the Genocide at the April 24th Congressional Observance on Capitol Hill. Sergei Lavrov noted that the current "status quo is unacceptable for Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh people."   Partner news |  Latest news German scientists ready to include Armenian petroglyphs in UNESCO list  The scientists conducted a survey of ancient rock art, with a database of Armenian petroglyphs to be later developed.Penguin reaches $75mln agreement in iBooks price fixing lawsuit In a press release, Penguin's parent company, Pearson, noted it had made a $40 million provision for settlement in its 2012 accounts.Diplomats say Iran installed 700 high-tech centrifuges The new IR-2m centrifuges are believed to be able to enrich two to five times faster than the old machines.FBI agent kills man in Boston bombings case The agent shot in self-defense in the incident, which occurred at Todashev's house, the law enforcement source said. |
