France commemorates Resistance hero Missak ManouchianNovember 18, 2013 - 13:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Association of Armenian Veterans and Resistance Movement Participants commemorated the 70th anniversary of the arrest of a French Resistance hero Missak Manouchian and Resistance leader Joseph Epstein in Evry-Petit-Bourg. Junior Minister for Veterans at the French Ministry of Defence Kader Arif, Evry's Mayor and President of municipal community Francis Chouat, representatives of Armenian community and pubic organizations attended the event, according to Nouvelles d՝Arménie. Missak Manouchian (1 September 1906 – 21 February 1944) was a French-Armenian poet, a militant communist in the MOI (Main-d'œuvre immigrée or Immigrant Workforce Movement), and military commissioner of the FTP-MOI (Partisan irregulars of the MOI) in the Paris region. He was 37 years old when executed by the Nazis for his Resistance work. Related links: Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Director General of Ucom takes part in recruiting conference Ralph Yirikian participated in the Recruit Days business and networking conference organized by Move2Career. Ameriabank named Best Bank in Armenia for 2024 by Global Finance Ameriabank has been named the Best Bank in Armenia by Global Finance magazine in its 31st annual awards. Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine |