Argentinean museum illuminated with Armenian flag colorsMay 19, 2015 - 11:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Casa de Tucuman (House of Tucuman), a historical Argentinean building and museum was illuminated with the colors of the Armenian flag to commemorate the Armenian Genocide last week, Prensa Armenia reports. Casa de Tucuman is a National Historic Monument in Argentina, where the Argentine Declaration of Independence was issued on July 9, 1816. The artistic intervention, which also featured music and poetry reading, was organized by the Historical House Museum of Independence, the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI), a body chaired by Pedro Mouratian, and the Armenian National Committee of South America. "Genocide is the most extreme form of discrimination and the public awareness is essential to prevent the recurrence of these crimes against humanity," said Guillermo Ferraioli, Coordinator of INADI. "Under Law 26,199, Argentina declares April 24 as the 'Day of Action for Tolerance and Respect between Peoples' in commemoration of the genocide against the Armenian people," added Gustavo Diaz Fernandez, member of INADI Tucuman. 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 | 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 Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |