Glendale School District sets April 24 as Genocide commemoration dayMarch 16, 2016 - 16:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Glendale Unified School District on Tuesday, March 15 passed a resolution to mark April 24th as a "Day of Commemoration for the Armenian Genocide," ANCA Glendale reports. GUSD will be first school district in the nation to have all of its schools closed in honor of that day. “This is a great day for the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) and all those who fight for justice and the memory of those we lost during the Armenian Genocide,” ANCA said in a Facebook post. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |