Lyons Armenians gather at Genocide victims memorial for torchlight processionApril 24, 2011 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - About 100 Armenians gathered in Lyons, France for a torchlight procession in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims. The action was initiated by ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Nor Serund youth organization. The demonstrators laid flowers at the memorial to Genocide victims, urging Turkey to abandon the denial policy and acknowledge the fact of the Genocide, Nouvelles d’ Armenie reported. “The only fault of those massacred in 1915 was that they were Armenians,” a Nor Serund youth organization member said. The cities of Paris and Marseilles are also hosting commemorative events to be followed by a liturgy for innocent victims of the tragedy. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. 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. |