Event dedicated to 93rd anniversary of Armenian Genocide to be held in MoscowApril 19, 2008 - 15:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 20, the Moscow Organization of the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) will hold an event dedicated to the 93rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from the UAR, a new feature film about the Armenian Genocide will be screened during the event. The Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 is the first genocide of the 20th century. Some 1.5 million of Armenians were slaughtered in the ethnic cleansing organized by the Ittihad ve Terakki (Unity and Progress) party. Some 500 thousand fled and found shelter in various countries, thus forming the Armenian Diaspora, which numbers 5 millions now. 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. |