Radiation poisoning victim Harry Daghlian

Armenian-born scientist’s fatal experiment

May 16, 2016
Radiation poisoning victim Harry Daghlian
24-year-old Harry Daghlian was irradiated as a result of a criticality accident that occurred when he dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a 6.2 kg plutonium–gallium alloy bomb core. This core, subsequently nicknamed the "demon core", was also involved in the death of another physicist in an accident the following year.

Armenian-Azeri enclave war

Formula of Armenian land division

April 20, 2016
Armenian-Azeri enclave war
It’s a known fact that during the soviet era the territory of the Armenian republic included 3 Azerbaijani exclaves (enclaves for Armenia), while Armenia’s Artsvashen exclave (see the map) was situated in the soviet republic of Azerbaijan. It’s also known that at the beginning of the 1990s all of the four enclaves ceased to exist as a result of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

The PACE impasse: Senseless dances of Azeri shamans

Baku derived no lesson from years of fruitless attempts to move the Karabakh conflict settlement from the OSCE Minsk Group format to other platforms.

February 7, 2016
The PACE impasse: Senseless dances of Azeri shamans
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has been persistent in expressing his displeasure with the OSCE Minsk Group. However, his spasms of discontent were interspersed with bouts of civilized communication with the mediators - no boycotting of talks or declining of meetings.

Armenian artifacts collections at AMA

Over 20,000 objects

July 26, 2016
Armenian artifacts collections at AMA
The Armenian Museum of America (AMA) was created to locate, collect, preserve, and present the culture, history, art, and contributions of the Armenian people during the past 3,000 years. Founded in 1971 and located in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States, the AMA is an institution that has the largest collection of Armenian artifacts in North America.

Perincek v Switzerland: What does ECHR's judgment mean?

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled that Switzerland violated Dogu Perincek's right to freedom of speech.

October 15, 2015
Perincek v Switzerland: What does ECHR's judgment mean?
PanARMENIAN.Net gathered comments concerning the verdict. (Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, regularly mentioned in the text of the judgment, provides the right to freedom of expression and information.)

Armenian culture at British Museum

Over 175 manuscripts

July 15, 2016
Armenian culture at British Museum
With a history going through millennia, the Armenian culture is represented at museums across the globe, attracting attention of visitors. The British Museum in London is one of the places where numerous Armenian artifacts are displayed.

Baku statement on EEU membership: a threat or a warning?

Perhaps someday Azerbaijan may try to use the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) as a tool for the so-called “resolution” of Karabakh conflict.

October 8, 2015
Baku statement on EEU membership: a threat or a warning?
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s statement on the country’s possible accession to the EEU has been much discussed by regional experts.

Armenian culture at Hermitage

Over 1,500 showpieces of medieval collection

July 6, 2016
Armenian culture at Hermitage
Armenian culture has a history of thousands of centuries, spreading across the globe and finding its place in various museums worldwide. With a series of materials, PanARMENIAN.Net will tell about museums where the items of Armenian and Urartian culture are displayed. Hermitage, the biggest museum of Russia, is one of them.

Erdogan completely destroys his credibility

The international community should worry more about Erdogan’s terrifying actions than his delirious ramblings.

July 22, 2015
Erdogan completely destroys his credibility
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has completely destroyed his credibility by making numerous bizarre claims in recent years. For example, Erdogan told a group of Latin American Muslims visiting Istanbul last year that Muslim Pilgrims discovered America over 300 years before Christopher Columbus: “It is alleged that the American continent was discovered by Columbus in 1492. In fact, Muslim sailors reached the American continent 314 years before Columbus in 1178. …In his memoirs, Christopher Columbus mentions the existence of a mosque atop a hill on the coast of Cuba. A mosque would look perfect on that hill today.”

OSCE MG U.S. Co-chair sounding more like Azeri President

Azerbaijan lost the war, and here is the OSCE Minks Group doing its utmost to minimize Baku’s embarrassment.

July 16, 2015
OSCE MG U.S. Co-chair sounding more like Azeri President
James Warlick, the U.S. Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group charged with mediating a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, is sounding more like Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev than a so-called impartial diplomat tasked with resolving the longest conflict in post-Soviet history.
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