  Stockholm commemorates Genocide victims April 24, 2012 - 18:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24, Sweden’s Armenian Diaspora marched the streets of Stockholm in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims. As the speaker of the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden Vahagn Avedian told PanARMENIAN.Net an Armenian church in Stockholm is hosting a liturgy for innocent victims of Genocide, to be followed by a photo exhibit. “The exhibit will feature works of Scandinavian artists who witnessed the Genocide in 1915. The event highlights letters and other materials carrying eyewitness accounts of the massacres. The historic documents were showcased in Yerevan’s Genocide Museum in 2011, with Stockholm exhibit to last through April 27,” Avedian said. In the evening of April 24, a special event, hosting 300 people, will take place. Suzanne Khardalian’s “Grandma’s Tattoos” centering on Genocide survivors will be screened.   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 |  Topic Latest news Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day  May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865.Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan.Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |
