Dresdner Sinfoniker to commemorate Armenian Genocide in TurkeyOctober 17, 2016 - 16:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Dresdner Sinfoniker will perform "Aghet", a production commemorating the Armenian Genocide, in Turkey, Ermenihaber.am reports citing the Turkish service of Deutsche Welle. The concert is slated for November 13 at the Consulate General of Germany in Istanbul, Turkey. The orchestra said on April 23 that Turkey attempted to pressure it and the EU to keep the term genocide out of the same concert it ended up playing on April 30 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. The controversy then centered on texts that were sung or spoken during the show in the eastern German city of Dresden, as well as the event's programme, which used the word. Director of the Dresdner Sinfoniker orchestra Markus Rindt said the project seeks to create a German-Turkish-Armenian unity. Also, he said, it will foster dialogue between Armenia and Turkey. Rindt added that the concert matters to Germany a lot as the country "bears its own share of responsibility for the massacres." 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 | 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. Second round of Armenia-Azerbaijan talks set for May 11 The second round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place on May 11. About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. |