Armenia government to place 105,000 flowers at Genocide memorialApril 22, 2020 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said on Wednesday, April 22 that the government will lay 105,000 flowers at the Genocide memorial on behalf of Armenians worldwide on April 24. April 24, 1915 is the day when a group of Armenian intellectuals were rounded up and assassinated in Constantinople by the Ottoman government. On April 24, Armenians worldwide will be commemorating the 105th anniversary of the Genocide, which continued until 1923. Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as Genocide. Turkey denies to this day. Avinyan’s statement came a day after government chief of staff Eduard Aghajanyan said that the entrance to the memorial in Yerevan will be closed on April 24 for security reasons. Thousands of people from Armenia and abroad visit the memorial each year to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Genocide. The tradition will be interrupted this year given the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic in the world. Avinyan urged people to stay at home and join the government’s program of commemorative events, which includes switching off the lights at 9pm on April 24 when all the city lights in Yerevan and the provincial capitals will be turned off; flashing the lights from their phone cameras through windows and follow the response from Tsitsernakaberd, the hill on which the memorial is situated; sending messages with their names to the numbers 1915 (from Armenia) and 0037433191500 (from abroad), so that all those names will be projected on the walls of the memorial. Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |