2011 December - Armenian News By MassisPost

ՍԴՀԿ-Ի ԽՕՍՔԸ ԱՄԱՆՈՐԻ ԱՌԹԻՒ

Պատմութեան կ’անցնի 2011 տարին ու երկրագունդը ու անոր բնակիչները նոր տարին կը դիմաւորեն նոր յոյսերով ու ակնկալիքներով, մաղթելով որ տարին իր հետ բերէ աւելի նպաստաւոր պայմաններ ու երկիրներ եւ ժողովուրդներ կարողանան...
Christmas Party Unites Communities of Pasadena

The Armenian Community Coalition of Pasadena (ACCP) held its annual Christmas Party on Wednesday evening, at Robin’s BBQ Grill on Rosemead Blvd. A diverse multi-cultural group of community leaders were among...
Compassionate Expressionism in Seeroon Yeretzian’s Paintings

By Sahag Toutjian Long overdue, the first, high quality album of the prominent Armenian-American painter Seeroon Yeretzian has just been published by Abril Publishing, 415 E Broadway, Suite 102, Glendale, California...
Armenian and Greek Clergymen clash at Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM — The annual cleaning of one of Christianity’s holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl between rival clergy Wednesday, as dozens of monks feuding over sacred space at the Church of...
Armenian Genocide Bill Sponsor in France Reports Death Threats

PARIS — The main author of a French bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide claimed to have received death threats after her website was apparently hacked by angry Turkish...
Selling Cigs by the Tramways: Survival in Nazi Occupied Greece

By Arthur Hagopian SYDNEY — His home in Sydney’s high-end Chatswood suburb is a far cry from the ramshackle camp in Greece where his family had found refuge from the 1915...
Prof. Richard G. Hovannisian to Speak in Belmont on Armenian Kars & Ani

BELMONT, MA — The First Armenian Church of Belmont, MA, and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will sponsor “An Illustrated Journey to Kars and Ani” by Prof....
Armenia and Iran Sign Cooperation Agreements on Energy and Communications

YEREVAN — The presidents of Armenia and Iran pledged on Friday to further expand “high-level relations” between their nations and, in particular, give new impetus to the implementation of joint energy...
Sarkozy: Turkey Cannot Teach France Any “Lessons”

Armenia Thanks France for Genocide Bill PARIS — France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy dismissed on Friday Turkey’s furious reaction to the passage of a French bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian...
Syunik Region Governor Embroiled In Another Scandal

KAJARAN — Syunik region governor Surik Khachatrian notorious for violent behavior has triggered yet another scandal after apparently bullying and insulting young environmental activists protesting against open-pit mining in Armenia’s southeastern...
Armenian Council of Europe Commends the French Parliament

On Thursday, France’s lower house of parliament approved a motion making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide. Specifically the motion “reprehends the contesters of genocides accepted by law” including...
$31 Million Raised for Armenia & Artsakh

Fundraising for Armenia Fund Telethon 2011 concluded Wednesday evening with an announcement of $18.6 million pledged during Armenia Fund’s annual Moscow Gala. The funds raised will be combined with the $12.3...
French Parliament Passes Genocide Law for Armenian Genocide (Updated)

Turkey Recalls Ambassador from Paris PARIS — France’s lower house of parliament passed a bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian genocide. The motion was backed in a voice...
Synopsis of the Book ” Judgment at Istanbul: The Armenian Genocide Trials”

New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2011. 363p. ISBN 978-0-85745-251-1 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-85745-286-3 (ebook) by Vahakn N. Dadrian and Taner Akçam This book is a study of the World War I...
Turkey Heightens Pressure On France Over Armenian Genocide Bill

French Foreign Ministry Warns Turkish Government Against Resorting to Economic Reprisals ANKARA, PARIS — Turkey ratcheted up pressure on France on Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to scuttle the passage by...
U.S. Congress Allocates $40 Million Economic Assistance to Armenia

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Congress has kept the volume of U.S. economic assistance to Armenia next year unchanged at $40 million and urged the administration of President Barack Obama to...
Greco-Roman Wrestler Roman Amoyan Voted Armenia’s Athlete of the Year

YEREVAN — European Greco-Roman wrestling champion Roman Amoyan was selected as Armenia’s 2011 athlete of the year. Armenia’s chess team was selected as the best Armenian team of 2011. Amoyan, 28,...
Mary a Papazian Appointed President Of Southern Connecticut State University

CONNECTICUT — Dr. Mary A. Papazian has been appointed president of Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) by the Board of Regents, she was recommended to this position by the Connecticut State...
Turkish PM Erdogan Lashes Out at France Over Genocide Bill

ANKARA — Turkey’s prime minister on Saturday sharply criticized France for a bill that would make it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide, AP reported. Saying France should investigate what...
Panel of Eleven Federal Appeals Judges Hears Oral Argument on Armenian Genocide Era Insurance Recovery Suit

GLENDALE, CA — On Wednesday, December 14, four and a half years after a federal district court judge in Los Angeles first held that a California law extending the statute of...