A candlelight action will be held from Liberty Square on January 28, Army Day, at 18:30 in memory of soldiers who died in military service, organizer of the action Lala Aslikyan said. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Army, a plenty of events are scheduled for January 27-29. Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex hosted a festive concert on January 27.

The bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial was discussed during Philippe Labro’s “Langue de bois s’abstenir” weekly program on Direct 8 French TV channel. “French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to adopt the Genocide bill and the first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is involved in this,” Turkish media quoted journalist Chloé Leprince as saying during the program. On January 23...

An argument broke out between Turkish journalist Narehan Alci and Enver Aysever during a TV program on CNNTurk when Hrant Dink’s case was mentioned. The discussion took up a heated atmosphere when Narehan Alci mentioned that several years ago Dink was fired from Birgun paper just for being Armenian. Enver Aysever strongly opposed as a result of which Narehan Alci got angrier and cried...