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US recognition of Armenian killings as genocide revives an old debate

The United States’ decision to recognise the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as a "genocide" has revived a long-running debate in the European Union.

Turkey

Turkey summons U.S. ambassador over Biden Armenia genocide recognition

Turkey rejects the use of the word genocide and claims that both Turks and Armenians were killed.

World News

Armenia remembers the victims of mass killings by Turkey in 1915

The US is preparing to recognise the killings as genocide.

Armenia

Joe Biden 'preparing to formally recognise the Armenian genocide'

Such a move would further cool relations between the US and Turkey - although one official said Biden could still change his mind.

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Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister confirms he will step down to allow election

Nikol Pashinyan has faced weeks of protests calling for his resignation in the wake of Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan.

Armenia

Armenia’s PM calls early elections in a bid to defuse political crisis

BREAKING: Armenia’s PM calls early elections in a bid to defuse the country’s political crisis

World

Armenian anti-government protesters blockade Parliament in Yerevan

Armenian anti-government protesters blockade Parliament in Yerevan calling for the Prime Minister's resignation

Armenia

Amid political unrest, Armenia's PM says he's ready for snap elections

"Only the people can decide who will stay in power," said PM Nikol Pashinyan as rival protests took place in the Armenian capital.

Armenia

Armenian president refuses order to dismiss army chief

It came as several thousand people demonstrated on Saturday in Yerevan for the third day in a row, demanding the resignation of the prime minister.

Armenia

Armenia’s PM says the army attempted a coup. What’s really going on?

Who are the key players and what was the catalyst that sparked tensions this week?

Turkey

Turkey slams Dutch bid to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide

Turkey has strongly denounced a motion by the Dutch parliament to formally recognise the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Armenia

Armenia's Prime Minister accuses military chiefs of 'attempted coup'

"What happened today is that some people tried to put our military staff in a non-democratic process and a military coup," said Pashinyan to his supporters.

Netherlands

Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide

Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide.

Austria

Tension grows in Austria over the deportation of three young girls

The governing coalition is being criticised for expelling children who are considered to be "well-integrated", including a 12-year-old girl born in Austria.

Azerbaijan

Review of the Year: Azerbaijan takes the upper hand in Nagorno-Karabakh

Armed conflict erupted in the Caucasus in September 2020. It would last 44 days, leave more than 5000 people dead and redefine the map of the Caucasus.

Armenia

Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan, Armenia exchange prisoners

The latest flare-up erupted on September 27 with both sides blaming each other for the renewed violence — the worst episode in decades.

Azerbaijan

Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of breaching ceasefire

Tensions remain high between Armenia and Azerbaijan despite the ceasefire deal agreed last month.

World News

Amnesty calls for probe into alleged Nagorno-Karabakh war crimes

A fierce war between the Azeri army and Armenian separatists supported by Yerevan broke out at the end of September.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan summons ambassador over France's Nagorno-Karabakh vote

France's Senate voted on Wednesday to recognise the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent country. The vote is largely symbolic.

World News

Calculating the human cost of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh resulted in hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths. Some are still waiting for news of their missing relatives.