WASHINGTON–DC–The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called a response from PBS Co-chief Program Executive Jacoba Atlas on the ongoing controversy surrounding a misguided panel featuring Genocide deniers "dismissive" and "unacceptable" Tuesday–urging PBS to meet with ANCA representatives to resolve the growing controversy.
ANCA National Board Member and Western Region Chairman Steve Dadaian first contacted Atlas [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–Thousands of people gathered in Yerevan’s Republic Square on Tuesday to protest against Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian policies. They observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the 1988 massacres in the Azeri city of Sumgait.
At the rally–Artashes Shahbazian–a member of the organizing committee–spoke of the many similar demonstrations being held in [...]

(Hurriyet)–Turkey’s Special Envoy to Iraq–Oguz Celikkol–met with Kurdish leader Mesut Barzani to discuss Turkey’s stance on the Kurdish Regional Authority based in Kirkuk–as well as the growing sectarian violence across Iraq. Barzani met with Celikkol in his official capacity as leader of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Part of Celikkol’s message to Barzani was that [...]

(EU Politix)–The European Union (EU) has approved a controversial aid package of 139 million Euro for the internationally unrecognized Turkish Cypriot state in northern Cyprus.
Aid is aimed at improving the infrastructure of the poor area–in a deal that was approved by EU foreign ministers Monday.
"We warmly welcome the adoption of the regulation establishing an instrument [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir/Armenpress)–Political parties represented in the Armenian Parliament issued a statement Monday–condemning the anti-Armenian policies of Azerbaijan and the recent destruction of Armenian monumen’s in Julfa–Nakhichevan.
The statement detailed Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian policies–which began in the Soviet era and continue to this day–aimed at forcefully driving Armenia’s from their ancestral lands–such as Karabagh–Nakhichevan–and Gandzak.
"The ethnic cleansing and [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress/Noyan Tapan)–Karabagh’s Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) youth organization–in cooperation with the Aram Manougian student union–organized discussions between nine Karabagh organizations on the 18th anniversary of the Sumgait massacres.
Discussions focused on the Sumgait massacres of 1988 and Azerbaijan’s destruction of Armenian monumen’s. They spoke in particular about the recent destruction of the Armenian cemetery–and the [...]

YEREVAN (Yerkir)–The Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) Canada Youth Organization and the Armen Garo Student Organization organized a demonstration on February 24 in Ottawa–Canada–to protest against the criminal anti-Armenian policies of Azerbaijan.
About a hundred Armenia’s from Montreal–Laval–Toronto–Cambridge–and Ottawa were present. The protesters gathered outside the UNESCO office demanding that UNESCO interfere and condemn the barbaric destruction [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–A proposal titled–"Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Committed between 1915-1922 in the Ottoman Empire," was presented in the Bulgarian parliament by the ATAKA parliamentary faction.
The proposal–already signed by 12 members of parliament–is now facing opposition from Turkish members of the Bulgarian parliament.
Remzi Osman–Turkish Parliament member representing the mostly Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms [...]

LOS ANGELES–The UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association invites the public to the fourth annual–international Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies (GSCAS) at UCLA on Friday–March 3–2006. This day-long academic event will begin at 10:00 AM and be held in the famous Royce Hall–room 314.
This year–the organizing committee has set out to continue the tradition that [...]

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)–headed by Israel W. Charny–President–and the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute)–headed by Roger W. Smith–are pleased to announce that they have co-founded a new academic journal–Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (GSP)–published in partnership with the University of Toronto [...]

–System Of A Down mobilizes fans against PBS panel
WASHINGTON DC–Authors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution in the US House of Representatives–Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA)–and Armenian Caucus co-chairmen Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ)–have urged their colleagues to join with them in signing a Congressional letter expressing opposition to plans of the [...]