In April, 2009 the US Ambassador to Turkey said that Turkey’s ultra-nationalist opposition leader wanted President Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide and end the annual speculation game that occurs every April in Turkey and the US, according to a confidential cable publicized by WikiLeaks.

The ongoing dance between President Serzh Sarkisian and Armenian National Congress leader Levon Ter-Petrosian continued Thursday as the latter claimed victory to his supporters by saying that recent overtures by the president have enhanced the climate for dialogue.

More than 300 Armenian Americans gathered at the Turkish Embassy on Easter Sunday holding a silent vigil in memory of 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide and calling attention to Turkey’s ongoing denial of that crime against humanity.

On April 23, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement on the commemoration of the Armenian genocide.

For the first time Armenia will be represented at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The 16th annual event will take place on April 30 and May 1 at the campus of the University of Southern California.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank Wednesday voted to approve a controversial deal to finance Azerbaijan’s purchase of an advanced satellite just weeks after Azerbaijan threatened to shoot down a civilian airliner. The decision comes despite serious Congressional reservations and strong opposition by the Armenian American community to U.S. actions that will strengthen Azerbaijan’s military capabilities at a time of increasing threats and acts of aggression by Baku against both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of America

Iran’s Deputy Transportation Minister Wednesday said several companies will form a consortium to carry out major railway and road construction projects and connecting their railway network to Armenia’s.

President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday praised the Armenian National Congress and indicated his desire to cooperate with the opposition alliance led by Levon Ter-Petrosian.

Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan told the Head of the European Commission delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger on Wednesday about increase of sniper attacks by Azerbaijan at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border.

The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into a book written by internationally renowned author William S. Burroughs. It was translated and published by Sel Publishing House in January.

The Armenian National Committee of America commented Tuesday on recent public statements by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) regarding their decision not to schedule a vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, during the last session of Congress.

Workers began the demolition of Kars’ Monument to Humanity on Tuesday, removing the 19-ton head of one of the figures following some technical difficulties.

Georgia’s Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze paid on Tuesday a working visit to Armenia which his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian described as a further indication of “truly friendly relations” between the two neighboring nations.

Despite Armenian-Americans’ persistent admonishment of Pres. Obama to refrain from substituting “Meds Yeghern” (Great Calamity) for the Armenian Genocide in his annual April 24 statement, he has continued to do so for three years in a row.