France — Armenian Mirror-Spectator

France’s Genocide Law Put On Hold

By Suzette Bloch PARIS (AFP) — France’s new law punishing denial of the Armenian Genocide was put on hold Tuesday after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that its constitutionality be examined.

Published by Editor on February 2, 2012 6:51 pm

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France to Host Rally in Support Of Genocide Bill

PARIS (PanARMENIAN.Net, AFP) — The Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) urged all French people upholding principles of democracy and humanity to join a peaceful rally on January 23 to support the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial.

Published by Editor on January 19, 2012 3:48 pm

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France Celebrates Armenian Culture

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff PARIS — On October 16 to 23, 2011, a major festival called “Arménie-Arménies,” or, in English translation, “Armenia-Armenias,” was organized in France celebrating Armenian culture and the 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Armenia. More than 20 Armenian writers and intellectuals from the Republic of Armenia and [...]

Published by Editor on January 15, 2012 7:23 am

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Turkish Ambassador Returns to France

PARIS (RFE/RL, Now Lebanon) — Turkish Ambassador to France Tahsin Burcuoglu has reportedly returned to Paris at the weekend more than two weeks after being recalled to Ankara in protest against a French bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.

Published by Editor on January 12, 2012 4:56 pm

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French Senate Drops Genocide Denial Bill

PARIS (RFE/RL) — The French Senate has effectively rejected a bill that would make it a crime to publicly say the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey did not constitute genocide.

Published by Editor on May 14, 2011 3:28 pm

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Aznavour Unveils Khachkarin Versailles

VERSAILLES, France (AFP) — Armenia’s Ambassador to Switzerland and French-Armenian singing legend Charles Aznavour unveiled a stone cross (khachkar) here on Sunday.

Published by Editor on June 6, 2010 9:39 pm

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France Admits Genocide ‘Mistakes

KIGALI, Rwanda (BBC) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy has acknowledged that France and the international community made “mistakes,” during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Published by Editor on March 10, 2010 12:55 pm

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