In a breaking development just about half an hour ago the websites of the foreign ministries of Armenia, Turkey and Switzerland posted a release informing about Turkish Armenian protocol agreement on establishing diplomatic relations and improving bilateral tiles.

In April Barack Obama failed to go the full distance and publicly - as President - call the Armeninian holocaust what it was: Genocide. Many human rights groups were dismayed and furious. But Obama went too far for Turkey which dubbed his remarks "unacceptable." Which makes is surprising that Turkey's PM has conceded that Turkey's past was "facist."

A Washington-based organization is spearheading a drive to correct what it sees as common misconceptions about Turkey, hoping to change how Americans see the massacre of Armenians in World War I and educate them about Turkey’s role in rebuilding Iraq.

Killing of Armenian Turkish journalist Hrant Dink a year ago in Istanbul, Turkey, proves no watershed.

Today the “Liberal Jews of Great Britain” visited the Genocide museum and institute in Yerevan, Armenia. As the museum's director, Hayk Demoyan, told panorama.am, rabbis Danny Rich and Ruth Barnett were part of the delegation. A seminar and dialogue titled “The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire” was held. The visit by the rabbis had a pre-planned program.

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan has appealed to Turkey to reopen the border between their countries as an essential first step in healing historical disputes dividing them.

After long-running preparations, the Agos newspaper's web-site, Agos Internet, will begin publication in English and Turkish pages with a brand-new look.

Today Armenia and Armenians throughout the world with international community commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide, conducted by the Ottoman Turkey in 1915. Many governments and countries have recognized the events of 1915 as Genocide. Turkey continues to deny the fact as a genocide.

Armenians around the world are commemorating the 92nd anniversary of the mass killings and deportations of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Armenians refer to this chapter in their history as genocide -- a term the Turks firmly reject.

More than 50 Nobel laureates from around the world have appealed to Armenia and Turkey to establish diplomatic relations unconditionally, open their border, and step up civil-society contacts.

Turkey must reinstate the Armenian Church as a place of worship, not a tourist attraction.
The Armenian Apostolic Church said on Tuesday that it will boycott the high-profile inauguration of an ancient Armenian church in Turkey, in protest against the Turkish government's failure to reinstate it as a place of worship.