Scheduled Events in Belgium

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Scheduled Events in Belgium

April 08, 2005 7:00 PM – De Zeyp Center (rue de Zeyp 47 – 1083 Bruxelles), Presentation of Armenia and the Armenian people, by Professor Bernar Cooley

April 18, 2005 1:00 PM – Maison des Parlementaires (Salles des Congres – Rue Louvain 21 – 1000 Bruxelles), Lecture entitled “Recognition of the Genocide for the Reestablishment of the Path to the Future.”


April 22, 2005 8:00 PM – De Zeyp Center (rue de Zeyp 47 – 1083 Bruxelles), Cultural Night


April 23, 2005 11:00 PM – Gathering at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; evening gathering at Grande Place


April 24, 2005 Memorial Service for the Armenian Genocide, followed by a march towards monument. At 2:00 PM there will be a protest at the Turkish Embassy (rue Montoyer 4 – Metro Trone), at 3:00 PM Papiers d’Armenie Theater Presentation and Debate.

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ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'S 91st ANNIVERSARY HELD IN BELGIUM

ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'S 91st ANNIVERSARY HELD IN BELGIUM AND NETHERLANDS

YEREVAN, April 25. /ARKA/. Activities dedicated to the 91st anniversary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire were held in Belgium and the Netherlands. The press service of the RA foreign ministry reported that after completing the Holy Liturgy in the Armenian church in Brussels a mournful meeting of Armenian Ambassador to Belgium Vigen Chitechyan, Head of Armenia's mission in NATO countries Samvel Mkrtchyan, Belgian MPs, representatives of Brussels local authorities, and also Belgium's Armenian and Jewish communities.
Participators headed toward the memorials of the genocide victims and held a meeting in front of the Turkish embassy. On 23 April, an activity dedicated to the memory of the genocide victims was organized in one of Amsterdam churches with participation of the head of the NATO mission, local MPs, representatives of the Information and Documentary Center of Israel in Hague, and also Chairman of the Council of the Netherlands' churches van Eik.
A protest action was held in the center of Hague on 24 April in the evening.
The Armenian genocide is considered the first genocide of the 20th century, organized and systematically executed by the Young Turkish government. About 1.5mln Armenians were massacred in Western Armenia that was part of the Ottoman Empire. R.O. --0--