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OPINION: Can today’s Republic of Armenia claim it is independent, sovereign, democratic and celebrate the May 28, 1918 day of victory and pride with an equal sense of victory and pride?

Armenians worldwide joined in celebrating the 104th anniversary of Armenia’s independence on May 28, 1918, an independence garnered under the most challenging of circumstances and led by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF). Announced by Aram Manukian, the founding father of modern Armenia, the nation’s declaration of independence was the result of three strategic battles. These battles,

No Justice, No Peace. Isn’t that what we, Armenians, have been saying, in one way or another for over a century? Isn’t that what we “say” every year, at least once, on one infamous date? Not to mention all the other lobbying and other advocacy we do year round… Isn’t that what we “said” when assassinating Turkish government representatives in the 1970s and 80s? Isn’t that what we “said” with our first major outburst of protest in 1965? Isn’t that what we “said” when ...

YEREVAN, MAY 28, ARMENPRESS. French Ambassador to Armenia Jonathan Lacôte congratulated Armenia and its people on the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the First Republic of Armenia.

YEREVAN, MAY 28, ARMENPRESS. Armenia marks the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918.

YEREVAN, MAY 28, ARMENPRESS. President Armen Sarkissian, together with caretaker Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan, visited the Sardarapat Memorial Friday morning to commemorate Republic Day. They laid flowers at the memorial in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and independence in 1918.