BULGARIAN MPS TO DISCUSS RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
17:00 22/04/2015 " IN THE WORLD
The Bulgarian Parliament will discuss on Friday a motion on whether
to recognise the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as
a genocide, Novinite.com reports.
The proposal, which was tabled by the deputy chairperson of the
nationalist Ataka party Desislav Chukolov on Wednesday, was supported
by 105 MPs, while 31 voted against and 41 abstained.
Initially, the proposal was rejected, as it garnered 72 votes in
favour, while 31 MPs voted against and 55 abstained, daily Dnevnik
reports.
Following a re-voting, the MPs agreed to discuss the issue as first
point on the parliamentary agenda on Friday.
http://www.novinite.com/articles/168056/Bulgarian+MPs+to+Discuss+Recognition+of+Armenian+G enocide
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/04/22/novinite/
From: Baghdasarian
17:00 22/04/2015 " IN THE WORLD
The Bulgarian Parliament will discuss on Friday a motion on whether
to recognise the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as
a genocide, Novinite.com reports.
The proposal, which was tabled by the deputy chairperson of the
nationalist Ataka party Desislav Chukolov on Wednesday, was supported
by 105 MPs, while 31 voted against and 41 abstained.
Initially, the proposal was rejected, as it garnered 72 votes in
favour, while 31 MPs voted against and 55 abstained, daily Dnevnik
reports.
Following a re-voting, the MPs agreed to discuss the issue as first
point on the parliamentary agenda on Friday.
http://www.novinite.com/articles/168056/Bulgarian+MPs+to+Discuss+Recognition+of+Armenian+G enocide
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2015/04/22/novinite/
From: Baghdasarian