And staying in Europe.
Armenia is marking the 100th anniversary on this Friday of the mass killing of its people during World War One.
Delegations from dozens of countries including the presidents of France， Russia and Cyprus are taking part in a memorial event in the Armenian capital.
On the eve of the centennial， German President Joachim Guack condemned the massacre as a ″genocide″
″By remembering， we do not accuse anyone who is alive today. The perpetrators are no longer alive... and neither their children nor their children′s children... can be blamed for what they did. But what the descendants of the victims can rightfully expect is a recognition of history.″
The Armenian government has been pushing for the international community to accept that the mass killing was an organized campaign... carried out by Ottoman Turks.
Turkey′s leader， Recep Tayyip Erdogan， has denied the charge of genocide， claiming there is no evidence to support the claim.
