European Council calls for “equitable peace” following renewed tensions...
European Council President Charles Michel, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meet in Brussels, May 23 (Photo: Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia) European Council President Charles...
View ArticleViolence escalates at protests calling for Pashinyan’s resignation
Protesters clash with police (Armenia Alliance, June 3) Violent clashes between protesters and police officers marked the start of the second month of opposition protests demanding the resignation of...
View ArticleBorder demarcation has “nothing to do” with Artsakh, Pashinyan says
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan pictured during his interview with Al Jazeera (Photo RA Prime Minister’s Office, June 14, 2022) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the delimitation of the...
View ArticleOpposition blames ruling party for deadly shooting
Opposition movement mobilizes after deadly shooting (Photo: Armenia Alliance, June 20) Opposition groups in Armenia have rallied in response to the deadly shooting of two men, which law enforcement...
View ArticleArmenian communities in Lachin to be ceded to Azerbaijan
Sign along the Lachin corridor welcoming travelers to Aghavno (Photo: Flickr/Gert-Jan Peddemors) The town of Lachin and several nearby villages inhabited by Armenians will be ceded to Azerbaijan...
View ArticlePresident Biden waives Section 907 restrictions on US aid to Azerbaijan
WASHINGTON, DC – Despite ongoing Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia and Artsakh, President Joe Biden has, yet again, waived Section 907 restrictions on US aid to Azerbaijan, clearing the way for...
View ArticleKey US House Appropriations panel proposes $60 million for Armenia; needs...
WASHINGTON, DC – The US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations has called for $60 million in US aid to Armenia, $2 million for Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) demining and a special report...
View ArticleAghavno’s Fight for Survival
Aghavno village The future of the idyllic red-roofed Aghavno village, nestled on the riverbank of the same name, is imperiled again. Aghavno is strategically significant for its location along the...
View ArticleHead of Supreme Judicial Council resigns amid blackmail scandal
Gagik Jhangiryan (RA National Assembly) Armenia’s top judicial watchdog has failed to elect a replacement for its chairperson, who resigned last week after the release of a tape in which he threatened...
View ArticleANCA backs NDAA amendments promoting Artsakh’s survival, Armenia’s security
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is mobilizing on Capitol Hill and in Congressional districts across America to hold Azerbaijan and Turkey accountable for their ethnic...
View ArticleArmenian and Hellenic Caucus leaders rally Congressional opposition to...
WASHINGTON, DC – Bipartisan Congressional opposition to President Biden’s recent green-lighting of the controversial sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey is mounting with the...
View ArticleANCA welcomes escalation of Congressional opposition to F-16 sale to Turkey
WASHINGTON, DC – Thirty-five US Representatives have pledged – in a bipartisan letter to President Biden – to “take every action afforded to us as members of Congress” to block the sale of US F-16...
View ArticleUS House set to vote on four ANCA-backed amendments
WASHINGTON, DC – The US House Rules Committee has cleared the path for full House consideration of four ANCA-backed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA – H.R.7900) that call for...
View ArticlePashinyan and Erdogan hold first ever phone call
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (RA Prime Minister’s office) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held their first...
View ArticleBREAKING: US House adopts four ANCA-backed amendments
WASHINGTON, DC – Powerful Congressional, community and coalition advocacy contributed to today’s US House passage of four Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)-backed amendments demanding...
View ArticleArmenian soldiers to be withdrawn from Artsakh
Artsakh Defense Army unit (Artsakh Defense Army, February 21, 2021) Armenia plans to withdraw units of its armed forces currently deployed in Artsakh within the next two months. “During the war, a...
View ArticleAzerbaijan is Turkey’s “red line” in its normalization talks with Armenia
Turkey is coordinating with Azerbaijan on negotiations to normalize its relations with Armenia, Turkish authorities said this week. “Azerbaijan has been our red line from the beginning. We have said...
View ArticleThe South Caucasus and the “Great Game” of Energy Security
The Beginning of the Modern “Great Game” in the South Caucasus The “Great Game” was a political and diplomatic confrontation that existed for most of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th...
View ArticleDo Armenians have a future as an independent nation? Part 2
Celebrations on the streets of Yerevan after the declaration of independence (Sept. 21, 1991) Security of the Nation, Political Sovereignty/Independence Author’s Note: Part 1 of this series focused on...
View ArticleDo Armenians have a future as an independent nation? Part 3
Celebrations on the streets of Yerevan after the declaration of independence (Sept. 21, 1991) Author’s Note: The first two installments of this series focused on the need to establish a culture of...
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