Ultra-nationalists Outraged by Outdoor Contemporary Dance Performance in Yerevan
CoChoLab artist (Photo: Albert Grigoryan/Instagram) YEREVAN—A public dance performance in central Yerevan ended in violence on Saturday as a mob chanting ultra-nationalist slogans attacked performers....
View ArticleArmenian Community Joins Boston ARF in Celebrating 129 Years
Reverend clergy, ARF Bureau Representative Hagop Der Khatchadourian, Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, ARF-ER Central Committee Chair George Aghjayan, ARS Central Executive Board Chair Dr....
View ArticleANCA Leading Coalition Protest Of Erdogan-Trump White House Meeting
The ANCA is working with a coalition of Greek American, Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac American, Kurdish American, Arab American, and other human rights groups protesting President Erdogan’s upcoming...
View ArticleArmenian Catholic Priest Killed in Syria, Armenian Community Targeted
Father Hovsep Bedoyan (Photo by Chris Huby/Le Pictorium) YEREVAN—The Armenian government has condemned the murders of two Armenians, including a priest, on Monday in Syria’s Der-El-Zor province. Father...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Near Riot After Turkish Embassy Employee Flashes ‘Fascist’ Salute...
Click to view slideshow. Chaos broke out in front of the White House on Wednesday when a Turkish Embassy employee was seen flashing a fascist salute at a group of protesters demonstrating against...
View ArticleArmenia’s National Security Service Investigating Illegal International...
YEREVAN—Armenia’s top intelligence agency—the National Security Service (NSS)—has launched a criminal investigation into reports of illegal international adoptions which allegedly took place between...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Hairenik, Armenian Weekly Special Anniversary Issue
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik and the Armenian Weekly recently announced that they will be publishing a joint, full-color magazine issue for the 12th consecutive year. Due out in December, the magazine...
View ArticleArmenian Police Investigation Reveals More Cases of Fraudulent International...
YEREVAN—The Armenian National Police Department has unveiled several more cases of potential illegal international adoptions following the launch of a National Security Service (NSS) investigation into...
View ArticleFormer President Serge Sarkisian Charged with Embezzlement
Former Armenian President Serge Sarkisian (Photo: Kremlin/November 15, 2017) YEREVAN—The Armenian Special Investigation Service (SIS) announced on Wednesday that it had charged former President Serge...
View ArticleARF-ER Central Committee Voices Concern about RoA Governmental Policies
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Central Committee of the Eastern Region of the United States of America is deeply concerned about the policies pursued by the authorities of the Republic of...
View ArticleUS Senate Unanimously Recognizes Armenian Genocide, Rejects Turkey’s Gag-Rule...
The U.S. Senate adopted the Armenian Genocide Resolution (S.Res.150) by unanimous consent, striking a powerful blow against Turkey’s gag-rule on honest U.S. remembrance of that crime. WASHINGTON, DC –...
View ArticleNerUzh 2.0 Invites Diaspora-Armenian Startups to Thriving Tech Scene
DILIJAN—Diaspora-Armenian entrepreneurs from 20 countries converged on the Armenian mountain resort town of Dilijan this week, representing 47 tech startups at NerUzh 2.0. The program, which includes a...
View ArticleFour Arrested in Ongoing Illegal International Adoption Investigation
Razmik Abrahamyan (Photo: RFE/RL) YEREVAN—The Investigative Committee of Armenia arrested three civil servants late last week in connection with the National Security Service’s (NSS) ongoing...
View ArticleHairenik-Armenian Weekly Special Anniversary Issue Published
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik and the Armenian Weekly joint, full-color magazine issue dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the Hairenik and the 85th anniversary of the Armenian Weekly was published...
View ArticleArmenia Monitoring Ongoing US-Iran Tensions Following Airstrike
YEREVAN—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called for level heads to prevail as tensions in the region flared over the death of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in last week’s US...
View ArticleCatholicos Aram I Declares 2020 the Year of Armenians with Special Needs
From the Monastery of Antelias of the Great House of Cilicia, we greet with pontifical blessing, warm Christian love and intense patriotism the World General Assembly, the Religious and Lay Councils of...
View ArticleArmenia Announces New Jet Deliveries, Emblem on Armed Forces Day
YEREVAN—Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan announced on Tuesday that the Air Force was expecting a second delivery of the state-of-the-art Russian-manufactured Sukhoi-30SM fighter jet. Russia...
View ArticleLydian Restructuring Amid Ongoing Amulsar Site Blockade
(Photo: Lydian Armenia/Facebook) YEREVAN—The Anglo-Canadian mining consortium Lydian International has confirmed that its stock ticker was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange earlier this year....
View ArticleArmenia to Hold Fifth Constitutional Referendum in the Spring
YEREVAN—Armenians will be heading back to the polls on April 5 to vote on a proposed amendment to Article 213 of the Armenian Constitution. If successful, the referendum would pave the way for the...
View ArticlePashinyan, Aliyev public debate in Munich “courageous,” yet counterproductive
YEREVAN—Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan joined other world leaders, high ranking government officials and members of the global security community at the...
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