ANCA backs bipartisan Congressional call on Biden administration to support...
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has launched a national campaign rallying Armenian Americans and allies to secure Congressional signatures on a bipartisan Armenian...
View ArticleOpening of transport links between Armenia and Azerbaijan commences amidst...
The trilateral working group created to oversee the construction of transport links connecting Armenia and Azerbaijan met for the first time on January 30. The meeting follows a summit between the...
View Article‘My Step’ retreats from promise of early elections
National Assembly President Ararat Mirzoyan, NA Vice Speaker and My Step member Lena Nazaryan and My Step faction head Lilit Makunts, February 9, 2021 The ruling My Step faction of the National...
View Article“Sharing pastures with the enemy” in Armenia’s borderlands
Armenian and Azerbaijani bases near Nerkin Khndzoresk on either side of the Goris-Qubatlu border (Photo: Syunik News) While the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has ended, uncertainty prevails...
View ArticleBREAKING: 100 US Representatives call on Biden administration to stand with...
100 Members of the US House of Representatives from over 20 states called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austen to support Artsakh security and Armenia safety in an...
View ArticleA new stage of “non-stop” protests, the fight for a free and truthful press
Thousands attend protest led by the Homeland Salvation Movement, Yerevan, February 20, 2021 (Photo: ARF Youth Office/Facebook) The Homeland Salvation Movement gained momentum this week after the...
View ArticleARF Bureau underscores demands for Pashinyan’s resignation, condemns...
Almost four months have passed since the latest Artsakh War. During this time, many of the critical problems emanating from the war and its aftermath not only have not dissipated, but rather have...
View ArticleMarch 1 triggers competing rallies in Yerevan
Protest led by the Homeland Salvation Movement, March 1, 2021 Armenia’s deepening political crisis continues to intensify following last week’s controversial calls for the resignation of PM Nikol...
View ArticleArmenia’s mounting political crisis
Various political factions have been locked in a standoff since the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia joined the ranks of the opposition forces demanding Prime Minister Nikol...
View ArticleArmenian Caucus leaders to introduce House Resolution calling for...
WASHINGTON, DC — The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) welcomes new legislation to be introduced by Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders calling on Azerbaijan to immediately release over...
View ArticleSen. Menendez calls for Biden recognition of the Armenian Genocide,...
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) – Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee – pressed the Biden administration to join Congress in properly recognizing the Armenian...
View ArticleChairman Menendez collecting Senate signatures on letter asking President...
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is collecting Senate signatures on a bipartisan letter calling on President Biden to follow the lead of...
View ArticleKidnapped Armenian woman held captive by Azerbaijan finally released
Maral Najarian After spending four grueling months in captivity in Azerbaijan, civilian war hostage Maral Najarian has safely arrived in Lebanon. According to Najarian’s nephew Hovig Seferian, the 49...
View ArticleHumanizing the border demarcation process, dismissal of army chief amidst...
Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan is advocating for the creation of a demilitarized security zone at least seven kilometers (four miles) wide in the southernmost Syunik province of Armenia....
View ArticleArmenian civilians tortured by Azerbaijani soldiers, survey suggests desire...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has documented evidence of torture and willful killing of Armenian civilians unlawfully detained in Azerbaijan. The November 9 trilateral ceasefire agreement stipulates that...
View Article37 Senators join Chairman Menendez in calling on President Biden to recognize...
WASHINGTON, DC –A bipartisan group of 37 Senators has joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) in calling on President Biden to follow the lead of Congress in fully and...
View ArticleArmenia faces third wave of coronavirus cases
7 day average of COVID-19 cases in Armenia (Photo: Armenian Public Health/Araz Chiloyan) Armenian health officials are sounding the alarm of a third wave of COVID-19 cases just as the country commences...
View ArticleDink family: court’s verdict in 2007 assassination is “long way from the truth”
Hrant Dink ISTANBUL, Turkey—The family of slain journalist Hrant Dink is unsatisfied with a Turkish court’s decision to sentence four former public officials to life in prison for their role in the...
View ArticleCultural cleansing in occupied Artsakh
The BBC has documented the total destruction of a 19th-century Armenian church in the latest recorded incident of a systematic pattern of cultural genocide perpetrated by the Azerbaijani government...
View ArticleMaral Najarian’s Harrowing Tale of Captivity in Azerbaijan
Maral Najarian pictured during her interview from her home in Lebanon (Photo provided by Linda Berberian) Editor’s Note: The following special report by Weekly correspondent Linda Berberian is based on...
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