COPENHAGEN (BBC) — Denmark has extradited a genocide suspect to Rwanda, according to the authorities in the African nation. Rwandan prosecutors accuse Wenceslas Twagirayezu, 50, of inciting violence during the 1994 genocide. He is[...]

WASHINGTON — The former president of a Texas-based non-profit pleaded guilty on December 10 for his role in a scheme to conceal the fact that a 2013 Congressional trip to Azerbaijan was funded by the Azerbaijan government. Assistant[...]

YEREVAN (Armenrpess) — A street was renamed for Raphael Lemkin on December 11. Deputy Mayor of Yerevan Sergey Harutunyan said that Lemkin left considerable legacy in the world history. Lemkin coined the term “genocide.” Being a[...]

YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Armenian President Armen Sarkissian participated on December 10 at the Third Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide which is dedicated to the issues of prevention through education. In his welcoming remarks,[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — A group of supporters of the second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, demanded his release on December 7 in a demonstration in Republic Square. The coordinator of the demonstration, chairman of Armenian[...]

MOSCOW (news.am) — A  new memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was officially unveiled on December 12, near the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Kemerovo, Russia, MK.ru[...]

By Haykaram Nahapetyan WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hosted hearings of several nominees as ambassadors last week, including Lynne M. Tracy a native of Barberton, Ohio, who is President Donald Trump’s candidate to[...]

Savory Armenian Chorag Many years ago, a unique, delicious Armenian chorag recipe was handed down to Robyn Dabbakian-Kalajian’s family from a dear old family friend who, in Robyn’s humble opinion, was one of the best Armenian cooks in[...]

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Rev. Fr. Diran Avak Kahana Papazian died on November 21, 2018 at Manoogian Manor, at the age of 98. The Service of Burial and Last Anointing took place on Wednesday, December 5 with the celebration of Badarak (Divine[...]

LONDON — Prof. Robert W. Thomson (1934-2018), former Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies at Oxford University (1992-2002), who died recently, is remembered by his colleagues and students for his monumental contributions to[...]

By Florence Avakian ROME — Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, former Primate of the Eastern Diocese for 28 years, has been busy since arriving in Rome on his new assignment from Echmiadzin by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. Appointed[...]