MOSCOW (Armenpress) — Armenian President Serge Sargisian defeated the International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in an impromptu blitz chess game on March 15, Narek Nikoghosyan, assistant to the[...]
MOSCOW — President Serge Sargisian on March 11 visited Moscow for official talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the two strategic partner-states discussed a wide range of issues[...]
ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — Turkish-Armenian Garo Paylan, a member of the Turkish Parliament as a representative of the People’s Democratic Party, defended the right to freedom of worship for religious minorities[...]
RIGA, Latvia (Armenpress) — GrecoRoman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan won the silver medal att the European Wrestling Championship. In the final round, he competed against and lost to Nikita Melnikov from[...]
NEW YORK and YEREVAN — On Tuesday, March 15, the Aurora Prize Selection Committee announced the names of the four Aurora Prize finalists: Marguerite Barankitse, from Maison Shalom and REMA[...]
ISTANBUL (Daily Sabah) — A Turkish court’s decision to appoint the mother of ailing Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II Mutayan as his custodian, has revived the long-standing debate over his potential successor.[...]
By Edmond Y. Azadian Hrant Dink, the courageous journalist who believed that he could promote democracy in Turkey by getting the people to face the dark history of that country,[...]
BAKU (Armenpress) — Amnesty International this week launched a campaign demanding the release of Azerbaijani spouses Arif and Leyla Yunus for treatment. Azerbaijani authorities interfere with the departure abroad for[...]
BOSTON — In April 2014, a team of three dermatology laser specialists from the United States (US) returned to Yerevan, Armenia to further the development of a state of the art[...]
NEW YORK — On March 2, notable musicians, musicologists and artists from nearby states gathered to celebrate in splendid setting the 90th birthday of Lucine Amara, the sublime Armenian singer,[...]
By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — The 28th anniversary of the Sumgait pogroms was remembered and commemorated on February 28 at St. Vartan Cathedral. It was sponsored and organized by Marina[...]
