By Desmond Butler WASHINGTON (AP) — A US diplomat nominated to be ambassador to Armenia came under intense questioning Thursday at her confirmation hearing over the US policy not to[...]
Activists Slam Conviction ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Activists condemned on Thursday, June 19, the conviction of a Turkish publisher under a controversial law, which Ankara reformed just two months ago in[...]
NEW YORK — The Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA) and the Near East Foundation signed an agreement of cooperation on June 12 at the foundation’s international headquarters in New[...]
ISTANBUL (Turkish Daily News) — The former head of the intelligence unit in the Black Sea province of Trabzon where Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s murderer came from testified he was[...]
Aronian Wins Tournament YEREVAN (Armenpress, Noyan Tapan) — President Serge Sargisian, Parliament Speaker Tigran Torosian and Prime Minister Tigran Sargisian joined thousands of Armenians on Friday, June 13 to bid[...]
TORONTO — At a special meeting on June 2 the Program and School Services Committee (PSSC) of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) unanimously approved the recommendation of its Review[...]
BEIRUT, Lebanon — An Armenian Democratic Liberal (ADL) delegation, led by Parliament Member Hagop Kassardjian, visited the presidential palace here on June 3 and met with the newly elected president[...]
ST. PETERSBURG (RFE/RL) — The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan appeared to have rekindled hopes for a resolution of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict with what officials described as “constructive” talks[...]
YEREVAN (Combined Sources) — Karen Asrian, Armenia’s current national chess champion, died suddenly on Monday, June 9 at the age of 28. Asrian, born on April 24, 1980, won the[...]
YEREVAN (A1Plus) — According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry Department, Armenia’s Ambassador to China, 47-year-old Vahagn Movsisian, died on June 10 from a massive heart attack while in Beijing. No[...]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Marmara)— Recent surgery and subsequent health concerns have led to the de facto retirement of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrob Mutafyan. Mutafyan, 52, underwent a thyroid operation[...]
