DHAKA, Bangladesh — There have never been very large enclaves of Armenians residing in Asia or the Far East however the presence of pockets of Armenians in the region and their impact on the societies in which they lived have left their[...]
TORONTO — On January 19, the Toronto Armenian community gathered together to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the assassination of Hrant Dink. More than 500 people filled the Armenian General Benevolent Union Centre to capacity,[...]
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) — Denying that mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 were genocide is not a criminal offence, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday in a case involving Switzerland. The court,[...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The Armenian parliament has ratified a controversial natural-gas agreement with Moscow amid protests. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote on December 23, while the parliamentary majority representing the ruling[...]
By Edmond Y. Azadian The Middle East and the Caucasus are in political flux; events are moving at a dizzying pace and those left behind these developments stand to be losers. Major powers certainly have their role in this calculated[...]
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator ISTANBUL — The turmoil that has swept Turkey since the eruption of protests in Gezi Park and Taksim Square seems to have reached the institutions of the judiciary as well. On[...]
NEW YORK (ArmeniaNow) — Armenia welcomes the resolution of the Security Council, which could lead to “the elimination of chemical weapons and exclusion of their use in Syria and pave the way to a political solution of the Syrian[...]
ISTANBUL (PanArmenian.net) — The trial for the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist, Agos weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink restarted on September 17, following an overturn of the first verdict due to the victim’s family protest of[...]
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia’s parliament is currently discussing President Serge Sargisian’s announcement last week that Armenia intends to join the Russia-led Customs Union. Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian has been invited to[...]
By Gohar Abrahamyan ArmeniaNow reporter YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — Ethnic Armenians who have fled Syria during the last two years of conflict and took refuge in Armenia consider that possible US strikes against the country will prove a[...]
YEREVAN (ARKA) — Deputy Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan slammed international humanitarian organizations and human rights activists for their failure to respond to what he described as “Azerbaijan’s permissiveness”[...]
