MBABAN, Swaziland (Armenpress) — On January 13, King Msvati III of Swaziland officially transferred the Holy Resurrection Armenian Chapel and the lands pertaining to the chapel to the Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin.[...]
PARIS (AFP) — The Turkish authorities have transferred to France the body of an Armenian militant 33 years after he was hanged for carrying out a deadly assault on Ankara’s[...]
ISTANBUL (Today’s Zaman) — As tensions persist between Moscow and Ankara over the downing of a Russian jet on the Syrian border in November, Russia’s Caspian Sea Fleet has begun testing at the[...]
By Elizabeth Redden WASHINGTON (Inside Higher Education) — A controversial institute supporting research in Turkish studies has lost its funding from Turkey’s government, raising questions about whether an institute that has long[...]
BAKU (Guardian) — Azerbaijan’s currency has plummeted after moving to a floating exchange rate, causing a rush on dollars and shops as customers try to buy goods before prices increase.[...]
STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL and ArmeniaNow) — Azerbaijani tanks shelled positions in the Nagorno-Karabagh region for the first time in 21 years, the Defense Ministry of the republic said on December 9. “For[...]
NEW YORK — On December 9, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations, in partnership with the president of the UN General Assembly and the UN Office on[...]
HELSINKI, Finland — Violinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian won second prize at the prestigious Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, held every five years. In addition to the second prize, worth 18,000 euros,[...]
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator Following a series of detailed exposés of Saudi Arabia’s complicity with the so-called Islamic State, German government leaders have broken diplomatic protocol, and[...]
WILLOWDALE, Canada (CBC News) —There are already roughly 350 Syrian refugees adjusting to their first winter in Canada, the first days of a new life, thanks to the Armenian Community[...]
MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — A group of Russian lawmakers have submitted a bill to parliament on holding to account anyone who denies that the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish[...]
