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MONTREAL — The Lebanese civil war’s aftereffects continue to traumatize people even today. Among other things, the war played an important role in the shaping of the Armenian diaspora. Marlene[...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Dr. Kevork Bardakjian retired and became an emeritus professor of Armenian languages and literatures in May 2020 after holding the Marie Manoogian Chair of Armenian Language[...]

BEIRUT — Despite the damages from a great explosion in August, the Vahan Tekeyan School of Beirut is operational and repairs continue to be carried out. However, Covid-19 and the[...]

WATERTOWN – The recent catastrophic war in Nagorno Karabakh and the resulting humanitarian disaster seems to have moved the problems of other Armenian communities to the backburner. But many of[...]

WATERTOWN – The Central Board of the Tekeyan Cultural Association of the United States and Canada (TCA) had allocated $60,000 earlier in 2020 to the Vahan Tekeyan School of Beirut,[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Urgent Support for Lebanese-Armenians fundraiser launched by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund after the August 4 Beirut blast raised $412,000, of which $100,000 was donated by the Tashir Charitable[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The government of Armenia is developing a package of regulations that will enable it to “worthily” receiving repatriates from Lebanon after the August 4 Beirut blast, the[...]

BEIRUT (Combined Sources) — According to Lebanese sources, 11 Armenians were among the approximately 200 killed after the explosion in the city’s port on Tuesday, August 4, and 250 were injured. They[...]

YEREVAN — The Co-Founders of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Noubar Afeyan, Vartan Gregorian and Ruben Vardanyan, and the Chair of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee Lord Ara Darzi have announced[...]

By Robert Fisk Well, we can all agree that the sea took 70 percent of the blast!” a close Lebanese friend announced to me this week, with intriguing if doubtful science. I[...]