Armenian Foriegn Minister Edward Nalbandian YEREVAN—Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian issued a statement Tuesday in response to an earlier declaration by presidents Barack Obama, Fracois Hollande of France and Vladimir Putin of Russia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution proce...
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A scene from the Catholicosate General Assembly in Antelias ANTELIAS, Lebanon—On Wednesday June 12 the General Assembly began its deliberations under the presidency of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I with 100 delegates and official guests representing the Prelacies in the Diaspora taking part in t...
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Mustafa Dzhemilev KIEV—A bill recognizing the Armenian Genocide introduced in Ukraine’s Parliament has angered the chairman of so-called Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, reported the Yerkramas Armenian newspaper published in Krasnodar, Russia. “Even if the bill passes the Parliament, I don...
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Sourp Kevork Church in Mardin YEREVAN (hetq.am)—The Sourp Kevork (St. George) Armenian Apostolic Church (Mardin,Turkey) has been selected as one of the seven most threatened landmarks in Europe by Europa Nostra, a leading European heritage organization. The announcement was made yesterday by Euro...
Read More →The European Parliament Calls on Commission to include benchmarks in dealing with the country. STRASBOURG—The European Parliament on Thursday, adopted yet another resolution on the sorry Human Rights record of Azerbaijan, this time focusing on the case of Ilgar Mammadov, a hopeful presidential ca...
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Opera Singer Monserrat Caballe with Artsakh Primate Archbishop Parkev Martirossian in Karabakh last week Last week the opera singer Montserrat Caballe was declared persona non grata by Azerbaijan. BAKU—In what appears to be a reversal of a diplomatic position, Baku has invited world-renowned oper...
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From l to r: Stepan Boyajian , Zareh Khachatourian, Jack Hadjinian, David Dauwalder, Adam Schiff, Elsie Krikorian, Marsha Ramos, Greg Krikorian, Eda Aghajanian, Armond Aghakhanian BURBANK—More than 250 people attended the sixth annual Armenian National Committee of America, Burbank (ANCA-B) banqu...
Read More →Kim Kardashian in her video appeal for ABMDR LOS ANGELES—Recently Kim Kardashian took a swab test, which will determine her eligibility to become a potential bone marrow donor, and urged her fans to follow suit. Kardashian took the test to raise public awareness of the mission of the Armenian Bon...
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The three Armenians who scored goals during the match Tuesday COPENHAGEN—The Armenian Soccer Team upset Denmark Tuesday 4-0 in a World Cup qualifying game, with experts predicting that Denmark’s hopes for reaching the 2014 World Cup all but faded. Armenia striker Yura Movsisyan opened the scori...
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US Supreme Court ANCA, Community Groups Vow to Press on to Seek Justice for Victims WASHINGTON–The U.S. Supreme Court, today, announced that it will not review a Ninth Circuit Court decision which struck down a California law extending the statute of limitations on Armenian Genocide-era insur...
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