Armenia Lawmaker Decries EU’s €2b Pledge for Azerbaijan
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Lawmaker from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party Sona Ghazaryan has slammed the European Union’s €2b financial assistance package for Azerbaijan. Ghazaryan’s comments on...
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An Armenian Village Rooted in Genocide and Survival
YEREVAN — “More than half a century passed after these days of deportation and killings, but they left an impression on my then-young mind in an indelible manner. It’s essential to render to history a...
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Gold Medalist Artur Aleksanyan Meets with Hovsepian School Students
PASADENA, Calif. — On Thursday, February 10, Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan, an Olympic gold medalist (2016), silver medalist (2021) and bronze medalist (2012) met with the student body of the...
View ArticleCalifornia Assemblymember Holden Builds Ties Through Syunik Sister City
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Assemblymember Chris Holden’s resolution, ACR 105, proposing a sister state relationship between California and the Province of Syunik in Armenia, passed the California Senate...
View ArticleErik Bazinyan Takes On Reinaldo Paniagua in Montreal on March 3
By Francisco Salazar MONTREAL (The Ring) — Unbeaten super middleweight Erik Bazinyan is preparing himself to breakthrough this year and emerge as a strong contender. Before facing the upper echelon of...
View ArticleArnold Ghazaryan – Filmmaker and 40 Day War Veteran
(This is Part II of the series Inspiring Armenian Young Adults, which highlights the accomplishments of 4 of Armenia’s brightest, bravest, young adults. Their brief profiles showcase the talents of...
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3 Steps Towards Resetting the Diaspora-Armenia Connection
By Avo Piroyan The relationship between the Armenian diaspora and Armenia has overall been disjointed for many years and has not improved in recent years. The charity-based model of diaspora...
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Olympic Gold Medalist Artur Aleksanyan Visits the Western Diocese
BURBANK, Calif. — On Monday, February 14, Artur Aleksanyan, Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling from Gyumri, Armenia, was accompanied by Tekeyan Cultural Association Metro Los Angeles...
View ArticleYerevan’s Ayb School Makes It to Final of International Earth Prize Competition
YEREVAN (Ayb School) — The Ayb School team that represents Armenia at The Earth Prize (https://www.theearthprize.org/finalists) international competition has made it to the final along with the best 10...
View ArticleAn Appeal for Lebanon’s Armenian Community
By Hovel Chenorhokian Seda Aznavour sings (here): “There is fire in Paradise, in my Paradise, in Lebanon I wish the whole world loved my Paradise, my Lebanon But many were jealous of you, Lebanon My...
View ArticleFebruary 13 Earthquake in Armenia Strongest after 1988, Followed by 165...
YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia/Azatutyun/news.am) — The earthquake registered in Armenia on February 13 was the strongest after the 1988 Spitak earthquake, Head of the Regional Survey for Seismic...
View ArticleRussian, Armenian Officials Again Discuss Talks with Turkey
MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — Deputy parliament speaker Ruben Rubinyan on Monday, February 14, discussed with a senior Russian diplomat the upcoming second round of negotiations on normalizing relations between...
View ArticleNational Security Services Arrests 19 in Alleged Spy Ring in Military
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The National Security Service (NSS) reported on February 10 that it has detected and neutralized the activity of the spy network operating in the territory of Armenia. According to...
View ArticleInflation Continues at Alarming Rate in Armenia
YEREVAN — Inflation, which began to appear in Armenia in 2020, has become a serious problem currently, as a result of which daily the rates of poverty and emigration are increasing. In addition, minor...
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Suny’s Biography of the Young Stalin Wins Distinguished Prizes
By Ronald Grigor Suny This essay, in the form of a newspaper article reviewing reviews of a recent prizewinning book, is actually – full disclosure – written by the author of that book, the recipient...
View ArticleObituary: Armenian Librarian and Scholar Gia Aivazian (1934-2022)
LOS ANGELES — Prominent Armenian librarian and scholar Gia (Dziadzan) Aivazian passed away on February 10. Aivazian was born in Kavala, Greece on December 22, 1934. She received her B. A. (1966) in...
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Dr. Armoudian Uses Power of Ideas to Take on Wrongdoers
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Journalist, author and professor Maria Armoudian is focusing on ideas and actions in the quest for justice; she knows that one needs plenty of the former to arrive at the...
View ArticleJapanese Duduk Player Honored with Diploma for Popularizing Armenian Music
TOKYO (Public Radio of Armenia) — Japanese duduk player Yasutaka Tarumi was awarded a diploma by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia for his significant...
View ArticleWhere East Meets West: Hakob Karapents’s The Book of Adam
The book “I am about to write, nobody else can write . . . It is going to be unique in its depth and breadth,” notes Adam Nourian, the protagonist of Hakob Karapents’ 1983 novel, The Book of Adam, just...
View ArticleNatalie Muradyan, 20, Girls’ Math Camp Creator and MIT Student
(This is the third of the series Inspiring Armenian Young Adults, which highlights the accomplishments of a few of some of Armenia’s brightest, bravest, young adults. Their brief profiles showcase the...
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