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UCLA Promise Institute Names Taner Akcam Inaugural Director of Armenian Genocide Research Program

 (Armenian weekly)- The Promise Armenian Institute (PAI) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Taner Akçam as inaugural director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program. Akçam is ...
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Der Matossian Unveils New Book on Adana Massacres of 1909

 The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century” book cover and the author Bedros Der Matossian After a decade of meticulous research in more than 15 archives, Bedross Der Matossian’s book on the Adana Massacres ...
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UNESCO Responds to Alarms about Desecration of Armenian Monuments by Azerbaijan, Hopes to Send Mission Soon

 UNESCO continues working to send an Independent Technical Mission to Nagorno Karabakh, a spokesperson for the organization told Armenpress. The comments come in the wake of alarms about the cases of distortion and destruction of the ...
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A Challenge to UN Court: Yerevan Condemns Baku’s Plans to Destroy The Identity of Armenian Churches

 Shushi's Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (Holy Savior). The photo was taken on 02/8/2022). Azerbaijan is actively destroying Armenian cultural heritage under the guise of restoration. Ghazanchetsots (Armradio)- Armenia has strongly condemned the ...
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Historical Armenian Church in Diyarbakir Set to Be Restored

 The ruins of the Surp Sarkis Church in 2013 (Photo: George Aghjayan) (Armradio)- An ancient Armenian church in southeastern Turkey is set to be restored, Anadolu Agency quotes officials as saying. The Surp Sargis Armenian Church, built in the ...
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Azerbaijani Authorities Inciting Religious Enmity at State Level, Armenian Ombudsman Says

 (Armradio) – The Azerbaijani authorities are inciting religious enmity at the state level, accusing us of Islamophobia with absolute falsehood, Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan says. “How, for example, can they explain the famous Decree ...
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Composer Arthur Grigoryan Dies Aged 63

 (Armradio)- Composer Artur Grigoryan has died after a long illness. He was 63. Born in Yerevan on 31 July 1958, he studied at the Yerevan Music School after Tigran Chukhajyan, class of composition, then graduated from the Musical college after ...
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The Press Collection of the Mekhitarist Library is now online

 The Mekhitarist Congregation’s journal collection and its portal website are now live, featuring digitized Armenian press published between 1794 and 1920, in a free and accessible format. To date, the online library of the Mekhitarist ...
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Vandalism in Hadrut: Azerbaijanis Remove The Cross from Armenian Spitak Khach Church

 (Armradio)- Azerbaijan consistently pursues the policy of destroying cultural values ​​and Armenian traces in the occupied territories of Artsakh. A fresh example of vandalism is the removal of the cross from the Spitak Khach (White Cross) ...
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Keeping Up With The Digital World: Armenian-Language Literature Now More Accessible Than Ever

 Vlume, a vast Armenian digital library, is becoming a go-to address for readers around the world The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is happy to announce the continuation of its partnership with Vlume. The ...
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