month : 03/2018 62 results

ANCA Briefs Artsakh President Bako Sahakian at National Headquarters

A scene from the Artsakh policy briefing held in the ANCA’s Aramian Conference Room (Photo: ANCA) WASHINGTON—Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) President Bako Sahakian was joined by his Foreign Minister Masis Mayilian, Parliamentarians David Ishkhanian and David Melkoumyan, and his Deputy Chief of Staff David Babayan at a policy briefing by national ...

Mkhitaryan donates his car to the Rehabilitation Center for wounded and disabled soldiers

Armenian national football team captain, midfielder of London’s Arsenal Henrikh Mkhitaryan visited the Yerevan State Medical University, met with students and teaching staff, the Football Federation of Armenia said, reports Armenpress. The main goal of the visit was to meet with wounded and disabled soldiers. Mkhitaryan arrived in Armenia to ...

Young Armenian Scientist Aims Sky-high with Revolutionary Breakthrough Invention in Nanotechnology

(Armenpress)- The invention of an Armenian graduate of Cambridge University can revolutionize the industry of power supplied devices. Amalya Kostanyan, a scholarship holder of Luys Foundation, specializes in nanostructures. She and her team design new generation screens based on the nanostructures, and the screens are entirely carbonbased. ...

Maryland avenue in US city of Glendale to be renamed to Artsakh Street

Maryland avenue between Wilson and Harvard Street of the US city of Glendale can be renamed to Artsakh Street in honor of the Republic of Artsakh, the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region said, reports Armenpress.  On March 13 the Glendale City Council unanimously voted to begin the process of renaming Maryland avenue to ...

Pulitzer Prize-winner Peter Balakian named 13th Janet Weis Fellow

American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, who has Armenian roots, is the 13th Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters at Bucknell University, the university said on its website. Balakian is the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English and director of creative ...

Canadian lawmaker commemorates Sumgait pogrom

(The Suburban)- Canadian lawmaker MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos recently commemorated in the Commons the 30th anniversary of the Sumgait pogrom, in which the ethnic Azerbaijan population attacked members of the Armenianpopulation of the town of Sumgait. The MP said the attacks took place in February 1988. "This was a time ...

Members of Congress Welcome Artsakh President to Capitol Hill on Historic Visit

Artsakh President Bako Sahakian addresses members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Wedneday WASHINGTON—In a first-ever visit to the U.S. Capitol by an Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) head of state, President Bako Sahakian delivered a powerful pro-peace and prosperity message to the American people, thanking U.S. legislators for ongoing aid programs ...

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Մարտ 9ին, Տ. Բաբգէն Արք. Չարեան` ընկերակցութեամբ Տ. Վարդան Վրդ. Թաշճեանի, ատենապետ Կրօնական Ժողովի եւ տիկին Ծովիկ Թերզեանի, ատենապետ Ազգային Վարչութեան եւ Դիւանապետին, այցելեց Հայաստանի Հանրա...

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Յարութ Սասունեան 2018 Փետրուար 27ին, Պրիւքսէլի մէջ Եւրոպական Խորհրդարանին մէջ տեղի ունեցաւ հանրային քննարկում՝ Արցախի ինքնորոշման իրաւունքին վերաբերեալ: Զայն կազմակերպած էին Եւրոխորհրդ...

Richard G. Hovannisian Armenian Genocide Oral History Collection Officially Announced

Professor Richard Hovannisian (Photo: Dan Avila/USC) LOS ANGELES—The USC Shoah Foundation has received one of the largest collections of testimonies from survivors of the Armenian Genocide that were recorded over decades by Dr. Richard Hovannisian, a leading scholar on the World War I-era genocide. The Richard G. Hovannisian Armenian Genocide ...