month : 02/2022 39 results

Artsakh Residents Face Water Insecurity and Shortages

Human Rights defenders of Armenia and Artsakh inspect a house damaged by Azerbaijani shooting. The Human Rights defenders of Armenia and Artsakh, after a two-day fact-finding mission in Artsakh, called for the immediate withdrawal of Azerbaijani forces from areas in the vicinity of civilian settlements and warned that residents of Artsakh, ...

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 Kaloosdian and Mugar Professor in Modern Armenian History and Genocide at the Strassler Center for Holoca...

TUMO Box Opens in Javakhk

The first sessions have started at the TUMO box in the city of Akhlkalak in Georgia’s Armenian-populated Javakhk region․ Thanks to the cooperation between TUMO and the Javakhk branch of the Armenian Relief Society, more than 200 teenagers have already registered to attend the box and acquire skills in technology and design. “Opening a ...

Students Representing Armenia Make Finals at The Earth Prize International Competition

12th grade students at Ayb school in Armenia conducted research and ran several experiments in preparation for The Earth Prize competition A team of Armenian students has made it to the final stage of The Earth Prize international environmental sustainability competition. 12th grade students of Ayb school, Ilya Lalazaryan, Nane Yengibaryan, ...

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 of 1909 has recently been published in paperback, hardcover, and kindle editions by Stanford ...

Another Home Damaged in 2020 Artsakh War Renovated by the Tufenkian Foundation

Members of the Tufenkian staff tour the renovated residence (Photo: ArtsakhPRess) The home of the Grigoryan family in Artsakh’s Herher village was severely damaged in Oct. 2020 HERHER VILLAGE, Martuni, Artsakh (TUFENKIAN FOUNDATION)—Another family in Artsakh’s Martuni region was given the keys to its renovated home last week. The home ...

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 Armenian historical-cultural heritage in the territories of the Republic of Artsakh currently under ...

Sunday’s Earthquake in Armenia Strongest After 1988, Followed by 165 Aftershocks

(Armradio)- The earthquake registered in Armenia on February 13 was the strongest after the 1988 Spitak earthquake, Head of the Regional Survey for Seismic Protection Sos Margaryan told a press conference on February 14. He said the 5.2 magnitude quake was followed by 165 aftershocks, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 3. According ...

Արտաշէս Յունանեան (Թ.). «ՍԻՐԷՔ ՄԻՄԵԱՆՑ…»

Վա՜յ  ազգիս,  որ  թփրտում Թակարդը ընկած թռչունի նման...  Ա. Յ. Մովսէս Ծիրանի Երեւան, 1980, Լենինի №2 հանրակացարան: Յանկարծ,  բռունցքի ուժեղ հարուածներով դուռը զարնուեցաւ: ...

Armenian Physics Professor Levon Pogosian Wins 2021 Buchalter Cosmology Prize

(Armradio)- Armenian physicist, professor of Simon Fraser University of Vancouver (SFU) and foreign employee of Byurakan Observatory Levon Poghosyan has won the 2021 Buchalter Cosmology Prize. Pogosian and his collaborator Karsten Jedamzik from the University of Montpellier will share the First Prize award for their research on relieving the ...