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Thousands Canadian Armenians Rally In Ottawa To Commemorate The 103rd Anniversary Of The Armenian Genocide

Thousands Canadian Armenians and their national and spiritual leaders rallied outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. During the official rally in front of the Parliament Hill, ...

Three Humanitarian Activists Nominated For $1.1 Million Aurora Prize

Aurora prize nominee: Kyaw Hla Aung, Mrs. Sunitha Krishnan and Fr. Héctor Tomás González Castillo. The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity recognizes three humanitarians for their selfless commitment to fighting sexual violence in India, ...

Armenian Crisis Talks Cancelled

(Azatutyun)- Planned negotiations aimed at ending the continuing political crisis in Armenia were cancelled on Tuesday night after acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetian rejected preconditions set by opposition leader Nikol Pashinian. The two men ...

Top leadership of Armenia and Artsakh pay tribute to memory of Armenian Genocide victims in Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

(Armenpress)- President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan, acting Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan, Speaker of the Parliament Ara Babloyan, Cabinet members, MPs, as well as other officials pay tribute to the ...

Pashinyan Calls for Prime Minister Elections ‘In One Week’

Leader of the opposition, Armenian MP Nikol Pashinyan holds a victory speech after the RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has resigned due to days of large-scale street protests against him on Republic Square of Yerevan, Armenia YEREVAN—The ...

Armenian Protest Leader Nikol Pashinian Freed

Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian was released from custody on Monday as massive anti-government protests organized by him continued in Yerevan and other parts of Armenia. Pashinian was set freed, along with two other opposition lawmakers ...

Serzh Sarkisian Resigns As Armenian PM

Armenia's Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian stepped down on Monday after ten days of unprecedented street protests against his attempt to extend his decade-long rule. “[Opposition leader] Nikol Pashinian was right,” he said in a written address to ...

Huge Crowds Keep Up Pressure On Armenian PM

(Azatutyun)-Massive rallies against Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian intensified on Sunday evening, with tens of thousands of people filling Yerevan’s largest square in the absence of Nikol Pashinian, the protest leader arrested earlier in ...

Prime Minister Sarkisian Walks Out from Meeting with Opposition Leader Pashinian

YEREVAN—Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on Sunday walked out from a meeting with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan saying that a political alliance that has received seven to eight percent of the votes cannot speak on behalf of the entire populat...

Serzh Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan to hold talks Sunday morning

(Armradio)-  Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan will hold talks Sunday morning. Pashinyan, who has been leading protests in Yerevan since April 13, said in a Facebook post that “the negotiations will focus on ...