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Conference devoted to the First Republic of Armenia will be held in Canada

From Genocide to Statehood – The 900 Days Republic The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) Armen Karo Student Association today confirmed details of its March 2018 conference devoted to the First Republic of Armenia. The ...

The Country Breeding a Generation of Chess Whizz Kids – BBC on Armenia

Chess academy teacher Tigran congratulates a young opponent BBC has published an article on Armenia as the first country to have introduced compulsory chess lessons in schools since 2011. “With a population of a little over three million, ...

Statue of St Gregory of Narek to be unveiled in the Vatican on April 5

(Prague Daily Monitor)- The art foundry in Horni Kalna, Czech Republic, is completing a statue of St Gregory of Narek, a 10th-century Armenian priest, which is a gift for Pope Francis and is to be unveiled in the Vatican on April 5, its author David ...

Dutch Parliament poised to approve motion recognizing Armenian Genocide

(NLTimes )- The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, will “explicitly acknowledge the Armenian genocide.” There are two motions pending in the Dutch Parliament. One states that the Tweede Kamer “recognizes the Armenian ...

ANCC’s Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the “Karabakh Movement”

The Struggle Continues for a Free Artsakh… Ottawa – Today marks the 30th anniversary of the “Karabakh Movement”, the very movement that courageously tore down the Soviet walls of silence to grant the people of Artsakh (formerly known as ...

Israeli Knesset Again Rejects Armenian Genocide Recognition Bill

It came as no surprise that the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday, once again, rejected a bill to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in vote of 41 against and 28 for. This iteration of the bill was introduced by chairman of the opposition Yesh ...

At Least Two Armenians Killed in Russian Saratov Airlines Crash

Sergey Arsenovich Ghambaryan (Photo: elentur.com.ua) (Armradio)-Two Armenians were confirmed dead in the air crash in Moscow region. Sergey Ghambaryan was the second pilot of the Saratov Airlines’ Antonov An-148 jet that crashed after ...

Governor of Istanbul Officially Rejects Armenian Patriarchate Locum-Tenens Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian

ISTANBUL—The Governor of Istanbul has officially rejected Archbishop Karekin Bekedjian’s March 2017 election as the Armenian Patriarchal Locum Tenens (Patriarchal alternate). n a letter sent to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople on ...

The last Armenian in Afrin: Genocide found us a century later

(Akunq)-  Harot Kevork, the last living Armenian in Afrin has talked to the Kurdish Mezopotamya Ajansi about the memories of the Armenian Genocide. The operation in Afrin that have now entered the 19th day, remind Harot, 61, of the ...

Isabel Bayrakdarian’s Mother of Light Nominated for a Juno Award

Isabel Bayrakdarian’s Mother of Light: Armenian Hymns & Chants in Praise of Mary was nominated for a Juno Award in the Classical Album of the Year category.  The album consists of medieval Armenian spiritual hymns performed with Coro Vox ...