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Armenia’s President, Pope Francis to attend inauguration of Gregory of Narek statue in Vatican

 (La Stampa)- A 2-meter-high bronze statue of Saint Gregory of Narek, a 10th century Armenian monk, declared by Pope Francis as 36th Doctor of the Church, will be inaugurated next Thursday, April 5, at 12, in the Vatican Gardens in the presence ...
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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 ...
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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 Armenianpopula...
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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 ...
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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 Hovannis...
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Armen Sarkissian elected Armenia’s fourth President

 (Armradio)- The Armenian National Assembly voted 90 to 10 to elect Armen Sarkissian as the country’s 4th President. One ballot was considered invalid. Sarkissian will assume his duties at a special sitting of the National Assembly on April ...
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Azeri Crimes Remain Unpunished After 30 Years of Bloodshed: ANCC

 Ottawa — Thirty years ago, this week, Azerbaijani authorities organized and systematically committed the mass pogroms and massacres against the peaceful Armenian population of Sumgait. In what was seen as a response to the peaceful manifestation ...
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Roots Revealed: How a New Turkish Government Genealogy Database Exposes Citizens’ Armenian Ancestries

 (Armenian orphans group together for a photo after the end of WWI in Anatolia College, which sheltered more than 2,000 orphans in Merzifon in 1918. As a consequence of the Armenian Genocide hundred thousands of Armenian children were left orphaned, ...
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Parliament of Netherlands adopts two resolutions on Armenian Genocide

 (Armenpress)- The parliament of the Netherlands has adopted the two resolutions on the Armenian Genocide authored by MP Joel Voordewind from Christian Union party with the absolute majority of the votes, President of the Federation of Armenian ...
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Karabakh movement: 30 years after the first demonstration in Yerevan

 30 years ago on February 20, the Karabakh liberation movement – a mass movement for the unification of Karabakh with Armenia – reached Yerevan, with massive demonstrations staged in what is now called the Freedom Square. The ...
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