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Thousands to Commemorate The 102nd Anniversary of The Armenian Genocide in Ottawa

Ottawa –Thousands of Canadians from across the country will gather in Ottawa on Monday, April 24th to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and demonstrate against the Government of Turkey’s ongoing denial of the crime. 102 ...

Four forces will make it to the Armenian Parliament after Sunday’s elections

With votes tallied from 99.8 percent of precincts, Armenian Central Electoral Commission has announced four political forces have passed the threshold to entre the National Assembly. The preliminary results are as follows: Yelk bloc – 7.78 ...

Aris Babikian nominated Ontario Progressive Conservative Party Candidate

Former Canadian Immigration Judge and community activist Aris Babikian was nominated as the Ontario PC candidate for Scarborough-Agincourt. Ontario provincial elections are scheduled to take place in June 2018.  

Ruling Republican Party leading in Armenian parliamentary vote -exit poll

Results of exit polls suggest four political forces will make it to the National Assembly – Republican Party of Armenia (46%), Tsarukyan Alliance (25%), Yelk bloc (10%) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (5%). Other forces are expected to ...

60.86 % of eligible voters participate in Armenia’s parliamentary election

According to the Central Electoral Commission 1,574,947 citizens or 60.86 percent of eligible voters have cast their ballots in 2017 parliamentary elections. The total number of voters was 2,587,706. The voting took place at 2009 polling ...

Homage to the memory of heroes of April war

Today Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, accompanied by Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan and the Senior Officers of the Armed Forces visited “Yerablur” Military Pantheon to pay respect to the memory of fallen soldiers, who lost their lives ...

Repose of Souls service at Holy Etchmiadzin in memory of April war heroes

Following the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Etchmiadzin, a solemn Repose of Souls service was offered in memory of the brave heroes who died in Artsakh during the war in April 2016. Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, ...

ANCC launches “Turkey: Thirty Days of Shame” Campaign Revealing the Reality Behind the State of Turkey

Ottawa – On April 3, 2017, The Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC), will launch a media campaign entitled “Turkey: Thirty Days of Shame” aimed at informing Canadians about Turkey’s continuous denial of the Armenian Genocide, while ...

Diaspora Armenians to monitor parliamentary elections

(Armradio)- System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian, Canadian Armenian film director Atom Egoyan, actress Arsine Khanjyan and American Armenian film director Erik Nazaruan have arrived in Armenia to observe the parliamentary elections of April ...

Elton John: What happened to Armenians was awful – Video

“What happened to Armenians was awful,” Elton John said, as he announced the release of the Armenian Genocide film The Promise. “I am excited to announce the release of The Promise, a story of the Armenian Genocide at the outset of World War ...