To: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights International organizations and diplomatic missions in Armenia 29 May, 2026 We, representatives of the undersigned organizations, would like to draw your urgent attention to the detention...
To: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights International organizations and diplomatic missions in Armenia 29 May, 2026 We, representatives of the undersigned organizations, would like to draw your urgent attention to the detention and ongoing criminal prosecution of Armenian civic-political activist Artur Osipyan in the Republic of Armenia....
On June 26, a discussion dedicated to the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia took place at the Civil Society Center in Prague. The discussion was attended by a journalist, former Deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia, and founder of the NGO For Equal Rights Gayane Abrahamyan, a member...
On the occasion of the Vatican visit of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, the Vatican officially and publicly announced its decision to include St. Nerses Shnorhali among the saints commemorated by the Catholic Church. In accordance with this decision, August 13 has been...
One of Dilijan’s symbols—the unique tree sculpture “King of the Forest”—now features an information plaque, and through QR codes visitors can learn not only the audio story of its creation, but also about the work of sculptor Ara Sargsyan. The initiative was undertaken by the “Sareer” cultural NGO and...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has completed the bureaucratic preparations required to launch direct trade with Armenia, lifting a longstanding restriction that for three decades had forced Turkish goods bound for Armenia to be routed through a third country and re-exported, effectively erasing Armenia from...
The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) acknowledges the historic significance of the first-ever EU-Armenia Summit held in Yerevan. The presence of European Council President António Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signals a welcome willingness by European leadership to engage directly with Armenian society....
Strasbourg, 13.05.2026 – Following a two-day visit to Yerevan on 11 and 12 May 2026, a pre-electoral delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)* has emphasised the importance of conducting the 7 June 2026 parliamentary elections in an environment free from fear, undue foreign influence...
Cultural Heritage Ombudsman of Artsakh, Vice President of the Azgayin (National) Cultural-Historical NGO Hovik Avanesov Artsakh is far more than a mere coordinate on a map. It is a sanctuary of memory, a cradle of millennial Armenian culture, and a landscape defined by monasteries, fortresses, khachkars, heroism, and profound...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Dissident Turkish investigative reporter Abdullah Bozkurt, who resides in Stockholm, Sweden, has exposed Turkey’s multilayered and expanding operations within the United States in an article published in the Nordic Monitor titled “Turkey ramps up covert and overt influence operations in Washington.” Here is how Bozkurt...
On 4 May, the eighth summit of the European Political Community (EPC) brought together more than 40 heads of state and government from across the continent and beyond in Yerevan, Armenia, under the motto ‘Building the Future: Unity and Stability in Europe’. For the first time, the EPC meeting was joined...
