From 6 to 8 March, a three day Lenten retreat for the youth of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Netherlands took place at a retreat center in Woudsend. The gathering brought together about...
From 6 to 8 March, a three day Lenten retreat for the youth of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Netherlands took place at a retreat center in Woudsend. The gathering brought together about sixty young Armenians from various parishes across the country for prayer, reflection, and fellowship in...
Delegation to Assess Democratic Conditions Through Broad Consultations Yerevan, Armenia — The International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA), an international, non-partisan organization, today announced the launch of its first fact-finding mission to evaluate democratic conditions ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7, 2026. From March 7 to...
Emerging authors from 14 countries have been shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature, the flagship literary prize supported by Creative Europe. Sargis Hovsepyan from Armenia, with his book You Die Today, I Die Tomorrow, and Paula Erizanu from Moldova, with her book Here Is Both Heaven and Hell. Republic...
At the end of January, the Eastern Partnership Road Safety Observatory (EaP RSO), an EU-funded joint initiative of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, presented a baseline study on seat belt use in Armenia. The results of the study confirmed that seat belt wearing and car seat use in...
On 24 February, construction on the EU TUMO Convergence Centre for Engineering and Applied Science began in Yerevan, Armenia. Located in Tumanyan Park, the five-story building will expand the existing TUMO campus, providing new spaces for free technology and creative education for teenagers and adults.The €42.5 million project is...
POLICE FEAR KIDNAPPED ARMENIAN ELDER KILLED. SUSPECTS IN KIDNAP-MURDER OF INNOCENT ARMENIAN ARRESTED
From Arthur Hagopian in Sydney Feb 25, 2026 Police have arrested two men in connection with the assumed murder of aged Armenian widower, Chris Baghsarian, the 85-year-old Armenian widower, who was kidnapped from his home in suburban Sydney 12 days ago. The move came following the...
STATEMENT Europe, February 17, 2026 We, the members of the “Europeans for Artsakh” movement, are following with deep concern and indignation the overt persecution carried out by the current authorities of the Republic of Armenia against the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and...
By Arthur Hagopian Sydney, Feb 16, 2026 Never in their painful annals have the Armenians of Jerusalem been visited by this latest calamity in, of all places, distant Australia’s largest metropolis, Sydney. It was 5am, Friday morning. 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian tossed and turned in bed, battling with a nightmare that...
Noubar Afeyan, Anthony Barsamian, Lord Ara Darzi of Denham, Eric Esrailian, Vahe Gabrache, Vatche Manoukian, Joseph Oughourlian, and Berge Setrakian, all descendants of Armenian Genocide survivers and members of the global Armenian Church, issued the following statement concerning the current conflict between the Armenian government and the Armenian Apostolic...
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is pleased to receive a generous donation from Mr. Hrag Bakarian. His gift will enable a deserving Armenian undergraduate student in Lebanon to pursue her university studies in medicine for three years. Gulbenkian Scholarship recipients often become leaders and successful...
