On February 11, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and members of their team met with leadership from the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Western Region and the Sahag Mesrob...
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský concluded his working visit to Washington D.C. on Friday. During two days he presented Czech interests to representatives of the new US administration and Congress. The main items on the...
At the risk of being accused of being a “Dashnak” organization, taking Russian money, and circulating “fake news” by some Armenians, including notably the Zoryan Institute, which demanded last year that we apologize to...
In the wake of a catastrophic wildfire that destroyed the Pasadena campus of Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School, up to 190students from Kindergarten through 8th grade will temporarily relocate to the AGBU Vatche and...
Rescuing Armenian Culture from the 19th Century: A Report on Marc Nichanian Visiting the Department of Armenian Studies at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest Marc Nichanian, the preeminent diaspora Armenian philosopher, critic and translator,...
The year 2024 marks a time of transitions, most notably when I assumed the position of eighth president of AGBU, succeeding Berge Setrakian. His remarkable 22-year presidency followed his decades of service on the...
I just received the first volume of a valuable book published in Yerevan in 2021 that makes public for the first time some of the 8,000 handwritten letters by survivors of the 1894-96 Turkish...
Gathering of AGBU Buenos Aires committees at AGBU Center, Buenos Aires On November 12, 2024, the newly installed president of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Sam Simonian completed a nine-day landmark tour of...
Brussels, 20 November 2024 – In the backdrop of the COP29 currently taking place in Baku 20 members of the Belgian Federal Parliament, the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament and the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital-Region...
VARTAN TASHDJIANBook Launch & Art Show 22 – 23 November 2024,Strovolos Cultural Centre , Archiepiskopou Kyprianou 34, Strovolos 2063, CyprusExhibition Hours 10:00 – 13:00 & 16:00 – 20:00 Join Vartan as he exhibits an...
On February 11, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and members of their team met with leadership from the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Western Region and the Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School (SMACS), along with other Armenian community figures. The purpose was to discuss...
Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský concluded his working visit to Washington D.C. on Friday. During two days he presented Czech interests to representatives of the new US administration and Congress. The main items on the agenda were a meeting with the Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia, General Keith Kellogg,...
At the risk of being accused of being a “Dashnak” organization, taking Russian money, and circulating “fake news” by some Armenians, including notably the Zoryan Institute, which demanded last year that we apologize to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after suggesting that he was engaging in cryptic genocide denial,...
In the wake of a catastrophic wildfire that destroyed the Pasadena campus of Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School, up to 190students from Kindergarten through 8th grade will temporarily relocate to the AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Cultural Center, just four miles from the original school campus. It will serve...
Rescuing Armenian Culture from the 19th Century: A Report on Marc Nichanian Visiting the Department of Armenian Studies at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest Marc Nichanian, the preeminent diaspora Armenian philosopher, critic and translator, visited Budapest at the invitation of the Department of Armenian Studies at Pázmány Péter Catholic...
The year 2024 marks a time of transitions, most notably when I assumed the position of eighth president of AGBU, succeeding Berge Setrakian. His remarkable 22-year presidency followed his decades of service on the AGBU Central Board. It is an honor to continue the tradition of delivering a year-end...
I just received the first volume of a valuable book published in Yerevan in 2021 that makes public for the first time some of the 8,000 handwritten letters by survivors of the 1894-96 Turkish massacres of 300,000 Armenians in Western Armenia (present-day Turkey), organized by Sultan Abdul Hamid II....
Gathering of AGBU Buenos Aires committees at AGBU Center, Buenos Aires On November 12, 2024, the newly installed president of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Sam Simonian completed a nine-day landmark tour of key cities in South America, reinforcing the organization’s mission to foster cultural, educational, and social...
Brussels, 20 November 2024 – In the backdrop of the COP29 currently taking place in Baku 20 members of the Belgian Federal Parliament, the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament and the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital-Region address the Azerbaijani Government and the Belgian government’s delegation to COP29, with three main demands:...
VARTAN TASHDJIANBook Launch & Art Show 22 – 23 November 2024,Strovolos Cultural Centre , Archiepiskopou Kyprianou 34, Strovolos 2063, CyprusExhibition Hours 10:00 – 13:00 & 16:00 – 20:00 Join Vartan as he exhibits an intimate and carefully curated collection to coincide with the release of his Biographical Art Book...
