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...
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...
Yerevan, November 12, 2024 – The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is pleased to announce the appointment of Armine Afeyan as Chief Executive Officer. Afeyan succeeds Arman Jilavian, who has provided exemplary leadership during the organization’s first decade and will take on the role of Vice Chair of the Aurora Board....
Following the meeting of the AGBU Central Board of Directors on October 13, 2024, the newly elected executive officers of the AGBU are Sam Simonian, President; Arda Haratunian and Yervant Zorian, Vice Presidents; Ani Manoukian, Secretary; and Nazareth Festekjian, Treasurer. The General Assembly held on October 12, 2024 approved...
The fifth meeting of the European Policy Community will bring together leaders from across the continent today in Budapest, Hungary. Forty-seven heads of state and government are invited to take part in the meeting, including from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The leaders will discuss Europe’s security challenges,...
On 6 November 2024 a conference titled “COP29 in Baku: Greenwashing an Ethnic Cleansing?” was held at the European Parlement. The conference focused on various aspects of holding this global UN conference in Azerbaijan, notably in the context of the developments in the region, such as the ethnic cleansing...
On November 2nd, at 3:00 p.m., a benefit concert dedicated to the indelible memory of the hero of the Artsakh war Aren Mehrabyan will be held in the church of Zeist (Kerkelijk centrum Zeist-West) in the Netherlands within the framework of the International Song Festival Zeist. The concert will...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com In 2019, I wrote about the status of the lawsuit filed in 2012 in Turkey by the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem to recover its over one thousand real estate properties confiscated decades ago. After going through various legal maneuvers in Turkey for years, the Patriarchate...
