On a working visit to Armenia, the delegation led by Austria’s Minister of European and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial today, accompanied by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. The guests...
On a working visit to Armenia, the delegation led by Austria’s Minister of European and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial today, accompanied by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. The guests were greeted by the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan who presented the...
The Mekhitarist Congregation’s journal collection and its portal website are now live, featuring digitized Armenian press published between 1794 and 1920, in a free and accessible format. To date, the online library of the Mekhitarist press and its corresponding databases have been endowed with more than 400,000 pages of digitized Armenian newspapers and...
The Establishment of the Armenians in Estonia It is well known that Armenians have settled in Estonia since the nineteenth century. Among the first there were people like writer Khachatur Abovyan, publicist Stepanos Nazaryants, poets Rapayel Patkanyan, Gevorg Dodokhyan, Kerovbe Patkanyan and others, who studied at the University of...
Latvia has always distinguished itself from the other countries of the Baltic area. Since the independence of the 1990s, after 25 years, Latvia presents itself in a more European appearance. Much has changed here, but one thing has remained the same: tolerance. Although Armenian traces are not so old...
The Armenians of Lithuania Are Struggling for their Identity The Establishment of Armenians in Lithuania: Structures and Organizations We start the introduction with the Armenian communities of Baltic republics with Lithuania. Lithuania, once a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita), declared its independence on March 11, 1990, the first...
The oldest Armenian church and sanctuary in Europe are in Romania Hakob Asatryan Bucharest-Prague We begin our coverage of Armenians in Europe our acquaintance with the Armenians of Europe from Romania, as the richest Armenian cultural and spiritual heritage throughout Europe is in Romania . It is surprising that,...
British MP Feryal Clark has called on the UK Government to recognize the Armenian Genocide. “What happened to Armenian people 100 years ago was a genocide, and it is about time that our Government recognized that,” she said during the debate on Holocaust Memorial Day, “I was born in...
The new FAMU Films streaming platform offers films made by Věra Chytilová, Jan Svěrák and Jan Prušinovský FAMU students during a film shoot as part of the mentoring module guided by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr, November 2021 Photo: Andrea Petrovičová Prague’s FAMU is the first film school in Europe...
10 leading filmmakers, musicians, writers, and artists selected to receive year-long strategic support, including funding, mentorship, and industry connections to bring Armenian culture to the global stage January 18, 2022 Creative Armenia and the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) are thrilled to expand on their long-standing partnership and announce...
Dr. Vahagn Vardanyan is a forward-looking academic. He is a politicalgeographer by training and teaches at Han Academy, Hong Kong. On 6January, 2022 – on Armenian Christmas – he gave a presentation to amixed audience of professionals in education, finance, trade, andothers. His 25-minute presentation was based around his...
