Prague, 16 May 2026 | The second festival week at the Prague Spring will be devoted to early music, chamber music, jazz and opera. On Wednesday, the artistic residency of soprano and conductor Barbara...
Prague, 16 May 2026 | The second festival week at the Prague Spring will be devoted to early music, chamber music, jazz and opera. On Wednesday, the artistic residency of soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan will begin with its first concert; the legendary jazz pianist Fred Hersch will make...
Prague, 13 May 2026 | The winner in the flute category of the 77th Prague Spring International Music Competition is the twenty-two-year-old Maël Metzger from France. Second and third places went to his compatriots Iris Daverio and Mathilde Alvin Besson. An Honourable Mention of the Jury, First Grade, was...
Parliamentarians, representatives from most organisations and members of the Armenian community gathered at The Dilly Hotel on May 12 for the sold-out Armenian National Committee of the United Kingdom Gala 2026, held in honour of Baroness Caroline Cox and her extraordinary lifetime of service to Artsakh and the Armenian...
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....
As a result of ongoing monitoring of social media platforms, it has become evident that the latest target of vandalism by the Azerbaijani authorities is the cemetery of fallen freedom fighters in the village of Vaghuhas, located in the Martakert region of the temporarily occupied Republic of Artsakh. The...
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...
Prague, 11 May 2026 | Of the ten participants in the second round of the piano category of the Prague Spring International Music Competition, Xuehong Chen and Zhiquan Wang from China and Sehyeok Son from the Republic of Korea have advanced to the final round, which will take place...
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...
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, condemning their “unjust detention”. The resolution also reaffirms the right of Armenians from the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to a safe, unimpeded, and dignified return, with guarantees for their...
