Foreign Aid Testimony Requests Statutory Ban on U.S. Military Aid to Baku WASHINGTON, DC – Government Affairs Director Tereza Yerimyan outlined the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) policy priorities in testimony submitted today to...
Foreign Aid Testimony Requests Statutory Ban on U.S. Military Aid to Baku WASHINGTON, DC – Government Affairs Director Tereza Yerimyan outlined the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) policy priorities in testimony submitted today to the U.S. House panel drafting the FY23 foreign aid bill – with a sharp focus...
Strasbourg, 26.04.2022 – The 2022 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to İzmir in Turkey. Located on the Aegean Sea,...
27 April 2022, Yerevan. On 26 April in the house-museum of Avetik Isahakyan in Gyumri the start of the “Armenian Master” competition was announced. The main idea, phases of the competition were introduced along with the website, through which one can chose for the key vocational professions and vote...
April 26, 2022, Brussels – The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) and Comité de Défense de la Cause Arménienne (CDCA Belgique) learnt with dismay about the act of vandalism committed on the cross stone (khachkar) dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Brussels on...
The Georgian writer Iva Pezuashvili has won the 2022 European Union Prize for Literature for his book A Garbage Chute. The jury also gave a special mention to Ukrainian writer Eugenia Kuznetsova for her book Ask Miyechka, as well as to writers from Bosnia Herzegovina, Belgium, Spain, and Ireland. The nominees for 2022 came from...
On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Thus began the Armenian genocide—one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century. Today, we remember the one and a half million Armenians who were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in a...
Annual April 24th Commemorative Statement not Matched by U.S. Policy Confronting Turkish and Azerbaijani Genocidal Aggression WASHINGTON, DC – A year after President Biden rejected Turkey’s gag-rule on honest U.S. remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Americans look for concrete U.S. action to secure justice for this crime and prevent...
Strasbourg, 25/04/2022 – Susan Newman Baudais has been named Executive Director of Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s cultural fund for the support of independent film co-production. She took up her new position on 1 March 2022. Of dual Irish and French nationality, Susan Newman Baudais brings to this role...
The Armenian Genocide is a dark page in history that reminds us of the importance of protecting life, President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou said in a statement on Aprille 24. “Today we honor with emotion and respect the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, who were inhumanely...
Every year on April 24, Armenians around the world commemorate the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide – the first Genocide of the 20th century. In 1915-1923, Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were subjected to unprecedented mass atrocities – brutal killings, violence and forcible displacement, which were pre-planned...
