Preliminary Assessment of Democracy Monitoring Organization Follows Week of Meetings with Representatives of Civil Society, Political Parties, and Government Authorities Armenia: Targeting of Political Opponents, Misuse of Judicial and Security Forces, Raise Concerns Ahead...
Preliminary Assessment of Democracy Monitoring Organization Follows Week of Meetings with Representatives of Civil Society, Political Parties, and Government Authorities Armenia: Targeting of Political Opponents, Misuse of Judicial and Security Forces, Raise Concerns Ahead of June Parliamentary Elections Yerevan, Armenia — A deteriorating environment for political and civil rights...
On 11 March, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the European Parliament, highlighting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and his country’s EU membership aspirations. Pashinyan spoke about the establishment of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, formalised on 8 August 2025 in Washington DC, when President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan...
Delegation to Assess Democratic Conditions Through Broad Consultations Yerevan, Armenia — The International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia (IODA), an international, non-partisan organization, today announced the launch of its first fact-finding mission to evaluate democratic conditions ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7, 2026. From March 7 to...
POLICE FEAR KIDNAPPED ARMENIAN ELDER KILLED. SUSPECTS IN KIDNAP-MURDER OF INNOCENT ARMENIAN ARRESTED
From Arthur Hagopian in Sydney Feb 25, 2026 Police have arrested two men in connection with the assumed murder of aged Armenian widower, Chris Baghsarian, the 85-year-old Armenian widower, who was kidnapped from his home in suburban Sydney 12 days ago. The move came following the...
From Arthur Hagopian Sydney, Feb 21, 2026 It’s been eight days now, and Australia’s Armenians are still waiting for a safe denouement of the mistaken kidnapping of an aged Armenian from his home in a suburb of Sydney. The innocent, 85-year-old man, Chris (Khatchig) Baghsarian was snatched at 5am...
On 17–19 February 2026, at the invitation and with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Assembly of Bishops convened in the city of Sankt Pölten, Austria, concluded its proceedings. As a result of the meeting, the participants issued the following...
By Arthur Hagopian Sydney, Feb 16, 2026 Never in their painful annals have the Armenians of Jerusalem been visited by this latest calamity in, of all places, distant Australia’s largest metropolis, Sydney. It was 5am, Friday morning. 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian tossed and turned in bed, battling with a nightmare that...
More than 300 eligible nominators worldwide contacted ahead of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize deadline of 31 January 2026 25 January 2026 — A global civil society initiative advocating for the release of Armenian hostages and the protection of fundamental human rights has launched an international campaign urging eligible...
Armenian-American writer Taleen Voskuni will release Our Ex’s Wedding, a new romantic comedy from Berkley, on January 20, 2026, centering an Armenian love story in California wine country, where a wedding planner and a winery owner are forced to work together on their mutual ex’s wedding, a setup Voskuni...
AGBU and Creative Armenia have jointly announced the recipients of the 2026 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellowships—a one-year program that provides five exceptional artists with a $5,000 grant, mentorships with industry leaders, and diverse promotional opportunities. As partner with Creative Armenia since the inception of its fellowship program, AGBU expressed its congratulations and...
