Dear Compatriots, On September 2, 2025, we mark the 34th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). This date is not only a historically significant day for the Armenian people, but...
Dating back to the 4th century, the Armenian presence in Jerusalem holds deep historical significance. However, this historic quarter is currently under threat due to aggressive actions by extremists, settlers, and businesspeople, seeking to...
August 15, 2025, TORONTO, ON – The Zoryan Institute concluded its 2025 Genocide and Human Rights University Program (GHRUP) on August 8th at the University of Toronto. The 2025 program brought together leading scholars...
A team of Armenian high school students from the Generation AI program represented the country at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), held Aug. 2–9 in Beijing, and returned with a bronze medal....
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com If you’re confused by the contradictory statements made by officials from Armenia, Turkey and the United States surrounding the Zangezur Road, you’re not alone. The saga began on Nov. 9,...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Just when we thought that the situation in Armenia could not get any worse, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has devised new ways to destroy the country. During Pashinyan’s collapsing tenure,...
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern regarding recent developments in Armenia involving the Armenian Apostolic Church, including reported law enforcement actions at the Mother See of...
Thursday, July 3, 2025: We express our deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent proposal introduced in the Turkish Parliament to rename the border crossing between Turkey and Armenia after Talat Pasha, the principal...
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old congressional intern from Massachusetts, was killed Monday night in a targeted shooting in Northwest Washington, D.C., though he was not the intended target. A rising senior at the University of...
June 29, 2025 The Armenian nation is at a moment of deep crisis. Recent events are sending shockwaves through Armenia and across our expansive Diaspora. As we have at critical junctures in the Nation’s...
Dear Compatriots, On September 2, 2025, we mark the 34th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). This date is not only a historically significant day for the Armenian people, but also a testament—grounded in international law—to the right to self-determination and to live in peace....
Dating back to the 4th century, the Armenian presence in Jerusalem holds deep historical significance. However, this historic quarter is currently under threat due to aggressive actions by extremists, settlers, and businesspeople, seeking to appropriate the land. Despite protests and calls for protection, the Israeli authorities have not taken...
August 15, 2025, TORONTO, ON – The Zoryan Institute concluded its 2025 Genocide and Human Rights University Program (GHRUP) on August 8th at the University of Toronto. The 2025 program brought together leading scholars and graduate students from across 11 countries, spanning Latin America, Europe, and West Asia, to...
A team of Armenian high school students from the Generation AI program represented the country at the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI), held Aug. 2–9 in Beijing, and returned with a bronze medal. The team was formed from 11th-grade students of the Generation AI program, jointly implemented by...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com If you’re confused by the contradictory statements made by officials from Armenia, Turkey and the United States surrounding the Zangezur Road, you’re not alone. The saga began on Nov. 9, 2020, with the ceasefire agreement signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia following Armenia’s devastating defeat...
By Harut Sassounian www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com Just when we thought that the situation in Armenia could not get any worse, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has devised new ways to destroy the country. During Pashinyan’s collapsing tenure, we lost Artsakh, after 4,000 Armenian soldiers were killed and many more wounded in the...
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern regarding recent developments in Armenia involving the Armenian Apostolic Church, including reported law enforcement actions at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the detention of senior clergy. The World Council of Churches (WCC) expresses...
Thursday, July 3, 2025: We express our deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent proposal introduced in the Turkish Parliament to rename the border crossing between Turkey and Armenia after Talat Pasha, the principal architect of the Armenian Genocide. As Minister of the Interior of the Ottoman Empire, Talat...
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old congressional intern from Massachusetts, was killed Monday night in a targeted shooting in Northwest Washington, D.C., though he was not the intended target. A rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, he had been interning for Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.) since June. The shooting...
June 29, 2025 The Armenian nation is at a moment of deep crisis. Recent events are sending shockwaves through Armenia and across our expansive Diaspora. As we have at critical junctures in the Nation’s history, AGBU is speaking out to call for restraint and national unity. As events unfold,...
