AGBU and Creative Armenia launch Artsakh (Karabakh) awareness and education campaign amid ongoing humanitarian crisis In light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Artsakh – with Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor creating a deepening food, health, and humanitarian crisis...

How Much Longer Must the People of Artsakh Suffer? The Armenians of Artsakh have been suffering direly due to the Azerbaijani blockade since December 12. Weeks have gone by as this humanitarian crisis worsens while nominal international efforts to...

The memorial statue of renowned Armenian late conductor Ohan Durian was inaugurated today in Yerevan’s Freedom Square, in the area near the National Opera and Ballet Academic Theater, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of birth of maestro. The...

19։00, LISTOPAD 15, 2022, BRNO, Besední dům https://filharmonie-brno.cz/en/events/arsen-petrosyan-quartet-hokin-janapar/ On November 15 at 19:00, within the Jazz & World Music Festival, the Arsen Petrosyan Quartet will perform a concert entitled “Hokin Janapar” (My Soul’s Journey) at the Concert Hall of...

Official session of the AGBU 92nd General Assembly emceed by AGBU Central Board Member Arda Haratunian AGBU 92nd General Assembly Held in Armenia in a Show of Unity and Resilience  Over 200 AGBU delegates from 25 countries gathered on...

Armenian President Vahagn Khachatruryan handed the2021 Global IT Award to IBM Vice President Leon Stok. Leon Stok is IBM’s Vice President of IBM’s Electronic Design Automation group. His team delivers world-class design and verification flows and tools being used to...

https://www.hyedram.io September 5, 2022 – YEREVAN, ARMENIA – Today, at approximately 10:45am, at the Ministry of Emergency Situations RA, located at Anastas Mikoyan 109/8, Yerevan, Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan was on hand when Armenian strongman, Yuri Sakunts, successfully pulled 68...

The European Union has approved disbursements of €14.2 million in grants for two budget support programmes – Support to Justice Sector Reforms in Armenia and The COVID-19 Resilience Contract for Armenia. This decision follows a positive assessment on progress in the...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to consider the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23), of which 5 bipartisan amendments, ranging from the release of Armenian POWs to prohibiting the...

Dr. Richard Hovannisian (center) receiving the Distinguished Humanitarian Award alongside Assembly Co-Chair Anthony Barsamian, Assembly President Carolyn Mugar, and Assembly Co-Chair Van Krikorian Los Angeles, CA – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) celebrated its milestone 50th anniversary at...

The closing of the 19th Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival will be announced with writer and filmmaker Garin Hovannisian’s feature documentary INVISIBLE REPUBLIC, which captures the 2020 Artsakh war through the diary of writer and photographer Lika Zakaryan....

On 30 June, the European Commission and Europa Nostra announced the 2022 winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards, funded by the EU Creative Europe programme.  This year, which marks the 20th anniversary of Europe’s most...

The sixth edition of Starmus will be held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 5th to 10th of September, 2022.Through Starmus camp and close cooperation with several schools and universities, it will involvethousands of students and around 100.00 participants from Armenia...

Aznavour Foundation and Armenian General Benevolent Union “Parekordzagan” – Varna are pleased to share the excitement, inspiration and euphoria associated with the opening ceremony of the monument dedicated to the Great artist, philanthropist, writer, diplomat, our compatriot, benefactor for...

Hovhannes Bachkov, Armenia’s leading boxer defeated Frenchmen Lounès Hamraoui to win the gold medal at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Yerevan. PM Nikol Pashinyan visited the venue of the competition and watched the bouts together with EUBC...

YEREVAN, MAY 26, ARMENPRESS. The first ever Armenian satellite was launched into the Earth’s orbit, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced at the Cabinet meeting. “On May 25, 2022, at 22:35 Yerevan time, Armenia’s first space satellite was launched...

European Union leaders have congratulated the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra on winning the Eurovision Song Contest. The final was held in Turin, Italy, on the night of 14-15 May. An overwhelming number of viewers gave their votes to the...

Professor António Feijó assumed the mandate of President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on 3 May 2022 during an official public ceremony. He was elected to the post by the Board of Trustees on 15 December 2021. António Feijó...

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...

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...

Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo April 19 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

  RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan welcomes AGBU President Berge Setrakian. On April 15, Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) President Berge Setrakian and AGBU Armenia President Vasken Yacoubian visited the President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan to discuss...

The “Stand Up for Ukraine” global pledging event and campaign has raised €9.1 billion for people fleeing the Russian invasion, inside Ukraine and abroad, including €1 billion from the European Commission. On top of that, the European Bank for Reconstruction...

The FUTURE ARMENIAN Initiative addressed an open letter to the President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the Catհolicos of Cilicia Aram...

Armenia’s Rosa Linn will perform 17th in the first semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest 2022 on May 10. In January, participating countries were randomly drawn into either the first or second half of either the First or Second Semi-Final;...

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...

On 1 March, the European Parliament welcomed Ukraine’s application for candidate status, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said, addressing the extraordinary Plenary Session of the European Parliament on ‘Russian aggression against Ukraine’.  Following the request of the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy,...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel have condemned in the strongest possible terms the decision by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to proceed with the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of...

February 22, 2022 marks a milestone anniversary for AGBU and its esteemed leader Berge Setrakian, who assumed the presidency of the world’s largest Armenian non-profit 20 years ago. Reflecting on the past two decades, in addition to the 25...

Armenian surgeon Narek Amiryan stunned the jury during the 12th edition of The Voice of Ukraine on Sunday. All coaches turned as he performed the song Nessun dorma during the blind auditions. The 27-year-old doctor says he sings during the surgeries...

By David Salazar Houston Grand Opera has announced the winners of its 34th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. First place went to baritone Navasard Hakobyan, who will take come $10,000. Coming in second was soprano Amanda Batista, who will...

Armenian ice dancers Tina Garabedian and Simon Proulx Senecal qualifies for the Free Dance after successful performance in the Rhythm Dance at the Beijing Olympics. The pair scored 65.87 points in the Rhythm Dance. A total of 23 couples...

Armenia and Artsakh continue to be united in the fair fight for the realization of national aspirations, the Foreign Ministry of Armenia said in a statement on Artsakh Revival Day. “On February 20, 1988, the Council of People’s Deputies...

Virtual participants will be able to join the lecture at 5:30 PM, after the in-person screening of the film “The Seasons” (1975). In 1971, the Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Peleshyan, who had already established a name for himself with found...

On 16 February, an EU-funded project aiming at strengthening migration management capabilities was launched in Armenia. The two-year project, implemented by  the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Armenia and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Armenia will help national migration...

The USC Institute of Armenian Studies has selected 23 applicants from eight countries to participate in its 2022 research call – THE FUTURE OF KARABAKH.  The Institute will provide more than $90,000 in funding to researchers investigating the urgent...

Estonian-Armenian Singer Stefan Airapetjan will represent Estonia at Eurovision Song Contest 2022 after winning the national selection – Eesti Laul, ArmRadio reports. Stefan will travel to Turin with the song ‘Hope,” he co-authored with Reismann. After a round of quarter-finals in December...

With one community selected and three more to apply for innovation grants, Armenian communities are entering the new phase of the Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) Facility Yerevan, 28 January 2022 – The European Union (EU) and the United Nations...

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...

The first Armenian woman to be running for a political seat in the upcoming Canadian Federal Elections. Anna Simonyan was selected to represent the Ahuntsic-Cartierville riding in Montreal and therefore became the first Armenian woman to obtain the privilege...

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