Foreign Relations Committee members, Appropriators demand answers from Biden...
WASHINGTON, DC – Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ) told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the Biden administration’s waiver of Section 907 restrictions on US aid to...
View ArticleAspram Krpeyan’s Mission: Continuing a Legacy and Building a Strong Armenian...
Artsakh is meaningful to many Armenians for many different reasons, but to Aspram Krpeyan, Artsakh is essential to her identity and inextricably linked to a strong Armenian statehood. “There is no...
View ArticleArmenia’s leaders ignored investor’s offer to build military vehicles before...
Armenia’s current leaders blame previous leaders whenever something goes wrong in the country. After they lost the war, they blamed it on the previous presidents. They do not take any responsibility...
View ArticleAnswering the Call. Inspiration for All.
Dn. Michael Sabounjian pictured during the ordination service with Rev. Fr. Shnork Souin, Bishop Daniel Findikyan and Rev. Fr. Krikor Sabounjian Without hope, there is darkness. With hope, there is...
View ArticleA guide to Armenia’s June 2021 parliamentary election
While unofficial campaigning for the upcoming snap parliamentary election has long been underway, the campaign season for the June 20 election officially launched this week. Since the end of the 2020...
View ArticleAn imposing book dedicated to the Balyan dynasty of imperial architects
The Balyans: Ottoman Architecture and Balyan Archive By Buke Uras Korpus, 2021 352 pp. Hardcover, $150 Buke Uras drew on many sources in his 2021 publication, The Balyans: Ottoman Architecture and...
View Article122nd ARF Eastern US Regional Convention held at Camp Haiastan
122nd ARF-ER Convention, Franklin, Mass., June 2021 FRANKLIN, Mass.—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern United States held its 122nd Regional Convention at AYF Camp Haiastan from June...
View ArticleProposed Biden trade action threatens over 700 manufacturing jobs in Armenia
WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Commerce is set to undertake a punitive trade action against Armenal, Armenia’s sole producer and exporter of aluminum foil, a counter-productive proposal strongly...
View ArticleThe quest for my roots and hope to belong
This is my story, as an international adoptee searching for my birth mother and other family members through DNA testing. I go through the background for my search and give you a picture of the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan
I have written an open letter to the Acting Prime Minister of The Republic of Armenia, Mr. Nikol Pashinyan, the general contents of which were the following: These days the most urgent issue being...
View ArticleArmenian Caucus demands US sanctions on Turkey and Azerbaijan ahead of...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders have called on President Biden to confront Turkey’s President Erdogan during their upcoming June 14th meeting, pressing him to tell the Turkish...
View ArticleCOAF provides first set of homes to displaced families from Artsakh
Click to view slideshow. YEREVAN–Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) has secured permanent housing for 13 families from Artsakh who were displaced after the Artsakh War. Two of these families, the...
View ArticleHye Hopes completes educational programs for forcibly displaced youth of Artsakh
N3 School in Kapan KAPAN—Hye Hopes, Inc. is pleased to announce the successful completion of its first and second sessions in Kapan, the capital of the Syunik region on March 12, 2021 and May 28, 2021...
View ArticleAYF-ER polishes off Gharib Memorial Trophy, awards Chicago chapter
The 2020 AYF-YOARF Central Educational Council (CEC) and 2020 Central Executive (CE) have reintroduced the Gharib Memorial Trophy (Բաժակ՝ Ղարիպի Յիշատակի). The Gharib Memorial Trophy is an annual award...
View ArticleMentoring and Networking Forum connects Armenian professionals from around...
11th Annual Mentoring and Networking Forum Armenian professionals, students and those exploring a career change recently converged from around the globe at the 11th annual Mentoring and Networking...
View ArticleARF Eastern US Convention elects new Central Committee
FRANKLIN, Mass.—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern United States held its 122nd Regional Convention at AYF Camp Haiastan from June 3-6 with the participation of delegates and invited...
View ArticleCasting Call for ‘Carnivore’
Job name: CARNIVORE Project type: Short film Audition dates: Pre-read will be done as soon as possible via self tapes Director session: Zoom session ASAP Rehearsal: July 12 and/or 13th, 2021 (one day)...
View ArticleANCA testimony stresses need for expanded US aid for Artsakh and Armenia in...
WASHINGTON, DC –Increasing Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) aid and blocking US assistance to Azerbaijan are key components of the Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) testimony, submitted to the...
View Article2021 AYF Internship underway in Yerevan
2021 AYF Interns at Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial, June 13, 2021 The 2021 AYF Internship in Armenia program started its first day on Monday, June 14. This year’s AYF Internship group—one...
View ArticleViolent rhetoric dominates Armenian election
This Sunday, Armenians will vote in snap parliamentary elections, organized to resolve the political crisis that has consumed the nation in the aftermath of the 2020 Artsakh War. A historic 22...
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