The hypocritical ally: Turkey and the deterioration of relations with Washington
Turkish president Erdogan, February 16, 2021 (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey) It is paradoxical that, as a condition for Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO, Turkey demanded that their...
View ArticleArmenian and Hellenic Caucus leaders rally Congressional opposition to...
WASHINGTON, DC – Bipartisan Congressional opposition to President Biden’s recent green-lighting of the controversial sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey is mounting with the...
View ArticleFounding principal of St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School to retire
Houry Boyamian WATERTOWN, Mass. – St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES), New England’s only Armenian elementary school, has announced that its principal Houry Boyamian M.Ed., is planning to...
View ArticleUCLA Promise Institute announces 2022-2023 grant and fellowship recipients
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Promise Armenian Institute grants and fellowships are designed to support research across all academic fields, with an emphasis on or connection to Armenia or Armenians, and it is...
View ArticleANCA welcomes escalation of Congressional opposition to F-16 sale to Turkey
WASHINGTON, DC – Thirty-five US Representatives have pledged – in a bipartisan letter to President Biden – to “take every action afforded to us as members of Congress” to block the sale of US F-16...
View ArticleArmenian Americans support Artsakh’s freedom
97.65% of respondents strongly agree (95.25%) or agree (2.4%) that Artsakh should never be forced under Azerbaijani rule. WASHINGTON, DC – An overwhelming majority of Americans of Armenian heritage...
View ArticleNoubar Afeyan conferred honorary doctorate degree of Yerevan State University
Noubar Afeyan conferred honorary doctorate degree of Yerevan State University Noubar Afeyan, founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering, co-founder of Moderna, co-founder of the Foundation for Armenian...
View ArticleSunrise Stepanakert Festival brings joy, hope to Artsakh
All shades of blue are covering the peaceful evening sky and the peaks of the mountains of Stepanakert. Several dozen people are gathered outside the garden of Stepanakert State Theater for the opening...
View ArticleOur Serj
Serj Hakobkekhvyan Serj Hakobkekhvyan was born on September 29, 2000 in Yerevan, Armenia to Armine Karapetyan and Sergey Kakobqexvyan. He attended 160th school from 2006 to 2015. He was an auto...
View ArticleNAASR to host webinar on new Matenadaran publication on Manuscript Heritage...
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and the Matenadaran / Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia, with the co-sponsorship...
View ArticleLusanet Collective to host its first art exhibition
BURBANK, Calif. — Lusanet Collective, a women-artists founded art and retail center, will host its first art exhibition Black & White with a Touch of Color on July 16-26 to give back to the Burbank...
View ArticleDedication of AMAA’s Newly-Constructed Building of Ministry Center in Stepanavan
By Rev. L. Nishan Bakalian, coordinator of church relations of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East AMAA Stepanavan Center On July 3, 2022, overseas visitors and local church...
View ArticleAUA hosts conversation with Dr. Noubar Afeyan and Dr. Karin Markides on...
Dr. Kim Hekimian, Dr, Karin Markides, Dr. Noubar Afeyan YEREVAN— On June 6, the American University of Armenia (AUA) Open Center for Transformative Health Solutions, in collaboration with the HENAR —...
View ArticleBoston triumphs in the return of the Homenetmen Navasartian Games
Opening Ceremonies, July 2, 2022 WOBURN, Mass. — The Homenetmen Boston Chapter hosted the Eastern US Region’s 30th Navasartian Games from July 1 to July 3, 2022. The Navasartian Games are the region’s...
View ArticleAvetik Chalabyan to remain in prison
Avetik Chalabyan, activist, politician and a member of the “Unification” movement, will remain under arrest. On Sunday, July 10, the Yerevan Court of Common Jurisdiction, headed by Judge Arusyak...
View ArticleDo Armenia and Azerbaijan move to peace or war?
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, European Council President Charles Michel and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels (RA Government, April 6) In recent months, some positive momentum was...
View ArticleUS House set to vote on four ANCA-backed amendments
WASHINGTON, DC – The US House Rules Committee has cleared the path for full House consideration of four ANCA-backed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA – H.R.7900) that call for...
View ArticleIT, Armenia and me
Isabel Hagobian logging in on her first day as a data science intern in Armenia Participating in the AYF Internship has always been an aspiration for me. My friends in the AYF who had completed the...
View ArticleThe largest Armenian summer festival in Europe takes over London
LONDON—Thousands attended the popular and much-loved annual Armenian Summer Festival (ASF) in London on Sunday. What has become a yearly ritual for UK-based Armenians is also recognized as the largest...
View ArticlePashinyan and Erdogan hold first ever phone call
Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (RA Prime Minister’s office) Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held their first...
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