Tonhalle culture house in Dsseldorf will host today the official opening ceremony of Eurovision 2011 international song contest, the press service of the contest informs. Mayor of Dsseldorf Dirk Elbers and ...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Petros Efthymiou will visit Armenia on May 9-11. NA press service informs that the OSCE PA President will have meetings with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, NA ...

The tenth annual spring concert benefiting Armenia children's summer camps will take place at New York City's Armenian Evangelical Church on May 15.

Armenia today officially reacted to the extermination of Osama bin Laden, the founder of the al-Qaeda terorist organisation.

European Individual Women’s Championship 2011 hosts 132 chess players from 26 countries; Armenia is represented by 9 chess players.

Adam Schiff also plans a legislation to address Turkey's ongoing blockade of Armenia, and the protection of minority rights in Turkey.

The event was attended by the Armenian MP in the Cyprus Parliament Vartkes Madessian and Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian.

"The vandalism of this plaque and headstone can only be described as unAustralian," parliament member John Alexander said.

I was puzzled and disappointed by the overall lower turnouts for our April 24th period events this year, especially compared to last year. This was across the board, at all events. The number of events was down, too. Even Lobby Day in Sacramento saw a decreased turnout.

On May 7, Yerevan will host an event dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War Victory.

Standing on a vast field surrounded—enveloped—by the majestic and lush mountains of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic—Artsakh—I look down a steep and rugged gorge and can’t help by wonder how they did it. It must have required strength, resilience, but more important, an unmistakable will to push forward in the name of survival, not just of a people but of a nation.

Four Armenian-American college-bound and two current university students will receive a helping hand with tuition and books this year, as the Armenian Youth Federation – Western US announced last week the recipients of its annual “Nanor Krikorian” Memorial Scholarship.

NEW YORK—The Permanent Mission of Armenia to the UN in New York is preparing to resume its summer internship program, which will begin on July 5 and continue until July 22 at the Permanent Mission building in New York City. The Mission hopes to build off the success of last year, when it launched the internship [...]

Chamlian Armenian School announced that on Tuesday, May 3, 8th grader Hagop Margossian, one of the Five Chamlian State Science Fair finalists, received an Honorable Mention Award!

As we welcome the month of May and the flowers that bloom under its gaze, a hype of sorts begins to develop in the Armenian Community in the shape of, “The Navasartian Games.” It begins with a hush and is quickly replaced by a loudness that causes the hype to escalate in anticipation to the [...]

Members of the opposition Heritage party are positive about the authorities' recent move to release the political prisoners, but say it is not enough.

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In what should be a major boost to Armenia’s economic recovery, cash remittances sent home by hundreds of thousands of Armenians working abroad have soared by more than 20 percent this year, according to official statistics. The latest data from the country’s Central Bank show that the total amount of incoming cash transfers processed by local commercial banks rose by almost 25 percent to $326.7 million in the first quarter of 2011

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The Armenian National Congress (HAK) is not serious about its pledges to try to force fresh national elections in the country, a leader of the rival opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party claimed on Friday. Stepan Safarian, who heads Zharangutyun’s parliamentary faction, said the issue will not be on the agenda of an unfolding dialogue between the HAK and the Armenian government

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France’s Justice Minister has said that he would publish a memorandum that would mandate punishment for Genocide denial. According to the Turkish daily Today’s Zaman, Michel Mercier announced at the Senate that the memo will be drafted later this week and he cited a similar commission of the Jewish community and the Justice Ministry as a precedent for such a body

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enian chess grand master Levon Aronian played a draw with Alexander Grischuk at the FIDE Candidates Match 2011 in Kazan, Tatarstan, on Friday.

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Where are those Armenians demanding “our lands, our lands”? Some 25 kilometers from Antakya, on the southern slopes of Musa Ler, stands Vakif, the last remaining Armenian village in all Turkey. Ironically, the name in Turkish means “collaboration. Our bus stopped at the approach to the village. The Mediterranean Sea ...

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Most Armenians consider Charles Aznavour one of only a handful living national heroes, and as Taleen Babayan reports, this will be reflected in a New York City tribute planned by the Fund for Armenian Relief for May 20.

Tom Vartabedian profiles a member of Watertown community who combines her roles as teacher for visually impaired and a textile expert for Armenian museum.

New York area troupe that was established 12 years ago and now boasts 90 members is result of one clergyman's vision and two choreographers' organizational talent, writes Tom Vartabedian.

From : Katia Peltekian Date : Thu, 5 May 2011 13:36:21 +0500 ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN, HELLENIC, ASSYRIAN GENOCIDES Assyrian International News Agency http://www.aina.org/news/20110502234839.htm May 3 2011 Yerevan -- The Armenian National Committee of Australia reports that the parliament of the Republic of Armenia ...

President Serzh Sarkisian arrived in Stepanakert Friday to take part in Victory Day celebrations. He toured the newly-constructed Stepanakert Airport complex and received a detailed briefing on plans, reported Central Information Department of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic President’s Office.

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US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch will leave Armenia in June as her tour of duty concludes, reported the US Embassy.

PanARMENIAN.Net - A group of hackers is planning a third major attack on Sony PSN to take place over the weekend, CNET the tech news and software download site reported on May 6. Apparently one of the group's members got cold feet, or grew a conscience, and decided to report the planned attack to the media by reaching out to CNET.

The album includes Out Of My Mind and Holy Water songs, as well as a new video for Out Of My Mind track.

The U.S. Federal Reserve asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Armenian group seeking to force the disclosure of information on assets seized by Turkish government

Demonstrators said that even though Tunisia's interim administration had denounced the comments, they raised doubts over whether it was serious about democracy.

A large-scale concert in commemoration of 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will take place in 2015, with world-famous rock artists participating.

"America is celebrating Osama bin Laden's killing, but it will be a temporary celebration," said Abdullah Sittar Chishti, a member of the Jamiat Ulema Islam party.

Selcuk Unal: Israel and Armenia, both invited by the UN to attend the summit, will not send political delegations to the gathering.

The attackers claim to have access to some of Sony’s servers allowing them to break in this weekend without any problems.

“Turkish leaders and French President have made a deal to underline common interests rather than disagreements in bilateral relations,” Yasar Yakis said.

Armavia air company plane performing Tel Aviv-Yerevan flight landed in Yerevan’s Zvartnots airport at 7:27 p.m. local time.

In a message to the head of Armenian Public Council Vazgen Manukyan, Hayrenakanch requested him to organise a discussion covering the issue in question.

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Under the High Patronage of the Armenian President, on the sidelines of the activities marking the 500th anniversary of the Armenian book-printing, this year for the first time Armenia participated ...

Being involved in the struggle of the international community against terrorism, we share the feelings of Americans and all other, who fight terrorism, regarding the extermination of Bin Laden, armradio ...

The Armenian Ministry of Economy, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia, the Armenian Development Agency and the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) of Armenia signed a Memorandum ...

By the command of Irans Holy Leader Ali Khemeney, Iran's parliament approved a law to increase the military budget by $3 billion, Iranian service of Dolce Velle news agency reports. The ...

Azerbaijani police and protesters clashed in Baku over a ban on schoolgirls wearing the Islamic headscarf, or hijab. Protesters estimated about several hundred gathered near the Ministry of Education shouting ...

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived on 6 May in Stepanakert within the frameworks of celebrations dedicated to the Victory Holiday, the Day of the Artsakh Republic Defense Army and the ...