Year: 2016

IDeA Foundation Announces $250,000 Contribution, Fundraising Effort for Syrian-Armenians

YEREVAN—On Oct. 15, The IDeA Foundation announced a $250,000 contribution and the launch of a new fundraising effort for Syrian-Armenians…

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Armenia, Ex-Soviet Allies Call for NKR Peace

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—The leaders of Russia and five other ex-Soviet states making up the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) stand for…

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$3.4 Million Raised at AMAA ‘Centennial Kick-Off’ Banquet

Child and Orphan Care Committee Honored By Joyce Abdulian and Phyllis Hamo More than 300 guests gathered at the Jonathan…

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French Senate Approves Bill Criminalizing Armenian Genocide Denial

PARIS, France (A.W.)—The French Senate—the upper house of the Parliament of France—approved a draft law criminalizing the denial of the…

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ARF Eastern U.S. Central Committee Meets with Catholicos Aram I

Members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Eastern United States Central Committee (CC) met with His Holiness Catholicos Aram I…

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Moscow-Yerevan Passenger Bus Involved in Deadly Accident

At Least Five Killed in Crash According to Preliminary Reports YEREVAN (A.W.)—A passenger bus traveling from Moscow to Yerevan was…

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Armenian Artisans Bring ATP Building Bridges Characters to Life with Crochet

WOBURN, Mass.—Armenia Tree Project (ATP) has established a new partnership with Homeland Development Initiative Foundation (HDIF) with a set of…

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ANCA Praises Republican Congressman David Valadao for Energizing Congressional Armenian Caucus

WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) warmly welcomes the rise of Congressman David Valadao (R-Calif.), from California’s Central Valley,…

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ANCA Strengthens Coalitions with Faith-Based Groups

ANCA Sponsors In Defense of Christians Convention WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) strengthened the Armenian American community’s spiritual…

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ATP’s Aram and Maral’s Fall Adventure!

Special for the Armenian Weekly The following comic strip was prepared by illustrator Alik Arzoumanian for the Armenia Tree Project…

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