Month: June 2019

AYF Protesting Armenian Government’s Plan to Install a Flat Tax

The National Assembly of Armenia (NA) met Wednesday to discuss the proposed changes to the country’s tax system. Members of…

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Glendale Mayor Takes Over Armenia’s Diaspora Affairs

Zareh Sinanyan looks exhausted. “Sorry, I just got out of a day-long meeting marathon at the Prime Minister’s office,” he…

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U.S. House Passes Speier Amendment Appropriating Additional $40 Million for Armenia

WASHINGTON, DC –Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Jackie Speier (D-CA) secured strong bipartisan support on Tuesday for the adoption, by the…

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U.S. House Passes Cox Amendment on U.S. Aid to Artsakh

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman TJ Cox (D-CA) – a first-term legislator representing California’s Central Valley – spearheaded the successful passage…

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Turkey’s membership in NATO could be ending soon…

On June 6, 2019, Patrick Shanahan, Acting Defense Secretary of the United States, sent a harsh letter to his counterpart,…

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ATP Opens Charles G. Bilezikian Greenhouse

MARGAHOVIT—On June 15, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) opened the Charles G. Bilezikian Greenhouse in Margahovit Village, Lori. Attending the opening…

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Armenian Things Here and There

A recent conversation with a friend that rose out of a phone call to offer condolences drove home the essence…

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Calling All Armenian Men

“Hi, are you from Armenia?” “Yes, how do you know?” “I just read the last three letters of your surname…

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The Armenian Brethren and the Turkish Language

I was ten years old, and I had been hearing sermons on sin and redemption for seven years. The sermons…

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Movses Abelian Named UN Under-Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Movses Abelian of Armenia (as well as a national of Georgia), as the…

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