At the request of Senator Barbara Boxer, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had postponed from early August to mid-September its vote on Matt Bryza, nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan. Senators Boxer, Harry Reid, and […]
The Turkish scheme of luring Armenian Church leaders to participate in a religious show at Holy Cross (Sourp Khatch) Church on Akhtamar Island, Lake Van, backfired last week. The heads of three Hierarchical Sees of […]
The State Department has acted negligently and possibly in contempt of Congress by withholding assistance that the latter had expressly allocated to Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) during the past 12 years. The Armenian National Committee of America […]
In recent years, Armenian Americans have filed several lawsuits in U.S. courts against insurance companies, banks, and the Republic of Turkey, seeking compensation for losses stemming from the genocide of 1915. For the first time, […]
Ever since the genocide, after nearly a century of banning Armenian church services, the Turkish government has finally decided to allow a one-time celebration of Mass to be held at the 10th-century Holy Cross Church […]
In a major embarrassment for the Obama Administration, Senators took an unprecedented action last week when they blocked the president’s ambassadorial nominees for both Azerbaijan and Turkey. The administration showed a total lack of experience […]
After struggling for decades to get the Armenian Genocide recognized, and having taken legal action against western banks and insurance companies, Armenian Americans filed their first lawsuit against the Republic of Turkey last week, seeking […]
Barack Obama ran for the presidency on a platform of “change” and promised to bring a fresh approach to domestic and foreign policy issues. After the election, however, he disappointed his supporters by continuing many […]
Although the Treaty of Lausanne is supposed to protect the rights of non-Muslim minorities in Turkey—Armenians, Greeks, and Jews—these rights are routinely violated by the Turkish government. Armenians in Turkey, fearing the government’s wrath, rarely […]
During her visit to Armenia on July 5, U.S. Secretary State Hillary Clinton placed a wreath at the Armenian Genocide Monument at Dzidzernagapert in Yerevan. Regrettably, however, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia issued a press […]
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