Protesters are entering their ninth day of demonstrations in Armenia’s capital. As events are transpiring extremely quickly, here’s our roundup of main events from the last few days, with most recent events first. Just hours […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Amid ongoing protests and demonstrations calling for his removal, Armenia’s newly-elected Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian hosted His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia issued the following statement on April 19, as protests, demonstrations, and various acts of civil disobedience against former President Serge Sarkisian’s election as Armenia’s Prime […]
YEREVAN—Protests, demonstrations, and various acts of civil disobedience against former President Serge Sarkisian’s election as Armenia’s Prime Minister continue to rage in Yerevan for a seventh straight day. Riot police, equipped with shields and batons, […]
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Artsakh Army Serviceman Ruslan Manukyan (b. 1998) was killed in a landmine explosion on April 17. According to the Artsakh Defense Ministry, the incident took place near a military base located in the […]
MAHWAH, N.J. (A.W.)—The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey will sponsor and host the third annual Armenian Genealogy Conference on June 9. According to organizers, the conference will […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Earlier today, Armenia’s National Assembly elected former President Serge Sarkisian as Prime Minister of Armenia, with 76 votes in favor and 17 against. Sarkisian was supported his Republican Party (RPA), its coalition partner, the […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (A.W.)—Armenia’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian delivered a talk at Harvard Law School titled “Self-Determination Under International Law: The Cases of Kosovo and Nagorno-Karabagh,” on April 12. The talk was organized […]
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Artsakh Army serviceman Alek Karapetyan (b. 1998) was killed as a result of a gunshot wound. According to the Artsakh Ministry Of Defense, the incident took place at an Artsakh Army base on […]
TORONTO, Canada—The Ontario Government has pledged $3 million (CAD) in capital funding, through the Canadian province’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, for the Armenian Community Center of Toronto’s expansion plans. The announcement, which took […]
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