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By Hoory Minoyan

YEREVAN — On Sept. 11-12, the fourth anniversary of the Azerbaijani attacks on Armenia’s sovereign territory, Azerbaijani authorities organized a large-scale diplomatic tour of occupied Artsakh, bringing foreign representatives into a territory from which virtually its entire Armenian population had been forced to leave three years earlier.  Around 150 representatives...

Introduction The second roundtable of the Diaspora Mobilization Conference was dedicated to examining the role of national values and the Armenian Church in the preservation and development of Armenian identity…

Hairenik Media
The right of return of Artsakh Armenians is an internationally established fact. Tatevik Hayrapetyan

DIASPORA

By ANCA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A dozen members of Congress demanded Azerbaijan release Armenian hostages held in Baku and open Artsakh to the safe, collective and protected return of its indigenous population, joining Armenian American...

By International and Comparative Law Center

The International and Comparative Law Center (ICLaw) and the Protection of Rights Without Borders (PWF) NGO have jointly submitted a report to the U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances concerning Armenia’s compliance with...

By Armenian Relief Society International Inc.

GENEVA, Switzerland — Sept. 24, 2026 — The Armenian Relief Society (ARS), an NGO in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in collaboration with the Armenian Legal Center (ALC), will...

VOICES

In Sight
By Stepan Piligian

Every Christian denomination can be defined not simply by its theology and canons but more clearly by its structure and administration. The Armenian Apostolic Church is no exception. Despite our jurisdictional issues, which we choose to ignore...

History
By John Dekhane

Fifty years ago, on Sept. 16, 1976, the surface of Yerevan Lake was calm and still when a sudden impact shattered the silence. A trolleybus carrying more than 90 passengers lost control near the dam and plunged...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LONDON/NEW YORK — Bloomsbury Publishing has announced the publication of “The Concentration Camps of the Armenian Genocide,” a 520-page edited volume by Prof. Bedross Der Matossian and Dr. Edita Gzoyan. The book is part of the series “Armenians...

BOSTON – Celebrate Armenia!, a celebration in honor of Armenian Independence Day, will take place on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway in Boston. The event, returning for its second consecutive year, brings...

YOUTH

By AYF-YOARF

For generations, the AYF Olympic Games have been a destination. The finish line at the end of a glorious summer spent at AYF Camp Haiastan or a fruitful one spent in Armenia on the AYF Internship. A marker that says you’ve reached the peak after a year of...

By Taline Badrikian

I will tell anyone who will listen about the tragedy of my youth: never having gone to Camp Haiastan — not as a camper, not as a CIT and not as a counselor either.  It’s a part of my childhood that stands out to me, and while I...

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