In this empowerment series article, we meet Jeanne Parseghian, a French politician and member of the European Ecologie Les Verts (France’s Green Party). Parseghian was recently elected as mayor of Strasbourg, France. Born in Suresnes, […]
YEREVAN – On June 14 a charter flight from Marseilles, France landed in Zvartnots Airport with a group of doctors to assist Armenia in the fight against COVID-19. Responding to the request from the RA […]
On Sunday, March 29, French Armenian politician Patrick Devedjian died in a Parisian hospital from the coronavirus after previously revealing his diagnosis on Twitter. In that message, Devedjian took the opportunity to praise the exceptional […]
CANNES, France—One thousand choristers paid tribute to French Armenian performer and international icon Charles Aznavour with concerts on the French Riviera on August 9 and 10. The choristers, known as “Les 1000 choristes,” accompanied by […]
Last week, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first appearance at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, France. Pashinyan gave an impressive speech to the representatives of 47 European […]
Renowned scholar and author Anahide Ter Minassian died at her home in Fresnes on February 11. She was 85. Ter Minassian was a historian and a lecturer at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences […]
PARIS (RFE/RL’s Armenian Service)—French President Emmanuel Macron has declared April 24 as a day for the commemoration in France of the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Macron announced the move late on Tuesday […]
Beloved French-Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and fierce proponent of the Armenian cause Charles Aznavour has died. A spokesperson told news outlets that Aznavour passed away at his home overnight in the south east of France. He […]
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