His Holiness Aram I awarded the ?Saint Mesrob Mashdots? Medal to Lebanese Armenian artist and painter Haroutioun Torossian during a ceremony in the Sa...

2nd Pan-Diasporan Education Conference in Antelias
Aram I called on all educational structures to support Armenian teachers and improve their living standards. The second pan-diaspora conference on edu...

Cultural week dedicated to Hamshen Armenians
By Ara Ashjian* A cultural week dedicated to the heritage of Hamshen Armenians (Hamshentsi) will be held in Yerevan in the period from 21 ...

Armenian monasteries in Iran added to UNESCO's World Heritage List
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has added Iran's fortified Armenian monasteries on UNESCO's World Heritage List, UN Information Center a...

A landmark Armenian-Kurdish Conference held in the UK
Establishment of a permanent Kurdish-Armenian dialogue. This week marked a development in Armeno-Kurdish relations with a major Conference held in the...

Remembering paradise: forever lost in the flames
By Michael Sexton* In 1920, Smyrna was a flourishing city on Turkey's Aegean coastline. Its population of more than half a million was a mixtu...

Homeless girl wins Armenian Junior Eurovision
A twelve years old talented homeless girl from the northern Armenian city of Gyumri last night became the winner of the Armenian Junior Eurovision son...

Armenia Village Operation saves another village
Garnahovit Village – Aragatsotn Region, Armenia Armenia Village Operation (AVO) a non-profit organization founded by Hilda Grigorian of Glendale...

A meeting in Noravank Foundation on Diaspora affairs
Hranush HakobyanOn 4 July 2008 the Noravank Foundation?s experts hosted the Armenia's Foreign Ministry head of the Committee for Diaspora Hranush ...

Nareg schools' graduation ceremony
By Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra On Wednesday, 18 June 2008, at Nicosia Nareg Varjaran's outdoor amphitheatre, Gibrahayer's nor serount had its ...