Hayk Demoyan, Director of Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) Museum G-Brief The landmark decision made by the Lower House of the French Parliament on penalization of the Armenian Genocide denial provoked an
Law seems designed to prevent powerful oligarch funding opposition. By Sopho Bukia, Maia Tsiklauri - Caucasus CRS Issue 625, 16 Jan 12 Georgia has approved a new electoral law
by Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute, London) Varak Monastery, near Van, was one of the great monastic centres of the Armenian church. Its main structure was built at the end of
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders routinely proclaim that they are not afraid of facing their country’s past. Yet, the minute someone reminds them of
By Tiffany Kelly January 13 Last year, 9-year-old Shant Armenian wrote a letter to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) asking the congressman to invite an astronaut to his school. Schiff often
As a result of successive political blunders by the Obama administration, Matthew Bryza was forced to abandon his ambassadorial post in Azerbaijan last week. Pres. Obama ignored repeated
By Ara Khachatourian ABCNews.com removed a segment of a feature that recommended traveling to Nagorno-Karabakh as one the “Great Offbeat Places to Go in 2012.” In a travel segment posted on
As old kiosks are swept away, newspaper vendors say they can't afford upmarket premises now on offer. By Shorena Latatia - Caucasus CRS Issue 624, 6 Jan 12 Media
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier As a result of successive political blunders by the Obama administration, Matthew Bryza was forced to abandon his ambassadorial post in
Vahram Hovyan Expert at the Center for the Armenian Studies, “Noravank” Foundation The Evangelical Armenians take special place among the Armenians living in Russia. While speaking about the current condition
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders made a serious tactical error in 2011. They were so preoccupied with countering the upcoming tsunami of the centennial of the
Turkish leaders made a serious tactical error in 2011. They were so preoccupied with countering the upcoming tsunami of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide in 2015, that
On November 26, 2011 at the Armenian Cultural Union in Hamburg took place the eighth presentation of the book “Planet Armenia: Pilgrimage to an Unknown Land” by Dr. Jochen
There was a saying in my youth, “to swallow a Danish pill”, which implied to willfully accede to a position beneficial to another. Honestly speaking, I still don’t
- Manana Kochladze Manana Kochladze is a campaigner at CEE Bankwatch Network, an NGO that monitors international financial institutions active in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the winner
- Yuliya Tymoshenko Yuliya Tymoshenko, twice Prime Minister of Ukraine, is the leader of Ukraine’s political opposition. LUKYANIVSKA PRISON, KYIV – It has been said that there are no
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey suffered a major setback last week when the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a landmark resolution calling on the Turkish
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Serzh Sargsyan delivered a major speech in Marseille, France, last week, during which he introduced a new strategy for the resolution of
Two separate lawsuits were filed last year in US Federal Court in Los Angeles against the Republic of Turkey and two of its major banks demanding compensation for
- Tatiana Zhurzhenko Tatiana Zhurzhenko is a political scientist at the University of Vienna. Her most recent book is Borderlands into Bordered Lands: The Geopolitics of Identity in Post-Soviet
Two separate lawsuits were filed last year in US Federal Court in Los Angeles against the Republic of Turkey and two of its major banks demanding compensation for
Two separate lawsuits were filed last year in US Federal Court in Los Angeles against the Republic of Turkey and two of its major banks demanding compensation
By Artashes Ter-Harutyunyan On November 4, 2011 the president of Israel Shimon Peres made a statement that in the solution of the Iranian issue the Jewish state was tending towards
- Mehdi Khalaji Mehdi Khalaji is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. WASHINGTON, DC – As the West ratchets up its economic pressure on
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when Prime Minister Erdogan issued an unexpected apology for the hitherto taboo
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when Prime Minister Erdogan issued an unexpected apology for the hitherto taboo topic of the
From Arthur Hagopian Jerusalem, Nov 27 - Queen Keran has regained her royal train and her glory. The first time I saw her, I could not even bring myself
- Michael Boskin Michael Boskin, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, was Chairman of President George H. W. Bush’s Council of
- Edoardo Campanella Edoardo Campanella is an economic adviser to the Italian Senate, and was formerly an economist at the World Trade Organization. ROME – Italy has always had
- Bennett Ramberg Bennett Ramberg served as a foreign policy analyst and consultant to the US Department of State and the US Senate. He is the author of several
Vercihan Ziflio?lu ISTANBUL A delegation of Turkish businessmen will convene in Armenia today for a series of closed-door discussions regarding trade relations. The conference will last until Nov. 25. Although business between
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In a few weeks, when high-priced Turkish lobbying firms file their mandatory reports with the Justice Department, important revelations will emerge
“Why did Wilson, who knew that his Senate would never accept the mandate, say yes, I shall try?” Richard Hovannisian. Yerevan State University. 18 November, 2011 Yes, that
ISTANBUL, November 11 (CDN) — Just hours before a deadly 7.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast on Oct. 23, well over 3,000 visitors crowded into an ancient Armenian cathedral
ISTANBUL, November 11 (CDN) — Just hours before a deadly 7.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s southeast on Oct. 23, well over 3,000 visitors crowded into an ancient Armenian cathedral
Ruben Melkonyan For many decades Turkey has been struggling against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide not only on political but also on academic levels. It should be mentioned
By Sven Krogius contributors@brooklyneagle.net, published online 11-16-2011 Walnuts! Yes, if you want the freshest, best tasting walnuts the world has to offer go to Yerevan. Not dried out, seen-better-days, dull
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Before the Genocide, thousands of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire bought life insurance from American and European companies, so that after their
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In her newly published 750-page book, "A Memoir of My Years in Washington: No Higher Honor," former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Pres. Aliyev was celebrating last week his country’s historic victory at the United Nations. With an overwhelming number of votes, Azerbaijan was elected for the first time to
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Aliyev was celebrating last week his country’s historic victory at the United Nations. With an overwhelming number of votes, Azerbaijan was elected
BY OSHIN PEROOMIAN In what I can only characterize as the twisted modern-day version of “Gikor”, our honorable President, Serg Sarkissian, has repeatedly asked the diaspora to come and invest
Thursday, October 27, 2011 Ali Kayalar ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Y?ld?z has said he ordered the country’s nuclear authority to measure radioactivity in the
On October 24, during the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Azerbaijan was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for a two-year period –
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier I received a revealing message last week from Benjamin Yafet, a Turkish Jew who had immigrated to the United States in
Shlomo Avineri JERUSALEM – The recent surge in Turkey’s military actions against the Kurds in northern Iraq is an indication that, somewhat surprisingly – but not entirely unpredictably –
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine #1276 | October 19, 2011 The Southern California festivities in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence brought to Los
A.B. Yehoshua HAIFA – The celebrations in Israel over the release of the kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit come after the Israeli government concluded that diplomatic rarity, an agreement with
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Almost a century after the fact, the Republic of Turkey continues to be disgraced for its persistent denial of the Armenian Genocide. During
Flying to Armenia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confided to his top aides last week: “I am going to toss a live grenade!” He was revealing his readiness to
Armenians have good reason to be offended by the Israeli government’s failure to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. It is unconscionable that some victims of the Holocaust can be
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR, founded Green Cross International, the independent non-profit and nongovernmental organization working to address the inter-connected global challenges of security, poverty eradication, and
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians have good reason to be offended by the Israeli government’s failure to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. It is unconscionable
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine As Armenians in Los Angeles and other parts of the world celebrate the rebirth of sovereign Armenian statehood and gear up
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenians worldwide had many reasons to celebrate the month of September, as they observed the 20th anniversary of the twin Republics of Armenia
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations NEW YORK – Late next month, a child will be born – the 7th billion citizen of planet Earth. We will never know the
Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation (mb.com.ph) September 20, 2011 MANILA, Philippines - Wednesday is the Independence Day of Armenia which commemorates its freedom from the Soviet Union in 1991. Landlocked in South Caucasus
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Scottish researcher Steven Sim reported about his troubling experiences in Nakhichevan, a historic Armenian territory now occupied by Azerbaijan. Since Sim's 2006
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine This year, Armenians worldwide celebrate Armenia’s twentieth anniversary as an independent and sovereign nation. There is no question that Armenia and Armenians
I was privileged to attend a special program in Beirut last Friday, sponsored by the Armenian National Committee of Lebanon, dedicated to the publication of my new book in
Arnold Cassola www.project-syndicate.org VALLETTA, MALTA – With Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s regime in ruins and Qaddafi himself on the run, it is time to ponder just how he survived in power for
By Rich Bockmann YourNabe.com Thursday, September 8, 2011 The Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs in Bayside (New York) will hold its annual Oceania Street Festival Saturday in deference to the
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis once warned one of his opponents: "You can run, but you can’t hide." This same warning now
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine The Arab Spring in post-Mubarak Egypt has already yielded unwanted results for the West, Turkey and Israel. In May, Egypt opened the Gaza
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders came up with a new ploy last week to impress world public opinion with fake magnanimity toward the
Saturday, August 27, 2011 John Heffern, a career diplomat who has spent much of his career working in East Asia, was nominated in May 2011 to serve as ambassador
In a July 26 press release, the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF) announced its decision to go ahead with the laudable project of building an Armenian Genocide Museum & Memorial
BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN “Any U.S. determination of the events of 1915 as ‘genocide’ would set off a political firestorm in Turkey, and the effect on our bilateral relationship – including
Dmitri Trenin New York Times, August 23, 2011 Twenty years ago this month, the Soviet Union — the last of the great 20th century empires — started to crumble following
The recently appointed Ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, responding to questions submitted by Senator Robert Menendez, has made incorrect claims about churches in Turkey. We would like to provide
Turkey's government is concerned over a plan by neighbouring Greece to dig a giant trench along the joint land border. The project, which appears to be designed to ward
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After facing harsh criticism for covering up Turkey’s desecration and destruction of thousands of Christian churches, Amb. Francis Ricciardone, Pres. Obama’s appointee as
Antonio Pasolini, Energy Refuge Business Insider Aug. 20, 2011 A solar power generator plant in Spitak, Armenia, will get financial help from Green Cross International, an organization founded by former Soviet leader
By Martin Delago In London And Will Stewart In Moscow MailOnline 20th August 2011 The Foreign Office has been accused of making Britain a laughing stock by appointing a married couple to
By Prof. Osheen Keshishian Despite efforts by the international mediators, the European Union members and particularly Russia, the Nagorno Karabakh settlement issue does not seem to be imminent. The OSCE Minsk
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Pres. Obama has an endless number of problems these days. Late last year, when Senators blocked several of his ambassadorial nominees, including the
By Soner Cagaptay The Washington Post Monday, August 15 As the Ottoman Empire vanished after World War I, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk created a new Turkey in the mold of Europe. Controlling
Friday, August 12, 2011 VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Greeks, Armenians and Syriac Christians in Anatolia are observing a grape fast by refraining from eating from the new harvest
August 12, 2011 EurasiaNet's Weekly Digest A EurasiaNet Partner Post from: Stratfor Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev traveled to Russia on Aug. 9 to meet with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – History’s milestones are rarely so neatly arrayed as they are this summer. Fifty years ago this month, the Berlin Wall was born. After some
August 11, 2011 APPO K. JABARIAN Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine Chairman of U-Turn Party Simon Ghonakhchyan lucidly urged Armenia’s political leadership and President Serzh Sargsyan to rename the Republic
By Will Englund, The Washington Post August 11 STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — This is where the first war set off by the Soviet collapse took place. And it may be where the
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier If Pres. Obama ends up being a one-term President, he has no one to blame but himself. While it is true that he
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan's hysterical outburst at Armenia’s President last week had the salutary effect of publicizing to a worldwide audience Armenian
July 29, 2011 By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine In a July 26 press release, the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF) announced its decision to go ahead with the laudable
July 28, 2011 By Thomas de Waal Always tortuous, the peace process over Nagorno-Karabakh is entering an unusually difficult phase. High hopes were raised ahead of the June 24 meeting
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a strongly-worded measure on July 20, pressing Turkey to return all Christian church properties "to their rightful
The Turks are openly speaking today of the restoration of the Ottoman Empire. Of course, they wish to do so with a different sort of packaging; however, it is
The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a strongly-worded measure on July 20, pressing Turkey to return all Christian church properties "to their rightful owners." By an overwhelming 43-1 vote,
On July 15, a number of Armenian journalists had an opportunity to participate in the seminar dedicated to the freedom of media at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Prof. Taner Akcam dropped a bombshell during a lecture at the Glendale Public Library last month, when he revealed that a confidential source
By Will Englund, The Washington Post Published: July 7 STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — Nothing blindsided Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s more than the outbreak of intense national feeling
By Will Englund The Washington Post Friday, July 8 STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — For more than a decade, Russia, the United States and various European organizations have been trying to sponsor a
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Diasporan political organizations and influential Armenians, in cooperation with the Armenian Foreign Ministry, should launch an international lobbying campaign to block Turkey and
Aarefa Johari, Hindustan Times Mumbai, July 03, 2011 Zabel Joshi (nee Hayakian), now Mumbai’s last surviving Armenian, was raised as a Lebanese Armenian in Beirut. She met her husband, a Mumbai-based
By: Raffi Bedrosyan I would like to share my thoughts about Armenian realities—evolving ones, forgotten ones, and new ones. This church had more than 200 deeds showing that
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier President Serzh Sargsyan made an important appearance at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg last week. In a
A worrying rise in the suicide rate in Armenia is coupled with a trend for younger people to take their own lives. The last registered incident was Norayr Torosyan’s
From Arthur Hagopian Sydney, June 24 - "Wherever children are, there are sexual predators waiting to prey on them." The chilling warning (by senior Australian police detective Richard Long)
By SABINE FREIZER The New York Times Published: June 23, 2011 The United States, the European Union and Russia don’t seem to agree on much these days. But in the volatile South
Introduction Recently the issue of poor condition of the cultural monuments on the territory of Turkey and Georgia and the necessity of their restoration has stirred up. There is a
The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, has become a new front in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, with each side filing hundreds of individual cases claiming abuse
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Armenian-American community took a major step last week to reverse the consequences of the Armenian Genocide and end the Turkish government’s long-standing
The Arab revolutions and developments conditioned by them sidelined a number of factors which have played an important role in the Middle East politics. However, the wave of revolutions
Ramgavar Mamoul June 14, 2011 By: ARA PAPIAN The US State Department’s report on human rights in Armenia was published recently, 63 pages in all. As an aside, the section on Turkey
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier A new Armenian Genocide resolution is being introduced in the House of Representatives this week. The first question is why Congress is
THINK ASIAN By ANDREW SHENG As he traces the Armenian exploits in Asia, Andrew Sheng feels welcoming talents from small countries and giving them space to weave their webs can impact
On June 6, the unique and strange thing happened. The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s beforehand announced three day lasting visit to Armenia was postponed at the last moment without
For decades the developments which has taken place in the life of the Armenians in Turkey has also impacted the Catholic Armenian community in Turkey. After the establishment of
"There is a Time to Sue and a Time to Settle," I urged the Armenian-American community to come together and launch the long-awaited Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial in
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In a recent column titled, "There is a Time to Sue and a Time to Settle," I urged the Armenian-American community
Setting up a new life on a quiet island across Cilicia Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra Gibrahyer e-magazine Between 1915-1923, the Ottomans and the Young Turks systematically and ruthlessly annihilated over 1.500.000 Armenians, who
Vita Bekker The National Jun 2, 2011 TEL AVIV // A plan by Israel's parliamentary speaker to move the country closer to recognising the 1915 killing of Armenians by Ottoman
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Eleven years ago, the California Legislature extended until the end of 2010, the deadline for filing lawsuits against insurance companies
By Arthur Hagopian Armenian Mirror-Spectator The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem have expressed grave concern over renewed moves by the Israeli authorities to tax church buildings and properties. While previous such
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine May 27, 2011 Before focusing on the Kurdish Crisis in what is now called Turkey, it is necessary to point out that besides
In developed countries the so-called Think Tanks (TT) play important role in making decisions on state and social levels. National security is more than ever conditioned by the ability
Text and pictures by Aghavni Harutyunyan Some of them go abroad to live independently or to improve their knowledge, others to establish contacts and to gain new friends. Most
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an embarrassing appearance before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) last month. Erdogan
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine A few days ago, President of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian stated that Armenia and Turkey will reconcile only when Ankara recognizes the Armenian
The beginning of 2010 was marked by an onset of a series of powerful transformational processes on the African continent. The majority of the “civilized world” re-discovered Africa after
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier It is unfortunate that the noble and sacred concept of establishing an Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial (AGM&M) in Washington D.C., had to end
Based on the report presented at the round table on “The Prospects of the Russian-Armenian Relation” held on March 25, 2011 in Tsakhkadzor Armenian-Russian cooperation (which has stirred up after
By Ara Papian The Armenian Genocide during the World War I and after went down the history as a crystal-clear example of unpunished crime that reinvented itself in Nazi extermination
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine In 1922, Ottoman Turkey’s successor Young Turk regime underwent a face-lift through the creation of the modern republic of Turkey in an
IRAN, SHIITE FACTOR AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD Sevak Sarukhanyan The revolutionary movement which has been initiated in the Arab world has no tendency
by David Petrosian political analyst of "Noyan Tapan" U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Tina Kaidanow has visited the South Caucasus and had a number
Armenians in France and the United States have a common challenge in 2012: To do everything in their power to block reelection of their deceptive presidents. Neither
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine According to an early 2011 opinion poll in Turkey, a sizable segment of the Turks views the United States and Israel as
The Armenian social networks has recently had greater impact on the formation of the information fields on the Internet and not only. Alongside with the growth of the number
From Arthur Hagopian It is a crying shame that a truly comprehensive and scholarly gratifying history of the annals of the Armenians of Jerusalem has yet to be penned. Armenians
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN I was puzzled and disappointed by the overall lower turnouts for our April 24th period events this year, especially compared to last year. This was across the
BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN Standing on a vast field surrounded—enveloped—by the majestic and lush mountains of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic—Artsakh—I look down a steep and rugged gorge and can’t help by wonder
Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a gesture of reconciliation toward its neighbor. Turkey and Armenia have been
by David Petrosyan A rally of the united opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC)with the participation of many thousands – the first one authorized by city authorities in more than
By Taleen Babayan On Sunday afternoon, May 1, as thousands of people gathered at the crossroads of America to honor the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, the message to the
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier FOX-TV (Los Angeles) invited this writer for a live in-studio interview on the Armenian Genocide for two consecutive days. The first, lasting 5 minutes,
On April 8 the prime-minister of Turkey Recep Tayip Erdogan stated that his country is elaborating the programme on cessation of the hostilities in Libya which includes armistice, withdrawal
On April 8 the prime-minister of Turkey Recep Tayip Erdogan stated that his country is elaborating the programme on cessation of the hostilities in Libya which includes armistice, withdrawal
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine Six-year-old June Petra Musurlian reported via Youtube from the Turkish Consulate on April 24, on Pres. Obama’s betrayal of his Armenian-American supporters.
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Despite Armenian-Americans’ persistent admonishment of Pres. Obama to refrain from substituting "Meds Yeghern" (Great Calamity) for the Armenian Genocide in
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenian-Americans are offended that Pres. Obama is going to launch his reelection campaign in Los Angeles this week, on the eve of April
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine This Thursday’s April 21 protest rally is the opening salvo by disenchanted non-partisan and independent Armenian American voters’ campaign to help national
The Co-Chairs Are Simply The Mediators Ramgavar Mamoul April 18, 2011 One of the most important fundaments of maintaining order is functioning within one’s own mandate, within one’s own area of authority. This
Ruben Melkonyan Expert of the Center of the Armenian Studies at “Noravank” Foundation Back in 2001 the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Ahmed Davutoglu while analyzing regional
From Arthur Hagopian JERUSALEM, April 17 - It is in the news again, Deir Zor, the felicitous little village in Syria which bore witness, a century ago, to the
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine As if failure to keep his presidential campaign promises to the Armenian American voters wasn’t enough, several months after becoming President of
The efforts of the current Georgian authorities directed to the nation building, gradually form new realities at once on three levels; firstly on regional level, secondly, for Georgia itself
The efforts of the current Georgian authorities directed to the nation building, gradually form new realities at once on three levels; firstly on regional level, secondly, for Georgia itself
(Concerning Hayk Demoyan’s “Karabakh and Turkey’s Genocidal Attempts”) On March 10 of the current year an article by Hayk Demoyan, Kandidat (Ph.D.) of Historical Sciences and Director of the Armenian
From Arthur Hagopian Jerusalem, April 13– The heads of Christian Churches in Jerusalem have expressed grave concern over renewed moves by the Israeli authorities to tax Church buildings and properties.
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier It is a shame that the largest Armenian community in the Diaspora has failed to take advantage of Pres. Obama’s visits to California
AZG DAILY, 09-04-2011 By Anahit Hovsepian, Germany On initiative of Bernd Neumann, German minister of culture, the Lepsius' House will be solemnly opened in Potsdam as a place for recollection, research
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine While I am critical of Armenia’s and Armenians’ shortcomings, I am first to celebrate and to report on their success! The weekend of
An event dedicated to Motherhood and Beauty Day entitled “Women are the Heart and Soul of Our Programs” was held at Lovers’ Park on April 7. The event
by Susanna Petrosyan In the last decade, the notion of life quality has already become part of our everyday life. Modern household appliances have come into use (although
The processes in the Arab world are accompanied by large-scale, global information flows in which not only the larges world mass media are involved but also huge masses of
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Hundreds of Armenians turned out at UCLA last Thursday night to hear with great apprehension Hasan Cemal, the grandson of Cemal Pasha --
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine In developed countries, the middle class constitutes nearly75% of the population. The middle class feeds both thefinancial hunger of the rich and
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher/Managing Editor USA Armenian Life Magazine There are two elephants in the Armenian room – The first represents Ottomanized Armenians and the second is embodied by Sovietized Armenians.
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Attorneys for Armenian heirs of life insurance policyholders filed a powerful response last month to the petition of German companies seeking a rehearing by
Attorneys for Armenian heirs of life insurance policyholders filed a powerful response last month to the petition of German companies seeking a rehearing by a federal appeals court. The
Two months ago a federal court ruled in the dispute over the Armenian Genocide museum and memorial in Washington. But instead of allowing -- and encouraging -- the project
One of the most important fundaments of maintaining order is functioning within one’s own mandate, within one’s own area of authority. This applies as well, without any qualifications, to
Eduard L. Danielyan - Doctor of History, “Noravank” Foundation Armenology (“studying of the materials about the Armenian reality... as a theory about academic knowledge revealed in various fields, and peculiarities
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Ever since 2004 and 2005, when lawsuits against New York Life and AXA insurance companies were settled for $ 37.5 million, there
Since October 2009 Azerbaijani propaganda obtained new mechanism by opening ATV International1 (ATV-INT) satellite TV channel which is broadcasting in four languages (Russian, Armenian, Iranian and English). There is
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Glendale-based nonprofit Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR) sued the U.S. Federal Reserve on March 4, seeking information on its acquisition of a
Considering the fact that two major illnesses — Ottomanization and Sovietization have long infected the left and right flanks of our people, it’s a miracle that Armenians, and the
At least three times in history Turkey has tried to commit genocidal acts while striving to implement the policy of total extermination and deportation of the Armenian population from
The Internet wins position on the information field in the world with an incredible pace. Printed media lose their grounds as a source of information and now television follows
Ramgavar Mamoul By: ARMEN AYVAZYAN Doctor of Political Sciences II. International Legal Level The Strategic Problems of the Armenian State: A Summary Before analyzing the international legal level of the Armenian Question, we
I was among those who joined the Facebook group against the showing of Azerbaijani films in Armenia recently. Am I really that narrow-minded of a patriot that I would go
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish leaders often brag about their success in transforming Turkey from a country with a failing economy and serious domestic problems, to a
By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher and Senior Editor of USA Armenian Life Magazine Is the Armenian Diaspora a temporary situation or a permanent reality? Contrary to the wishful thinking of some, the
At about this time every year the Turkish government engages in political antics, the purpose of which is to counter any incremental success Armenians have achieved in their quest
Two recent documents from Istanbul shed new light on violations of minority rights in Turkey. The authors of these reports make cautious, yet accurate assessments of the problems facing
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Two recent documents from Istanbul shed new light on violations of minority rights in Turkey. The authors of these reports make cautious, yet
Vercihan Ciflioglu During the Armenian Genocide a large Armenian clan, which was called Varto, after its leader Vardan and which inhabited Sirnak province, managed to escape the massacres and
Talk is cheap! On Thursday, a spokesman for Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress said the Armenian Revolutionary Federation had no moral right to kick off a campaign for voter rights,
By Gayane Melikian We have recently witnessed some manifestations of activity displayed by various strata of Armenian society against laws or decisions of state bodies. One example is the
Turkey’s Ambassador to the United States, Namik Tan, spoke at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy on February 16. His topic was: "Public Diplomacy: The Turkish
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkey’s Ambassador to the United States, Namik Tan, spoke at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy on February 16.
Yuliya Tymoshenko KYIV – From snowy Kyiv, I have watched the successful revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and admiration. Egyptians and Tunisians are right to be proud
Sevak Sarukhanyan The events which took place in Tunisia and especially in Egypt are significant for Iran. This may seriously change political situation and developments in Arab world, thus
Mikhail Aghajanyan - The process of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement has recently shown some kind of stalling and absence of any significant dynamics of positive development. Such a tendency
February 16, 2011 By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher and Senior Editor of USA Armenian Life Magazine Southern Sudan’s recent referendum on independence was, against all odds, a delayed implementation of 28th
DON’T TREAD ON ME: LITTLE ARMENIA’S BOTTOM LINE AT 20 By Raffi K. Hovannisian Yerevan—Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan might be a nice guy, but he came to power by force of
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier After an unfortunate court battle lasting nearly four years, a Federal Judge ruled last month on several suits and counter-suits filed by the Cafesjian
Sergei Sargsyan S.Sargsyan - Deputy Head of the Center of Political Studies at “Noravank” Foundation Part 1. Sanguine hopes Unexpectedly for many, in 2008 the United States sharply revved up
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier The Republic of Armenia plans to amend its constitution in order to create a new legislative upper house -- a Senate -- that
February 4, 2011 By Appo Jabarian Executive Publisher and Senior Editor of USA Armenian Life Magazine “A moment before Mubarak’s fate is sealed; the time has come for drawing the Israeli conclusions.
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Last month, when German life insurance companies requested a rehearing from a Federal Court of Appeals, contesting its decision in favor of Armenian
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier German firms filed a petition for a rehearing by the full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, after a panel of three judges of
By UALStaff – January 17, 2011 Say what you want about Kim Kardashian and the other sisters. But for my money, Cher continues to be my dream girl. Always was.
By: Arthur Hagopian Ramgavar Mamoul January 18, 2011 Although the Armenian connection with Jerusalem began some two centuries before the advent of Christianity, when the victorious armies of King Tigranes II swept
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Prime Minister Erdogan embarrasses himself and his government just about every time he opens his mouth! His angry statements, often bewildering and insulting,
In November 2010 new NATO Strategic Concept was adopted at the Lisbon summit. Paragraph 12 reads: “Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, more organized and more costly in the
By Jack Feuer UCLA Magazine Garin Hovannisian '06 has three favorite places to write. One is a small apartment in Yerevan, Armenia, with "a small window view of Mount Ararat, where
By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Armenian-Americans must strongly challenge Pres. Obama’s unilateral appointments of Matthew Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan and Frank Ricciardone as Ambassador to Turkey.