News from Armenia and Diaspora, information-analytic center, Armenian News portal Noyan Tapan


HOLY LAND CHURCHES PROTEST AGAINST NEW ISRAELI TAX MOVE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-13 01:34:25

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.

Harut Sassounian: Armenians Should Confront Pres. Obama During his California Visit Next Week
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-12 12:04:14

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

THE CEREMONIAL OPENING OF THE HOUSE LEPSIUS ON MAY 2
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-09 11:46:16

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

Appo Jabarian: Armenia on the Rise
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-09 09:57:37

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

Charles Lonsdale: “We must eliminate the stereotype of family violence, pressures against women and of their inequal rights”
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-07 21:10:37

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

Green Day shop as a visiting card of organic products
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-07 16:44:50

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

Samvel Martirosyan: 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 social networks
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-07 16:07:15

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

Harut Sassounian: Cemal Pasha’s Grandson Says Genocide, Morgenthau’s Great Granddaughter doesn’t
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-05 12:00:28

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 --

Appo Jabarian: Armenia Must Protect its Domestic and Diasporan Entrepreneurs to Bolster its Economy
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-05 10:23:10

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

Armenian Diaspora Threatened by Ottoman-Era Mentality and “Millet” System
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-04-02 10:49:07

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.

Harut Sassounian:Armenian Attorneys Respond To Court Appeal of German Companies


  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-30 12:26:12

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

Harut Sassounian: Armenian Attorneys Respond To Court Appeal of German Companies
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-29 11:42:13

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

Armenian Reporter. AAA tactics show contempt for justice and Armenian Americans
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-26 20:39:07

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

Ara Papian. The Co-chairs are Simply the Mediators...
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-26 19:35:03

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

Armenia-Egypt: Armenological bridge
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-25 13:48:55

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

Harut Sassounian: All Parties Must Disclose Disbursement of Insurance Settlement Funds
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-22 10:33:09

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
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-17 15:49:30

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

Lawsuit Against U.S. Federal Reserve
Seeks Armenian Gold Looted by Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-15 11:37:08

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

Appo Jabarian. National Security Threat of Armenia: Soviet-Era Corruption, Nepotism
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-15 00:12:46

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

KARABAKH AND TURKEY’S GENOCIDAL ATTEMPTS
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-10 16:14:39

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
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-10 13:56:47

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

The Armenian Question Today. II - 1
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-09 15:33:16

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

Ara Papian. "On National Tolerance And Azerbaijani Films"
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-08 17:06:54

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

Who Rules Turkey: Erdogan or Aliyev?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-08 11:49:50

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

Appo Jabarian: Are Armenians Ready For Three-way Federalism?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-05 11:55:09

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

The Second Move in the 2011 Genocide Obfuscation Gambit?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-03 14:00:09

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

Istanbul Armenians Document Violations of Minority Rights in Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-02 11:10:57

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

Istanbul Armenians Document
Violations of Minority Rights in Turkey

  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-03-01 12:05:00

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

ARMENIAN VARTO CLAN IN EUROPE
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-28 16:51:02

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

Ter-Petrosian’s Ship Has Sailed
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-27 20:13:11

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,

Controversial law may be revised due to public pressure
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-23 19:41:56

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

Harut Sassounian: Three Questions Turkey’s Ambassador Would not Answer...
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-23 12:18:20

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

Harut Sassounian: Three Questions Turkey’s Ambassador Would not Answer...
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-22 11:34:46

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: The Revolution Betrayed Democratic Revolutions Can Be Reversed
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-21 20:26:54

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

Iran and political crisis in Egypt
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-21 15:33:11

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

Positive and negative aspects of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement roadmap at current stage
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-18 15:08:14

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

From Wilsonian South Sudan to Wilsonian Armenia, Eastern Mediterranean, and Middle East
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-17 09:32:18

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

Raffi K. Hovannisian: We all need that new day, and there is no need to blame the other
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-16 11:20:50

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

The Court has Spoken: Can Armenians
Now Unite to Build a Genocide Museum?
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-15 13:49:26

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

Shale gas ghost
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-08 15:49:24

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

Diaspora to be Represented in Armenia’s
Senate: Many Questions, Few Answers
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-08 13:14:36

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

Appo Jabarian: The Impending Collapse of Tyrannies From Tunisia to Turkey
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-05 11:41:46

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.

Turks and Germans: Partners in Crime and Allies in Court
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-02-01 10:44:42

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

Harut Sassounian: German Insurance Companies Should Stop Cheating their Armenian Clients
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-25 11:14:15

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

The Armenian Side Of Cher
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-22 11:27:53

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.

DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT DOCUMENT REAFFIRMS LONG ARMENIAN CONNECTION TO JERUSALEM
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-18 19:45:57

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

Harut Sassounian: Turkish Prime Minister Shoots Himself in the Foot Again

  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-18 11:04:31

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,

On the cyber-security
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-17 15:34:24

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

UCLA Magazine: No Ordinary Family
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-12 22:55:53

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

Harut Sassounian: Obama’s Appointment of Ambassadors To Baku and Ankara Must Be Challenged
  • Articles and Analyses
  • 2011-01-11 20:46:35

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.