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.