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Mass at Surp Khach Church of Akhtamar Island has been
postponed for a week
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  • 2010-05-18 09:00:00

ANKARA, 18 MAY, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY: The mass which was scheduled to be held at Surp Khach Church on Akhtamar Island at Lake Van on September

Former NA Deputy Edmund Tsaturyan passed away
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  • 2010-05-18 09:00:00

YEREVAN, 18 MAY, NOYAN TAPAN: Former NA Deputy, board member of the Republican Party of Armenia Edmund Tsaturyan passed away. E. Tsaturyan

The RA Ministry of Diaspora will hold a workshop on "State
of Instruction of Western Armenian in the Diaspora" in
Tsakhkadzor on July 3-5
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  • 2010-05-15 20:00:00

YEREVAN, 15 MAY, NOYAN TAPAN: The RA Ministry of Diaspora will hold a workshop called "State of Instruction of Western Armenian in the Diaspora" in Tsakhkadzor

Professor Michael Stone was awarded the certificate of
honor by the RA Ministry of Diaspora for great contribution to
development of Armenian studies in Israel
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  • 2010-05-15 20:00:00

YEREVAN, 15 MAY, NOYAN TAPAN: On May 13, RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan received Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Michael Stone. Minister Hakobyan expressed

Antranig Kasbarian of Tufenkian Foundation to visit Sydney
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  • 2010-05-13 14:15:00

NEW YORK, MAY 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Tufenkian Foundation executive director Dr Antranig Kasbarian is due in Sydney later this month, and will address

Armenian publishers take part in 23rd Tehran International
Book Fair
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  • 2010-05-12 15:42:00

TEHRAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Tehran is hosting the 23rd Internation Book Fair on May 5-15, with more than 2000 local and over 1700 foreign publishers

Nevada Armenians Join with Elected Officials to Call for
Genocide Recognition
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  • 2010-05-11 19:29:00

LAS VEGAS, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian community of Nevada came together to commemorate the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on

Fresno Community Commemorates the 95th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide
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  • 2010-05-11 11:30:00

FRESNO, MAY 11, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On April 24 the Armenian National Committee of Fresno commemorated the 95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at

Yerevan school after Chekhov announced winner of 4th
Chess Olympiad of Armenian schoolchildren
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  • 2010-05-10 20:12:00

KAJARAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The final stage of the 4th Chess Olympiad of Armenian schoolchildren was held in Kajaran on May 5-7. 18 teams from

Great Patriotic War veterans to be exempt from fixed-line
phone charges until end of 2010
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  • 2010-05-10 18:48:00

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. All the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, who have been put on the list of the RA Ministry of Labor

Article on Armenia published in Austrian Airlines Skyline
monthly
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  • 2010-05-10 16:36:00

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On the initiative of the Armenian embassy in Austria and with the assistance of Armenia's Ministry of Economy, an article on

OSCE raises awareness on the rights of prisoners in Armenia
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  • 2010-05-10 14:30:00

YEREVAN, MAY 10, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On 5 May two OSCE-supported publications - a guide and a brochure on the rights of detained, arrested and convicted

Armenia's minister of Diaspora attends seminars held in
Israel for states with large Diasporas
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  • 2010-05-07 21:00:00

TEL AVIV, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The delegation of Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora led by Minister of Diaspora Ms. Hranush Hakobian participated in

On May 12 Editors of 2 U.S. Armenian weeklies to talk about
their recent trips to Turkey
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  • 2010-05-07 15:45:00

WATERTOWN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenian Reporter editor Emil Sanamyan and Armenian Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian will talk about their recent trips to

Haypost turned out new stamp dedicated to the 65th
anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War
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  • 2010-05-07 14:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. A new stamp dedicated to the 65th anniversary of victory in the Great patriotic War was cancelled and put into circulation

Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian pays working
visit to Israel
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  • 2010-05-05 21:00:00

TEL AVIV, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenia's Minister of Diaspora Ms. Hranush Hakobian is on a working visit to Israel.

Speaker of Catalan parliament visits Armenian Ministry of
Diaspora
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  • 2010-05-05 21:00:00

YEREVAN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenia's Deputy Minister of Diaspora Stepan Petrosian on May 4 received the delegation headed by Speaker of the

Catholicos of All Armenians visits Armenian dioceses of
France and Great Britain
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  • 2010-05-05 20:00:00

ETCHMIADZIN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On May 4 the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II went on a one-week working

Asbarez English Section celebrates its 40th anniversary
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  • 2010-05-05 14:40:00

LOS ANGELES, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. In 1970, the 62-year-old Asbarez publication moved from Fresno to Los Angeles and launched its English Section.

"Armenian Testament" book by Spanish writer Gonzalo Guarcha
presented in Moscow
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  • 2010-05-05 14:00:00

MOSCOW, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Russian edition of "Armenian Testament" book by the Spanish writer Gonzalo Guarcha was presented at the press

International conference focusing on Armenia and its
linkage to Diasporan Armenians will be held at the University of
Michigan-Dearborn on Oct. 15-16
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  • 2010-05-03 18:38:00

DEARBORN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. An international conference focusing on Armenia and its linkage to Diasporan Armenians will highlight the 25th anniversary founding of the Armenian

Time of freedom of speech objectively has not come yet in
Armenia, Yerevan Press Club chairman says
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  • 2010-05-03 15:34:00

YEREVAN, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The time of the freedom of speech objectively has not come yet in Armenia. The Chairman of the Yerevan Press Club

Reporters Without Borders organization published the list
of the enemies of press freedom
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  • 2010-05-03 14:00:00

PARIS, MAY 3, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. Reporters Without Borders organization published the list of the enemies of press freedom on the occasion of Press freedom day.

Multi-language information panels installed at the
Matenadaran Institute for Ancient Manuscripts
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  • 2010-04-30 16:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 30, NOYAN TAPAN. On April 29 multi-language information panels were installed at the Matenadaran Scientific Research Institute for Ancient Manuscripts after Mesrop Mashtots. This initiative

AYF organized its 2nd Annual Cycle Against Denial
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  • 2010-04-29 17:27:00

ENCINO, APRIL 29, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On 25 April more than 400 community members of Encino, California took part in a bike-a-thon to commemorate the Armenian

Armenian Youth to revamp streets of Hollywood
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  • 2010-04-28 19:19:00

LOS ANGELES, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian Youth Federation is gearing up for its seventh annual Little Armenia Beatification Project when hundreds of volunteers are

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund now accepts online donations
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  • 2010-04-28 15:30:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN. Supporters of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund can now make online donations anytime and from anywhere in the world, through the banner

Catholicos of All Armenians to leave for Baku on April 26
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  • 2010-04-23 18:00:00

ETCHMIADZIN, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN. At the invitation of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill I and Azerbaijan's Shia Muslim leader Sheikh-ul-Islam Pashazade, the

Yair Oron: By denying the Armenian Genocide, Israel betrays
memory of Holocaust victims
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  • 2010-04-23 18:00:00

PARIS, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "By denying the Armenian Genocide, Israel betrays the memory of the Holocaust victims," Prof. Yair Oron of Israel

CEO of Grant Thornton International Armand Pinarbasi
awarded French National Order of Merit
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  • 2010-04-22 17:30:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armand Pinarbasi, CEO for CIS countries of Grant Thornton International, has been awarded the National Order of Merit

Armenian minister of education and science pays two-day
workimg visit to Georgia
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  • 2010-04-21 23:00:00

TBILISI, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN. A delegation headed by Armenia's Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotian paid a working visit to Georgia on April 16-17.

Youth Division of Hayastan All Armenian Fund of Montreal
during its first fundraiser raised $2,500
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  • 2010-04-21 17:28:00

MONTREAL, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On April 11 the Youth Division of Hayastan All Armenian Fund Canada organized its first fundraiser event during which that

Dedication of the first monument in London in remembrance
of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide
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  • 2010-04-20 14:34:00

LONDON, APRIL 20, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. An Apricot Tree (Prunus Armenica) was dedicated as the first public monument in England in memory of the

Avanesov to Present Works by Contemporary Armenian
Composers
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  • 2010-04-19 19:09:00

BOSTON, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will host an afternoon lecture/concert on Sun., May 16 at the Armenian

Between the State Engineering University of Armenia and
Artsakh State University signed a cooperation agreement
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  • 2010-04-19 13:55:00

STEPANAKERT, APRIL 19, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On 16 April President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received a group of lecturers of the State Engineering University

Hai Guin to Hold 75th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee
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  • 2010-04-16 19:11:00

BOSTON, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. On May 8 the Hai Guin Scholarship Association will both acknowledge its scholars and celebrate its 75th anniversary with the

Councilmember Paul Krekorian honors 97-year-old Michael
Hagopian
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  • 2010-04-16 14:00:00

LOS ANGELES, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. Councilmember Paul Krekorian, Council President Eric Garcetti, and others, will commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April

Landslide destroys and makes impassable 100-meter section
of interstate road Yerevan - Sevan - Ijevan - Georgian border
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  • 2010-04-15 20:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 15, NOYAN TAPAN. A 100-meter section of the interstate road Yerevan - Sevan - Ijevan - Georgian border was destroyed and made impassable by

Watertown's Armenian Museum Offers Free Admission April
18-25
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  • 2010-04-15 13:55:00

WATERTOWN, APRIL 15, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. As Armenians commemorate the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide this month, the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown

OSCE Office supports study on religious tolerance in
Armenia
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  • 2010-04-14 20:30:00

YEREVAN, 14 APRIL, NOYAN TAPAN. An OSCE-supported study on religious tolerance in Armenia was presented at a discussion forum in Yerevan today.

Nobel Prize winner Aaron Ciechanover gets proposal to
cooperate with National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
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  • 2010-04-14 15:50:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The physician and biochemist Aaron Ciechanover, a Nobel Prize winner, is on a visit to Armenia. He met with the country's

Berkeley Armenian Students Association organizes a series
of events to promote a recognition of Armenian Genocide
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  • 2010-04-14 13:00:00

SACRAMENTO, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. Every year, the UC Berkeley Armenian Students Association (ASA) organizes a series of events designed to heighten awareness and promote international

Bilingual yearbook "Indian Armenians" published in Kolkata
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  • 2010-04-12 16:32:00

KOLKATA, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. With the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the bilingual (Armenian & English) yearbook

Funds raised during Phoneathon 2009 help rebuild Askeran
water and sewer systems
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  • 2010-04-12 16:24:00

STEPANAKERT, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has launched a major infrastructure project in Askeran City, seeking to rebuild its crumbling potable-water and

Abuses of rights of Armenian mass media and journalists
grow in first quarter of 2010
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  • 2010-04-09 22:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Henceforth the Speech Freedom Protection Committee will present not only annual, but also quarterly reports on the freedom of speech in

7 employees of Ardshininvestbank's Goris branch accused of
legalizing incomes received in criminal way
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  • 2010-04-09 21:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Investigation Department of the RA National Security Service has completed an investigation into the criminal case opened in connection with the

Chair of Armenian language to open at Linguistic Center of
Aleppo University
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  • 2010-04-09 20:00:00

ALEPPO, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Problems related to the opening of a chair of the Armenian language at the Linguistic Center of Aleppo State University were

Serious steps taken against turnover of fake drugs in
Armenia
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  • 2010-04-09 19:00:00

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. By unofficial data, the turnover of fake drugs makes 10-12% in Armenia, Director of the Drugs Center of the RA Ministry

Genocide conference to be held in Ankara on April 24
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  • 2010-04-09 18:51:00

ANKARA, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On April 24-25, a symposium on the Armenian Genocide, titled "1915 within its pre- and post-historical periods: Denial

On 8 April Eva Rivas leave for Cyprus
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  • 2010-04-08 19:31:00

NICOSIA, APRIL 8, NOYAN TAPAN-ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenia's representative to this year's Eurovision song contest arrives in Cyprus on 8 April. She will be present on 2