Monthly Archives: August 2012
Armenia Suspends Ties with Hungary Over Extradition of Azeri Murderer
Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani army officer who was serving a life sentence in Hungary for axing to death Armenian Lt. Gurgen Markarian, was extradited to Azerbaijan earlier today and pardoned […]
ANC Canada Angered Over Questionable Monument
OTTAWA—According to media reports and following months of unexplained secrecy, Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Ottawa’s National Capital Commission have allowed the installation of a monument reportedly commemorating the […]
Reporters in Armenia Can’t Expect Any Assistance From Law Enforcement
Elections are the litmus test for democracy in Armenia. 2012 is an election year and the authorities have promised democratic elections; something that has never happened. No one really expects […]
Achieving peace in Nagorno-Karabakh
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has an enormous impact on both countries economically, socially, as well as on the quality of democracy and the respect for individual and collective […]
$100,000 Raised by ARS, Inc. for Syrian Armenian Schools
The Central Executive Board of the Armenian Relief Society, Inc. announced that $100,000 in pledged donations have been received from its entities around the world to benefit its “Fund for […]
Big Armenian Heart: An Interview with the ‘Strongest Man of Germany’
Born in Iran to Armenian parents, Patrik Baboumian always knew he wanted to become an international strongman. One of his fondest memories with his father, now deceased, was watching the […]
Casual Eatery in Harvard Square Stands Test of Time
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (A.W.)—Known for its funky, artsy social culture, coupled with a modern take on traditional comfort food, Leo’s Place Diner in Harvard Square has been dishing it up to […]
Genocide ‘Widely Recognized In Israel,’ Says Israeli Minister
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—The 1915 mass killings and deportations of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey are widely recognized as genocide in Israel, an Israeli cabinet minister said after visiting the genocide memorial in […]
German-Armenian Boxer Crowned New World Super Middlweight Champion
BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—Germany’s Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan in Yerevan) is the new world WBO super middleweight champion after his unanimous win over compatriot Robert Stieglitz on Aug. 25. Abraham, […]
Armenia’s Deadly Dress Code
Investigators of a brutal Yerevan murder that sparked a popular outcry against Armenia’s oligarchs have reduced the incident to merely an argument over fashion sense gone badly wrong. As Armenian […]
The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) issued a statement in response to an article by Reuters
The statement reads: The banks in the Republic of Armenia, operating under the supervision of the Central Bank of Armenia, are subject to the laws of the Republic of Armenia, […]
To Infinity and Beyond: Armenians in the Mars Rover Curiosity Project
Since the beginning of time, Space has been a source of mystery for man—a mystery they sought to decipher. Thanks to the scientific curiosity of Ptolemy, Galileo Galilee, and Isaac […]
Will the US Punish Armenia?
The warped State Department-hatched Turkey-Armenia Protocols did not yield the necessary results for the US, nor have efforts to strong-arm Armenia into making dangerous concessions on the Karabakh front, so […]
Armenian town hosts first-ever honey and berry festival
The town of Berd, in the Tavush district of Armenia hosted its first-ever festival of honey and berries on Saturday. With the goal of popularizing Armenian honey and berries the […]
Two Armenians Killed in Syria
ALEPPO, Syria (Tert.am, PanArmenian.net) — Two Syrian-Armenians have been killed in Damascus and Aleppo in recent days as a result of clashes between Syria’s governmental forces and rebels. A 76-year-old […]
Yerevan to Host Meeting of Turkmen-Armenian Intergovernmental Commission
A delegation from Turkmenistan will go to Yerevan on September 5 to attend the fourth meeting of the intergovernmental Turkmen-Armenian commission on economic cooperation, an official Turkmen source said. The […]
Andrea Pampanini, a proud Armenian by choice
New York – Andrea Pampanini lost his long fight with heart disease on July 5 in New York. Services were held at St. Illuminators Armenian Cathedral in New York with […]
Waiting for Godot
In an election year all news channels are supersaturated with electioneering, most of the time oblivious to the fact that many other newsworthy events and developments are happening around the […]
Iran looks to Armenia to skirt bank sanctions
With international sanctions squeezing Iran, the Islamic Republic is seeking to expand its banking foothold in the Caucasus nation of Armenia to make up for difficulties in countries it used […]
Romanticizing the future of the Syrian Armenians
During these hot summer days that the US media calls the “silly season,” the Turkish media covers the situation of the Armenian diaspora in Syria indifferently. Oddly enough in Syria, […]
