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Archbishop Khazhak Parsamyan: Armenians need a new dream and a new strategy
... ARKA news agency and as part of its special project "Armenia: There is a Future!," Archbishop Khazhak Parsamyan, Pontifical Legate of Western Europe and Representative of the Armenian Church to the Holy See, speaks about the heroism of the Armenians, his vision of overcoming the current crisis and what should be done for that. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. In an exclusive interview with ARKA news agency and as part of its special project "Armenia: There is a Future!," Archbishop ...
03/23/2021Peter Nemoy: Armenia is ready to get a chance not to catch up with anyone, but to be one step ahead, as Armenians did more than once (VIDEO)
... minimum. And this is really a miracle, a moment when something happened to a person and continues to happen, and the fact itself. - And why exactly Armenia? P. Nemoy - A strange question from an Armenian woman. Usually this question does not arise among Armenians. Why Armenia? Because this is the territory where the most important processes are currently taking place from the point of view of the future of civilization, formation of the future language and future technologies. - You are the first wise ...
03/11/2021Boris Fokin: Armenia has an advantage that will make it a world leader in coping with stress and uncertainty
... are learning a new type of statehood and civil society. It is necessary to give the correct vector - much more depends on people than they think. Now is the time to take responsibility. There must be a control system. Stress makes you stronger, and Armenians, having gone through such stress, have become stronger, they cannot be broken and frightened. It can be compared to the "Afghan syndrome," but there the trauma was deeper, which led to marginal manifestations. In Armenia, the stress ...
04/15/2021Honoring victims of the Ottoman-era Armenian Genocide: from history to nowadays
Armenians are commemorating and honoring around the world the victims of the Armenian genocide committed in Ottoman Empire. Every year on April 24 tens of thousands people from the Armenian capital and the provinces are taking flowers to Tsitsernakaberd ...
04/24/2014Lemkin Institute accuses Western media of biased coverage of Azerbaijan's war crimes against Armenians
... this conflict is accurately represented. Much of the present media coverage fails to address the history of the conflict, specifically the complexities of the conflict in the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh (“Artsakh” to Armenians) is an ethnic Armenian enclave annexed by force, along with the territory of Nakhichevan, to Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 1920s under Soviet rule. It was formally annexed by Azerbaijan in the 1970s. Although Nagorno-Karabakh, like most ...
10/06/2022Armenia should become a country of wise men that will be impossible to defeat. Gor Nahapetyan about the project 301: Country of Wise Men
..., some project participants see the year 301 like this: 3 is the Holy Trinity, and 01 is the beginning of the digital world. There can be many versions. Everyone can have their own. You can also draw parallels with the story of the progenitor of the Armenians, Hayk, who opposed Bel (the tyrant of Mesopotamia) and, leaving Babylon, went with his clan (about 300 men with their families) to the north, where he settled in the country of Ararat. We want another 300 wise men from different countries to ...
02/08/2021Armenian entrepreneurs ready to employ Syrian Armenians
Heads of some 30 Armenian companies functioning in various areas have expressed readiness to employ Armenians who have fled their homes in Syria because of civil war. YEREVAN, November 21. /ARKA/. Heads of some 30 Armenian companies functioning in various areas have expressed readiness to employ Armenians who have fled their homes in Syria because ...
11/21/2012Yerevan welcomes German leaders for describing 1915 massacres of Armenians as genocide
The official Yerevan has lauded today German President Joachim Gauck for using the word ‘genocide’ to refer to the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by the government of Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1923. YEREVAN, April 24. / ARKA /. The official Yerevan has lauded today German President Joachim Gauck for using the word ‘genocide’ to refer to the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians ...
04/24/2015Armenians left Artsakh because of Azerbaijan's threats and Armenianophobia: lawyer urges ICJ not to believe Azerbaijan
Armenians were right to leave Nagorno-Karabakh, Lawrence Martin, one of the lawyers representing Armenia's lawsuit against Azerbaijan, told the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday. YEREVAN, October 12. /ARKA/. Armenians were ...
10/12/2023Armenians should become a powerful business factor in the world- Mantashyants Entrepreneurs Union (video)
Armenians should become one of the most powerful business factors in the world, as it was in the 16th-17th centuries with the Armenians of Julfa, who played an important role all over the world, Vahram Mirakyan, head of Mantashyants Entrepreneurs Union ...
01/25/2023Russian 'special operation' in Ukraine forces many ethnic Armenians in Ukraine to seek Armenian citizenship
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced many ethnic Armenians living in that country to seek Armenian citizenship or other residential status, Hovhannes Aleksanyan, a senior official at the Office of Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, told a press conference on Wednesday. YEREVAN, May 18. /ARKA/....
05/18/2022SME Development National Center ready to help Syrian Armenians to set up business in Armenia
The National center for small and medium-sized business development is ready to allocate information and financial assistance to the Syrian Armenians, who are willing to set up business in Armenia, a director of the Center Varazdat Karapetyan said Wednesday. YEREVAN, November 21. /ARKA/.The National center for small and medium-sized business development is ready to allocate information ...
11/21/2012US Representatives call on President Biden to condemn Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
The resolution would recognize Azerbaijan’s forced displacement of Artsakh’s over 100,000 Armenians as an act of ethnic cleansing YEREVAN, June 28. /ARKA/. US Representatives Anna Eshoo and Chris Smith introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh and urging the Biden Administration to ...
06/28/2024Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention disappointed with outcome of UN mission’s visit to Nagorno-Karabakh
... prepare a proper mission to the Republic of Artsakh, one that is inclusive of international team members from countries neutral to the conflict to conduct a thorough analysis of the current situation on the ground. In order to ensure the rights of the Armenians in Artsakh, the UN must act with professionalism, impartiality, and commitment to the values presented in the UN Charter. According to the UN, “the mission aimed to assess the situation on the ground and identify the humanitarian needs of ...
10/30/2023Government to draw map of worldwide Armenians
The Armenian government will draw a map of the worldwide Armenians in order to assess the overall potential of the nation, the acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said a meeting in Astana with representatives of the Armenian community of Kazakhstan. YEREVAN, November 9. /ARKA/. The Armenian government ...
11/09/2018Aim is to help Syrian Armenians integrate into society, Armenian president says
Armenian authorities aim at helping Syrian Armenians integrate into the society as quick as possible, current president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said at his meeting with voters in Yerevan Scientific Research Institute of Mathematical Machines Thursday. YEREVAN, February 8. /ARKA/. Armenian ...
02/08/2013The world stands by as new Armenian Genocide unfolds- Genocide Watch
... formally recognized the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the world is standing by as another Armenian genocide and forced deportation unfolds, says a story published by Gencoi8de Watch. It says the forced deportation and genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh, known to Armenians as Artsakh, is the culmination of a decades-long conflict. Artsakh is the homeland of 120,000 Armenians, who have lived there since the fifth century. The story quotes EU’s policy chief Josep Borrell as saying, “This military escalation ...
10/02/2023Armenians in World War II: interesting facts
... the victory over the Nazi Germany in World War II. Every fifth inhabitant of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was part of the Soviet Union with about 1.5 million population, left for the frontline. All in all, about 600 thousand ethnic Armenians took part in the WWII, and more than 300 thousand of them were from the Soviet Armenia and 200,000 from the other Soviet republics. More than 100 thousand Armenians were enlisted into the armies of the Allied Forces, mostly into the French army ...
05/09/2023Armenian Foreign Ministry issues statement on 35th anniversary of Sumgait pogroms and condemns Azerbaijan's policy of Armenophobia
... of Foreign Affairs issues a statement on 35th anniversary of Sumgait pogroms, which reads as follows: 'Thirty-five years ago, on February 27-29, 1988, amid the encouragement and criminal inaction of the Azerbaijani authorities, the massacres of the Armenians in the city of Sumgait were carried out, resulting in the killing of hundreds of Armenians, including children, women, elderly, while thousands were forcibly displaced. The pre-planned massacres by the Azerbaijani authorities were carried out ...
02/27/2023Armenians and Turks cannot live in "peace": endless concessions will lead to collapse of Armenian statehood - Melkonyan (video)
Ruben Melkonyan, a well-known Armenian turkologist, a professor at Yerevan State University explained in an interview with "Kentron" TV channel why Armenians and Turks cannot live in "peace" now and what the policy of endless concessions (on part of Armenia) is fraught with. YEREVAN, December 23. /ARKA/. Ruben Melkonyan, a well-known Armenian turkologist, a professor at Yerevan State ...
12/23/2022Konstantin Zatulin on military parade in Baku, threats to Christian monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-Russian relations
... at the military parade in Baku, as well as about whether Azerbaijan is a friend of Russia. Question - Mr. Zatulin, you said earlier that no one would believe the ranting of Turkey and Azerbaijan, which refuse to recognize the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians committed by Turkey at the beginning of the 20th century, that Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians may have cultural autonomy within Azerbaijan. Numerous acts of vandalism committed by Azerbaijani military against Armenian cultural monuments and cemeteries ...
12/12/2020Pashinyan: Armenians still facing challenges posed to them at outset of twentieth century
... On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and paid floral tribute to victims of the genocide. Every year, on April 24, Armenians living all over the world remember those killed in the genocide. Losses and Commemoration Prime Minister Pashinyan delivered a message from the heights of Tsitsernakaberd, in which he said addressing the population of Armenia and Artsakh and ...
04/24/2020Pashinyan: we will not allow new attempts to exterminate or deport Armenians
... a statement today on the 30th anniversary of Armenian pogroms in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1990. Below is the statement, provided by the government press office. 'Today we commemorate the victims of pogroms, ethnic cleansings and mass deportations of the Armenians in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Thirty years ago, the international community witnessed and condemned the massacres committed against the Armenian population in Baku. In 1990, as a result of the policy of repression and ethnic cleansing ...
01/13/2020Armenians all over the world commemorate victims of the 1915 genocide in Ottoman Turkey
Today Armenians all over the world are commemorating the genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in 1915. YEREVAN, April 24. /ARKA/. Today Armenians all over the world are commemorating the centenary of the genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in ...
04/24/2015Armenia’s president to be in Moscow on Day of Victory
... held in Moscow, so I will be in Moscow, we have already received an invitation, and I will participate in the key events. In fact, it is a bright holiday, and we should celebrate it wholeheartedly,” the president said. The president stressed Armenians had their active contribution to the defense of the Soviet Union, and said Armenians’ approach to war “is probably a bit different from that of other nations”. In the beginning of this war, there were 2.8 million ethnic Armenians living ...
04/10/2015Armenia’s government exempts Syrian Armenians from state duty fees for passport issue
Armenia’s government decided Thursday to exempt the Syrian Armenians from the state duty fee for a passport issue or change. YEREVAN, November 22. /ARKA/. Armenia’s government decided Thursday to exempt the Syrian Armenians from the state duty fee for a passport issue or change. “To ensure that ...
11/22/2012Armenian businessman ready to help Syrian Armenians
A prominent American-Armenian businessman Vahagn Hovnanian, who has been running businesses in Armenia for years, told journalists on Monday he was ready to offer jobs to Syrian Armenians in a quarry near the second largest town of Gyumri in northwestern province of Shirak. YEREVAN, September 24. / ARKA /. A prominent American-Armenian businessman Vahagn Hovnanian, who has been running businesses in Armenia for years, told ...
09/24/2012Union of Armenian Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) expresses willingness to help Syrian Armenians
The Union of Armenian Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) has issued a statement, in which it expresses willingness to create new jobs and help Syrian Armenians in establishing businesses in Armenia. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. The Union of Armenian Manufacturers and Businessmen (Employers) has issued a statement, in which it expresses willingness to create new jobs and help Syrian Armenians in ...
09/24/2012About 5,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh cross border into Armenia
About 5,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have already arrived in Armenia fearing persecution of Azerbaijanis after the Sept. 19 Azerbaijani military offensive that killed more than 200 Armenians there, including children and wounded more than 400. YEREVAN,...
09/25/2023Pashinyan: recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity does not mean it has a mandate to carry out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh
... the 86.600 km² of Azerbaijan includes Nagorno Karabakh, I answered yes, it includes also Nagorno Karabakh,' Pashinyan said. He added that this is the reason that part of this agreement is establishing mechanisms to address the rights and security of Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, and especially to build a reliable and meaningful Baku-Stepanakert dialogue. Asked whether he was facing any pressure from the international community to accept a deal that could lead to the exodus of the Karabakh Armenians ...
09/14/2023EU calls for compromises for Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization and proposes approach for unblocking Lachin corridor
... today in a statement. He said Charles Michel’s efforts over the past weeks, supported by Toivo Klaar, European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, have focused as a priority on addressing the humanitarian situation of Karabakh Armenians,. 'EUSR Klaar and President Michel’s team have been in frequent contact with Baku, Yerevan and representatives of Karabakh Armenians to work out a solution for unblocking access. The current humanitarian situation on the ground is deteriorating ...
09/01/2023Lemkin Institute shocked and horrified by BBC HARDtalk Anchor Stephen Sackur's offer of genocide as one of two “realistic options” facing Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention said it was shocked and horrified that BBC HARDtalk Anchor Stephen Sackur offered genocide as one of two “realistic options” facing Armenians in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) during an interview with Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan that was aired on 23 January 2023. YEREVAN, January 27, /ARKA/. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention said it was shocked and horrified ...
01/27/2023Pashinyan: Azerbaijan chronically violates trilateral agreements and prepares genocide of Artsakh Armenians
... allegation is a flagrant violation of the statement of November 9, 2020 signed by Azerbaijan itself, which mentions Nagorno-Karabakh 4 times," Pashinyan stressed. He added that Azerbaijan hasn't taken a single step towards reaching a dialogue with Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. ‘Azerbaijan is arguing that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh are Azerbaijani citizens and their security is guaranteed, but it has done nothing for the safe return of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to Hadrut and other territories ...
11/10/2022Azerbaijan is trying to drive Armenians out of Artsakh: Pashinyan on the importance of protecting the rights of Karabakh people
Azerbaijan is doing everything to make the Armenians population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to leave their homeland, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a speech delivered May 11 at the Clingendael Institute of International Relations in the Netherlands. YEREVAN, May 12. /ARKA/....
05/12/2022IRI poll shows that only 9 percent of Armenians regard Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as top priority
... support for the ruling party and government, IRI said in a press release. The first survey conducted since the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, this poll gauges Armenia’s public sentiment in the wake of the November ceasefire. “In times of crisis, Armenians are relying on their government to provide stability and ensure the socio-economic well-being of their country,” said IRI Regional Director for Eurasia Stephen Nix. “Approval of the ruling party remains high, but to maintain that support,...
03/11/2021Anti-Armenian massacre in Sumgait was Azerbaijan's response to aspiration of people of Artsakh for dignified and safe life in their historical homeland
... February 27, /ARKA/ The Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the 33rd anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Azerbaijan that reads as follows: 'Thirty-three years ago, on February 27-29, 1988, pre-planned massacres of Armenians were carried out in the city of Sumgait (Azerbaijan) amid the encouragement of the Azerbaijani authorities and the permissiveness of the law enforcement bodies. Hundreds of Armenians were killed, including women, children and elderly, and thousands ...
02/27/2021Russia-based insurance magnate of Armenian origin says prominent Azerbaijani businessmen in Moscow declined his assistance offer
... Sarkisov, a co-owner of the RESO insurance group, said prominent Moscow-based business people of Azerbaijani origins declined his offer to recover the damages caused to Armenian businesses in Russia as a result of clashes between ethnic Azerbaijanis and Armenians last month. YEREVAN, August 5. /ARKA/. Russia-based billionaire of Armenian origin Nikolai Sarkisov, a co-owner of the RESO insurance group, said prominent Moscow-based business people of Azerbaijani origins declined his offer to recover ...
08/05/2020Azerbaijan must admit the guilt for Armenian pogroms
These January days, Armenians around the world remember the victims of the Armenian pogroms in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, 29 years ago. YEREVAN, January 17. /ARKA/. These January days, Armenians around the world remember the victims of the Armenian pogroms in Baku,...
01/17/2019Azerbaijan’s genocidal policy continues, Nagorno-Karabakh parliament says
... Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s National Assembly recalls that on 27-29 February 1988, atrocities against and forced deportation of the Armenian population was carried out by the Azerbaijani authorities in Sumgait, just 30 kilometers from Baku. It says hundreds of Armenians, mostly women, children and elderly people fell victim to a pre-planned massacre; thousands of Armenians were forcibly deported and their property - plundered. The crime committed in Sumgait was another manifestation of the policy of discrimination,...
02/28/2018Armenia denounces Turkey's Erdogan for his April 24 message
Armenia's foreign ministry denounced Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a message he issued on April 24 'to commemorate Armenians who died in 1915', without making any reference to the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians. YEREVAN, April 25. /ARKA/. Armenia's foreign ministry denounced Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a message he issued on April 24 'to commemorate ...
04/25/2016About 1,500 Syrian Armenians are beneficiaries of social programs
About 1,500 Syrian Armenians are beneficiaries of various social programs in Armenia, Labor and Social Affairs Minister Artem Asatryan said today. YEREVAN, February 24. /ARKA/. About 1,500 Syrian Armenians are beneficiaries of various social programs in Armenia, Labor ...
02/24/2016Kuwait to release $100,000 in emergency assistance to Syrian Armenians
The government of Kuwait will release $100,000 in emergency assistance to Syrian Armenians, who found refuge in their ancestral country, Kuwaiti ambassador to Armenia, Bassam Muhammad al-Kabandi said today during a meeting with Armenian Diaspora minister Hranush Hakobyan. YEREVAN, November 29. / ARKA /. The government of Kuwait ...
11/29/2012Lebanon was salvation lighthouse for Armenians deprived of motherland- Armenia’s President
Lebanon has become a salvation lighthouse for thousands of Armenians, who lost their motherland, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said at the official dinner given on behalf of Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman in honor of Mr. Sargsyan and his spouse. YEREVAN, November 27./ARKA/. Lebanon has become ...
11/27/2012Descendants of Armenian genocide in Turkey may receive compensation up to $ 100 billion - expert
... the Armenian turkologist Artak Shakaryan said. YEREVAN, August 3. / ARKA /. Descendants of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire in total may be eligible for compensation up to $ 100 billion, the Armenian turkologist Artak Shakaryan said. "The Armenians are not the first time to impose a demand for compensation for lost property to Turkey. In 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference Armenians were talking about lost property of 19 billion francs. After the recalculation in 1925 the amount of compensation ...
08/03/2010Expert in Turkish studies: turkey decided to smoothen tough announcements by involving Turkish Armenians in this process
... Turkey carried out decision on smoothening tough announcements and substituted them with softer ones, said Ruben Melkonyan, expert in Turkish studies. “These processes take place by involving not only Abdullah Gul, President of Turkey, but also Armenians living in Turkey”, he said on Monday during the press-conference. Petros Shirin-Oglu, authoritative figure of Armenian Diaspora of Istanbul, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Istanbul hospital “Surb Prkich” apologized to Recep ...
03/30/2010Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Azerbaijan must ensure Karabakh Armenians' right to live in their homes in dignity, free from intimidation and discrimination
At the meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on Wednesday, the EU delegation called for the assurance of human rights, fundamental freedoms and security of the Karabakh Armenians. YEREVAN, October 19. /ARKA/. At the meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on Wednesday, the EU delegation called for the assurance of human rights, fundamental freedoms and security of the Karabakh Armenians. Securing ...
10/19/2023U.S. State Department refrains from calling exodus of 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians ‘ethnic cleansing
The U.S. State Department refrained from calling the exodus of 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to Armenia ‘ethnic cleansing.’ YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. The U.S. State Department refrained from calling the exodus of 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to Armenia ‘ethnic cleansing.’ ‘We take allegations of ethnic cleansing,...
10/03/2023Artsakh Foreign Ministry urges world to condemn genocidal policy of Azerbaijan and stop blockade of Lachin corridor
... blockade of Artsakh, which has been going on for over a month, should become the first step to this end, the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Foreign Ministry said in a statement paying tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the mass pogroms of Armenians in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, 33 years ago. YEREVAN, January 17. /ARKA/. Lasting peace in the region cannot be achieved on the basis of the results of Baku's genocidal policy. Such policy must be resolutely condemned and rejected ...
01/17/2023Social entrepreneur and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan renounces his Russian citizenship and moves to Artsakh
... crisis with no confidence in tomorrow. Residents of Artsakh , who have survived two wars and lost their relatives and loved ones in the struggle for independence, are abandoned, forgotten and no one needs them. I believe that after the 2020 war, we, Armenians all over the world, have an obligation to stand together with the people of Artsakh. We must not just support them symbolically, but help them in deed. Artsakh is the center of the Armenian nation that has always been a place of real strength ...
09/01/2022Armenian foreign ministry: hate speech and aggressive policy of Azerbaijan towards Armenia and Artsakh is a threat to peace and stability in region
... as follows:. YEREVAN, January 14, /ARKA/. The Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 32nd anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Baku, Azerbaijan, which reads as follows:. ‘Thirty-two years ago during these days mass pogroms against Armenians began in Baku, which became the culmination of the policy of annihilation and forcible displacement of the Armenian population living in Azerbaijani SSR. Hundreds of people were murdered, mutilated and disappeared among the Armenian population ...
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