The anticipation that had been building on May 8 turned into jubilant pandemonium on May 9. SHOUSHI WAS TRIUMPHANTLY LIBERATED.

It’s time for a new American approach to the Armenian Genocide, one that is as simple as it is sound: Progress and peace based upon truth and justice.

The Yerevan municipal elections are right around the corner, scheduled for May 5. Many political parties that are in opposition to the government or still on the fence are putting their faith in these election

The implication of the title of the April 27, 2013 conference held at USC (“Independence and Beyond: In Search of a New Armenian Diaspora Post – 1991”) is that because there now exists an independent Armenia, the Diaspora must change.

On May 5 residents of Yerevan will go to the polls to elect the 65-member Council of Elders, one of whom will become the Mayor of Yerevan.

On Wednesday, April 24, the San Francisco Bay Area community held a gathering commemorating the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The keynote speaker at the event was Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US Central Committee member Dr. Viken Yacoubian.

On Tuesday, April 23, the Montebello Armenian community gathered at the Martyrs Monument for the traditional candlelight vigil and commemoration. Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region Co-chairwoman Nora Hovsepian delivered remarks

The imperative to demonstrate collective strength as a nation to attain international recognition for the Armenian Genocide and advance our demands for reparations was highlighted last year in the editorial published in our annual Genocide Commemorative Issue.

Lawsuits arising from Armenian-originated citizens of United States against Insurance or Financial establishments, detaining or having detained assets belonging to our Ottoman ancestors, paved the way for a new frontier of the Armenian Cause.

On March 26, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued its ruling in the case of Garbis Davoyan, et al. vs. Republic of Turkey, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, and T.C. Ziraat Bankasi (case no. CV 10-05636 DMG).

Now that “the roots have taken hold in the soil”, the future of Armenia depends on all of us. The people have arisen and there is no going back. T

The February 18 presidential elections this year coincided with an important milestone for the Armenian nation. Twenty five years earlier, almost to the day, hundreds of thousands Armenians took to the streets in Yerevan and Stepanakert to demand the reunification of Artsakh with Armenia and set in motion a series of events that can be attributed to the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of our modern-day Republic of Armenia.

Idaho resident and Korean war veteran Johnny Kazian has never met financial professional Meri Davitian from Pasadena, California, who herself was born in the Republic of Armenia.

The Voice of Russia published an opinion piece in its most recent issue authored by Ruben Zargaryan, Associate Professor of History, an advisor to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic’s Foreign Ministry. Below is the text of the article: