The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region issued an open letter to the California Democratic Party on Thursday protesting the Progressive Caucus for inviting Armenian Genocide denier Cenk Uygur to speak at the party’s convention in San Diego this weekend.

Armenian National Committee of America Chairman Ken Hachikian posed ten questions to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding U.S. policy on the Armenian Genocide.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday renewed calls on Turkey to face its history by recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

Armenia and Russia plan to work out a new agreement that will deepen the already close ties between their militaries and defense industries, top security officials from the two countries said in Yerevan on Thursday.

A pride worthy sentiment has overcome the Homenetmen family upon learning that one of its long-time athletes, Narbeh Ebrahimian, was accepted into the San Diego State University Men’s Basketball team.

The Armenian Missionary Association of America in accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures, elected its new Board members, president, and officers recently.

Emmy and Tony award-winning comedienne Andrea Martin, who is Armenian, performs her new one-woman comedy show Final Days! Everything Must Go! at the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts in Costa Mesa February 16 to 19.

Turkey should address its troubled past and be prepared for the possibility of eventually recognizing the Armenian Genocide, according to Martin Schulz, the new European Parliament speaker.

The Western Prelacy issued a communiqué Wednesday to clarify rumors and innuendo that has been circulating in the community regarding the status of the Prelacy’s Christian Education Department Co-Chair Very Rev. Father Barthev Gulumian.

—“Two years ago my brother Artak celebrated Army Day on the border of Armenia. Today, he is missing and nothing can bring him back,” Tsovinar Nazaryan, 36, told the Armenian Weekly. She, along with around 200 protesters, lined the sidewalk of Yerevan’s Republic Square to protest the abuse and murders in the Armenian Army. The Silent Rally took place on Jan. 28, the day Armenia celebrated the 20thanniversary of its armed forces.

Members of Parliament of the Swedish Left Party Amineh Kakabaveh, Jens Holm, Bengt Berg, Siv Holma, Marianne Berg and deputies of the Green Party Jan Lindholm and Valter Mutt applied to the Nobel Prize Committee in Oslo to nominate Ragip Zarakolu for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.

Congressman Adam B. Schiff and Glendale City Council Member (and former Glendale Mayor) Rafi Manoukian will be the guests of honor as the Armenian Bar Association (ArmenBar) hosts a reception at the Phoenicia Restaurant on Thursday, February 23.

A 200-year-old Spanish-style house with 10 acres of space in the Santa Monica Mountains in Malibu can now be booked as an event venue for a party, thanks to a new service launched Tuesday called Eventup.com.

From January 27 to 29, the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) conducted a highly successful recruitment campaign in Lebanon.