YEREVAN—The Canadian “Deno Gold Mining Company” filed a slander lawsuit against Armenian environmental activist Yeghia Nersesian The company claims that in December of 2012, during a meeting with the Armenian community in the USA, Mr. Nersesian announced that Deno Gold Mining Company applied electric shock to miners[1].
However, the company denies the allegation and has gone [...]

Belarus is keenly interested in Armenia’s experience in the peaceful use of atomic energy and hopes to receive Armenian technical assistance after constructing its first-ever nuclear plant, President Alexander Lukashenko said during an official visit to Yerevan on Monday.

The American University of Armenia (AUA) continues to garner overwhelming philanthropic support for its new undergraduate program, set to launch in the Fall of 2013.

The Armenian Relief Society of Western USA (ARS) mourns the loss of Allen Yekikian and his wife, Sosé Thomassian. The ARS-WUSA Regional Executive would like to extend condolences to their families, and particularly Vaché Thomassian, who has been a former member of the ARS Javakhk Fund Committee.

Attendees marveled as Armenian culture came alive during the Armenian Relief Society of Western USA’s 12th Annual Cultural & Food Festival held at the Glendale Civic Auditorium from May 4 to 5.

The Obama Administration urged the Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of the Ninth Circuit’s 2012 decision striking down a California law extending the statute of limitations on Armenian Genocide-era life insurance claims, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

Turkey has sensationally stated that certain Australian legislators are not welcome to take part in Anzac celebrations in Gallipoli, as a consequence for passing a motion recognizing the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.

The son of an Armenian town mayor will go on trial soon on charges of assaulting an Armenian-American observer in one of the most serious cases of fraud reported during the February 18 presidential election.

On Tuesday, May 7 the Los Angeles City Council voted 10-0 to approve a motion directing the appropriate City Departments to negotiate a long term lease of surplus City property to the Armenian Cultural Foundation.

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 9 tennis legend Andre Agassi visited the newly built St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church of Las Vegas.

The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that the District Attorney is investigating charges that the Mitch O’Farrell campaign for the LA CIty Council District 13 is engaging in systemic and widespread voter fraud.

The Obama Administration will likely respond in the coming days to a request by the Supreme Court for a brief detailing the U.S. government’s position on the Ninth Circuit’s 2012 decision striking down a California law extending the statute of limitations on Armenian Genocide-era life insurance claims.

Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe gave on Thursday a mixed assessment of Armenia’s recent presidential election, reiterating that it was “generally well-administered” but questioning its official results that gave victory to President Serzh Sarkisian.

Following Yerevan’s May 5 municipal election, in which a variety of voting day violations were observed by election monitors, attorneys have filed approximately 160 complaints with the Territorial Electoral Commissions of the four Precincts representing the following three districts of Armenia’s capital: Sebastia-Malatia, Shengavit, and Erebuni-Nubarashen.