AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY FOUNDED TO SAVE GENOCIDE SURVIVORS TO EXHIBIT 1915-1930 PHOTOGRAPHS AND OBJECTS OCTOBER 4 TO DECEMBER 7 AT MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
For most Armenia’s–the period from 1915-1930 brings to mind painful images of inhumanity–catastrophe–deportation–starvation–and genocide. Yet this was also a period which generated stories of survival–heroism–and generosity.
One of those stories involves [...]

ANC-CYPRUS JOINS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN WELCOMING ARMENIAN CAUCUS CO-CHAIRMAN
NICOSIA–Cyprus–Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) discussed a wide range of issues of concern to the Cypriot-Armenian community–including Armenian Genocide recognition efforts and the desecration of Armenian churches in Turkish occupied Cyprus–during a community briefing organized in his honor in Nicosia earlier this week–reported the Armenian [...]

NAJAF (Reuters)–A car bombing killed 75 Iraqis–including a top Shi’ite Muslim leader–on Friday in an apparent assassination that dealt a grave blow to the US occupation and left carnage at the holiest shrine of Shi’ism.
The blast tore through worshippers as they streamed away from Friday prayers in the Imam Ali mosque in the holy city [...]

The Iraqi war–launched five months ago–continues to affect the daily lives of citizens who face not only shortages of basic supplies–but also economic losses. Armenia’s–who have resided in Iraq for decades–have become self-sufficient and orderly citizens. But unfortunately they too face these difficulties as a result of the war.
To provide immediate assistance to Iraq’s Armenia’s–a [...]

YEREVAN (AP)–A German military official said on Thursday that his country remained committed to furthering military cooperation with ex-Soviet republics in the Caucasus in a bid to help stabilize the troubled region.
"We considered for a long time–whether we should begin cooperation in the region," Gen. Jurgen Bornemann said during a visit to Yerevan. "But as [...]

BAKU (525 Gazet)–The Azeri Press reported that the OSCE Minsk Group is preparing a new set of proposals for resolution of the Karabagh conflict–and speculated that the proposals are based on the Kosovo Model.
Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry Spokesman Matin Mirza said–however–that no new proposal has been received from the Minsk Group co-chairs–noting that the Ministry would [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–The Russian co-chairman of Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe–which has worked for years to broker a peaceful settlement to the Karabagh conflict–Nikolay Gribkov will be replaced by Yuri Merzlyakov.
Merzlyakov has served as the Russian ambassador to Kazakhstan and led the Russian delegation during multilateral negotiations on the division [...]

Two Armenian club teams–Gyumri’s Shirak and Yerevan’s Banants–were eliminated from United European Football Association (UEFA) Cup competition during the final second-leg matches of the qualifying round–which were held on Thursday–August 28.
Shirak lost its second-leg match 0-2 to FC Nordsjaelland. Shirak had lost its first-leg match to FC Nordsjaelland 0-4–thus giving the Danish team a 6-0 [...]

YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–Kristine Khurshudian (63 kg weight category) performed brilliantly at the 13th European youth weightlifting championships held in Dortmund–Germany–by beating her rivals and winning the European title in her category. In snatch–she lifted 85 kg–and in clean and jerk–managed 105 kg.
In the junior competition–Armenia’s weightlifters won two bronze medals: Aram Andrikian from Sevan (56 [...]

A delegation of high-ranking Roman Catholic clergymen from the United States–led by Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore–visited Armenia on Wednesday. Religious leaders from various US states are among the delegation members.
President Robert Kocharian received the delegation on Thursday and discussed the church’s role in preserving moral values–as well as US-Armenia relations.
The Roman Catholic clergymen are [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress/VirtualAni)–Armenia is preparing to submit a complaint to the International Council on Monumen’s and Sites (ICOMOS) about the barbaric destruction of the Horomos Monastery in historic Armenia. According to Armenpress–the stones of the outer walls of the monastery–considered a historical monument–are categorically being removed.
Founded in 1965–ICOMOS is an international non-governmental organization of professionals–dedicated to [...]