Washington–DC–"The New York Times" best-selling author Peter Balakian will be honored with the ANCA Freedom Award at the 10th Annual Capitol Hill Genocide Observance–reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The event will take place on April 28–from 5:30-8:30 PM–in the historic Cannon Caucus Room–in Washington–DC.
Over the past decade–Peter Balakian has emerged as an [...]

MONTBELLO–-San Gabriel Valley Armenian National Committee (SGV-ANC) honored members of the Montebello City Council at the local Armenian Center on Sunday–February 22. Nearly 100 people turned out to give kudos to Montebello Mayor Norma Lopez-Reid–Mayor Pro-Tem William Molinari–Councilman Robert Bagwell–City treasurer Gerri Guzman–and Montebello Police Chief Garry Couso-Vazquez–as well as former Montebello Police Chief Steve [...]

YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–A ceremony commemorating the sixteenth anniversary of the Sumgait massacres will be held today at memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Dzidzerngapert. After the observance–participants will march to the embassies of Russia–France–and the US–as well as UN offices–in protest of the brutal organized aggression against the people of Karabagh’s orderly [...]

STEPANAKERT (Armenpress)–Youth organizations in Mountainous Karabagh Republic (MKR) addressed a letter on Thursday to OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen–the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly–Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe–and NATO headquarters–stressing that trust in Azerbaijan turns into tragedy for Armenia’s; they called on the international organizations to recognize the independence of MKR for the sake of regional stability [...]

AKHALKALAK (Armenpress)–The crackdown on corruption–recently declared by the new Georgian authorities–has raised concern among the ethnic Armenia’s population of Javakhk who fear that innocent people who used to work for the previous administration–may fall victim to the campaign.
Chairman of the Akhalkalak-based Virk party David Rstakian–was quoted by the local news media as saying that local [...]

"WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT PROVIDING UNEQUAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INSTABILITY IN THE REGION AND COULD UNINTENTIONALLY TIP THE MILITARY BALANCE." — TEXT OF CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO PRES. BUSH
WASHINGTON–DC (ANCA)–Over thirty Members of the US House joined Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) today in expressing concern about a [...]

(RFE/RL)–The European Parliament refused on Monday to back its chief South Caucasus rapporteur’s calls for the return of Armenian-controlled territories adjacent to Karabagh in exchange for the lifting of Azerbaijan’s economic blockade of Armenia.
In his draft report on the European Union’s policy on the region–Swedish lawmaker Per Gahrton said that the Armenian side has carried [...]

WASHINGTON (AFP)–President George W. Bush praised visiting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili’s political reform efforts–pledging to help ease his guest’s sometimes strained relations with Russia.
"I’m impressed by this leader. I’m impressed by his vision; I’m impressed by his courage," Bush said as the two leaders shared a warm handshake in the White House Oval Office.
The US [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress)–Armenia’s representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)–Ambassador Jivan Tabibian–addressed the OSCE’s Permanent Council on Wednesday about the murder of Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margarian in Budapest–Hungary. Margarian was axed to death by an Azeri officer Ramil Safarov–while attending a NATO Partnership for Peace Language Training program.
Referring to the statement by [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–The body of an Armenian military officer brutally murdered in Hungary last week was flown to Yerevan on Thursday and will be laid to rest this Saturday.
The closed coffin of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian was draped in the red-blue-orange Armenian national flag and carried away by fellow officers in a somber official ceremony at the [...]

WASHINGTON–DC–California Democrat Adam Schiff and Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-chairs Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ)–condemned the vicious murder of an Armenian soldier by his Azeri colleague at a NATO sponsored education program in Hungary last week–reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
"I was shocked and saddened to hear of the Armenian soldier’s horrific [...]

YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–The photo exhibition "Lost Territories," featuring over 100 pictures of Northern Artsakh–opened on February 25 at the Alexander Tamanian Institute-Museum.
Photographer Samvel Karapetian said his mission was to collect traces and remains of Armenian culture and to prevent further losses from the area that saw the forcible removal of Armenia’s from 1989 to 1992.
At [...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress/Yerkir)–National Assembly Vice Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian praised the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on the Mountainous Karabagh Conflict Goran Lenmarker–for preparing an unbiased and report–submitted last week to the Assembly’s session in Vienna.
Hovhannisian–who also heads Armenia’s delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly–added that the report can be [...]

The Armenian Defense Ministry’s press office reported that the body of Gurgen Markaryan–the Armenian officer slain by Azeri counterpart Ramil Safarov in Budapest on February 19–will be flown to Armenia on Wednesday.
Following the brutal murder of Markaryan–the chief of staff of Armenian armed forces Col-Gen. Mikael Arutyunyan said on Wednesday–that Armenian authorities have taken all [...]