Vahe Karapetyan will perform in his second solo event, an eclectic fusion of traditional Armenian songs under the musical direction of Ara Dabandjian, on March 5, 2011 at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre at 7:30pm. Tickets are $20

The images coming out of Sumgait 23 years ago were jarring, to say the least. The eyewitness accounts of the pogroms committed by Azeri OMON forces against Armenians living in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, however, had a familiar tone. It was as if I was listening to the countless stories that were seared into my memory throughout my life as recounted by survivors of the Armenian Genocide.

A group of bloggers announced Monday that they have initiated an online petition calling on Georgian authorities to end their rampant discrimination of Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti (Javakhk).

President Obama is the person who will decide US policy on the Armenian Genocide, said US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch in response to questions following a presentation Monday at Yerevan State University.

A juvenile court in Istanbul began hearing a case Monday against the alleged killer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink as evidence emerged in the main case of a potential new witness to the 2007 slaying.

President Serzh Sarkisian has ruled out a further increase in the price of natural gas in Armenia this year after discussing its continued deliveries by Russia’s Gazprom monopoly with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

Greater Washington area Armenian-Americans honored the memory of the victims of Azerbaijani aggression, during a grassroots protest in support of the right to self-determination of the people of Karabakh held on February 25.

Armenia Fund, Inc., the U.S. Western Region affiliate of “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, is pleased to announce the re-election of its Chairman, Ara Aghishian.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the consulate of Azerbaijan in mid-Wilshire to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of Azeri pogroms of Armenians and to protest against war threats and hate speech by the Azeri government.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Representative to the reiterated his country’s commitment to finding a peaceful solution to the conflict and noted that recognition of the Karabakh’s independence neither violates territorial the integrity of Azerbaijan, nor threatens its existence.

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian met in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Friday for talks which their offices said touched upon a broad range of issues of mutual interest.

A group of young professionals launched the formation of the Artsakh Development Group (ADG) — a new non-profit, non-partisan organization to support and strengthen Artsakh through local activism and awareness.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said Thursday that Turkey had a strong democracy as well as a vibrant and free press, but the U.S. was still concerned about instances where journalists in specific cases were being intimidated.

Prominent Kurdish poet and one of the most important figures among Kurdish politicians Kemal Burkay has decided to return Turkey after 31 years of a lifetime in exile.