Writing for the London-based Daily Mail, Rebecca English writes about an unexplained “secret” visit to Azerbaijan by Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, on the taxpayers’ dime after stepping down from his controversial role as a trade representative for the United Kingdom.

Mike Danielian will soon begin his professional basketball career with the Wolfenbuettel basketball team of Wolfenbuettel, Germany. Danielian will play both the shooting and point guard positions for Wolfenbuettel, which is officially known as SG MTV/BG 93 Wolfenbuettel.

Director Suzanne Khardalian will discuss her film, Grandma’s Tattoos, following a screening of the film on Thusday, December 1 at UCLA and Friday December 2, in Glendale.

The Armenian National Committee – Hollywood Chapter will host an exciting double event this Saturday, December 3 in the recently opened Armenian Youth Center in Hollywood.

In a statement issued Monday, the leaders of the Russian and Armenian churches joined the leader of the Caucasus Muslims in calling for an end to sniper attacks on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border, ahead of the conference of Inter-Religious Council of the CIS.

President Serzh Sarkisian on Tuesday began a two-day official visit to Georgia amid calls from at least one local ethnic Armenian group to address their identity issues at meetings in Tbilisi.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Ministry of Defense on Monday blasted Baku for disseminating false information regarding deaths of Armenian soldiers on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan border, saying the disinformation campaign was unsuccessful.

Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when Prime Minister Erdogan issued an unexpected apology for the hitherto taboo topic of the Kurdish massacres in southeastern Turkey in the 1930’s.

On Nov. 4, a Los Angeles Times article, written by Mike Boehm, reported that in an effort to get back the Canon Tables of the 13th-century Zeyt’un Gospels from the Getty Museum, the Armenian Diaspora has inaudibly put its weight behind the Armenian Orthodox Church’s quest to repatriate the allegedly stolen illuminated manuscripts back to Armenia, where the rest is housed at the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts.

The Chamlian Armenian School held a “High School Night” on Wednesday, November 9 for its graduating eighth graders and their parents.

A requiem service will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. for documentary filmmaker Dr. J. Michael Hagopian on the one-year anniversary of his passing. Immediately after the dareleets service at St. Peter Armenian Church in Van Nuys.

An unprecedented more than 500 attended the Armenian National Committee – Western Region’s inaugural ANC Grassroots event over Thanksgiving Weekend at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, where experts, community members and activists gathered to chart a new course for advocacy of Armenian issues.

Director Suzanne Khardalian will discuss her film, Grandma’s Tattoos, following a screening of the film on Friday December 3, 2011, 7PM at the Glendale Public Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street. Admission is free and the seating is limited. Library visitors receive 3 hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking structure with validation at the loan desk.

Turkey’s prime minister apologized Wednesday for the first time for the killings of nearly 14,000 people in a bombing and strafing campaign to crush a Kurdish rebellion in the 1930s, reported the Associated Press.