The “Stop the Protocols” Campaign, a broad-based coalition of Armenian youth groups and organizations across the United States, demonstrated Friday against the Turkey-Armenia protocols at the Swiss Consulate in Los Angeles.
AYF Voices Opposition to Protocols to Consul General
Members of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) visited the Armenian Consul General’s office in Los Angeles on September 14 to voice their opposition to the announced protocols between Armenia and Turkey. Consul General Grigor Hovhannessyan met with a representative from the delegation and discussed some of the points of contention put forth by the AYF.
Prelate Celebrates Palm Sunday At Holy Martyrs Church
On Palm Sunday, Western Prelate Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian celebrated Divine Liturgy and delivered the sermon at Holy Martyrs Church in Encino. Following Divine Liturgy, the Children’s Procession took place, and subsequently the Opening of the Portals ceremony. Among the hundreds of faithful in attendance were Consul General of Armenia the Honorable Grigor Hovhannisyan, Central Executive…
Student Activists Face Down Azerbaijan’s Propaganda Machine
NORTHRIDGE, CA–Students and human rights activists recently attended a talk by Consul General of Azerbaijan Elin Suleymanov held Wednesday at California State University-Northridge (CSUN), the Armenian National Committee Reported The lecture, organized at the requested of Suleymanov, was titled “The Geopolitics of Energy Security in Eurasia, Central Asia, Europe and America,” and served as a…
ARF Western US Hosts Diaspora Minister
GLENDALE–The Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s Western US Central Committee hosted Armenia’s newly-appointed Diaspora Minister Hranoush Hakopyan during a reception Friday evening at the Peshekerian Center. In welcoming Hakopyan to the center, ARF Western US Central Committee chairman Avedik Izmirlian said the creation of a ministry that directly deals with the Diaspora was very encouraging and expressed…
$100,000 Raised at ACNIS 15th Anniversary
LOS ANGELES–A wide cross-section of supporters, from college students and businessmen to judges and clergymen, celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS)–Armenia’s first independent research and strategic studies institute–on Sunday afternoon, October 26, 2008. ACNIS founder and current member of Armenia’s Parliament, Raffi K. Hovannisian, was in Los…