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Number of Foreign Visitors to Artsakh Rises by 46,7 %.
In January-December of 2019, 41 thousand 963 foreign tourists visited Artsakh instead of last year’s 28 thousand 588 tourists. The number has increased by 46, 7 %. As “Artsakhpress” reports, […]
Armenian Church in Kayseri Reopens As Library
The Armenian Church of Surp Asdvadzadzin (Holy Virgin Mary) in Kayseri (Caeserea) has been reconstructed and turned into a library by the municipality. Reports Hurriyet Daily News. The church, reopened […]
TUMO Center To Open In Berlin In October
Today, the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding establishing a TUMO center in Berlin took place at TUMO Yerevan and the Berlin headquarters of KfW Development Bank Armradio reports. […]
Vartine Ohanian Becomes Lebanon’s First Female Armenian Minister
Today, Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Hassan Diab formed his government of 20-ministers following month-long negotiations, Torontohye reports. Vartine Ohanian was appointed minister of Youth and Sport, becoming the first female Armenian […]
From khash to basturma: Marcus Samuelsson explores LA’s Armenian food scene
In the second episode of No Passport Required Season 2, host Marcus Samuelsson heads to Los Angeles to eat with and learn from the city’s large Armenian community, Eater reports. Samuelsson arrives in […]
Artsakh’s general elections to take place on March 31, 2020
Presidential and parliamentary elections of Artsakh will take place on March 31, 2020, ARMENPRESS reports Central Electoral Committee of Artsakh informs. According to the Constitution of Artsakh, presidential elections take […]
Newly-Elected Patriarch of Turkey Lashes Back at his Armenian Critics
Harut Sassounian After giving a series of interviews to the Turkish press since his election on December 11, 2019, the new Armenian Patriarch of Turkey, Sahak II Mashalyan, responded to […]
MPs of Armenia and Artsakh issue statement on Baku massacres of Armenians
The MPs of the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh issued a joint statement, condemning the massacres of Armenians in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku 30 years ago. ARMENPRESS reports the statement was […]
Canadian Armenian Genocide Survivor Passes Away at Age 105
A Toronto woman believed to have been one of the last Canadians to have survived the Armenian genocide died on Thursday, four months shy of her 105th birthday. Eugenie Papazian […]