Category: About Armenia

The EU is defending Pashinyan’s regime: Yerevan has asked Brussels to send a rapid response team to the country.

The European Union (EU) is preparing to help Armenia avoid Russian interference in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June, first by deploying a “hybrid rapid response team” to combat Kremlin’s disinformation, and then possibly a more permanent civilian mission in this

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Armenian Apostolic Church bishops’ statement: We call on authorities to stop persecution of the Church

The Bishops’ Assembly Armenian Apostolic Church, convened on February 17-19 in Saint Polten, Austria, at the invitation and blessing of Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, has concluded. As a result of the assembly, the attendees issued a statement, which reads as follows, in particular:

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The National Interest: What Washington Doesn’t Get About the Armenian Genocide. US recognition of this terrible tragedy should not be held hostage by political convenience

For over a century, the systematic annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire has been a settled historical fact, recognized by scholars and countless nations worldwide. Yet in the halls of American power, this tragedy has long served a different purpose: as a convenient, cynical, bipartisan political

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Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin strongly condemns initiation of criminal proceedings against Catholicos

The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin strongly condemns and expresses profound indignation regarding the initiation of criminal proceedings against His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,

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Response of Mother See: disgrace of global proportions and nationwide tragedy

“A disgrace of global proportions, a nationwide tragedy, a brand on the forehead and soul of everyone.” This was written by Archimandrite Asoghik Karapetyan, Director of the Archives and Museums of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

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A SHAME! The Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians banned from leaving Armenia

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia has initiated criminal proceedings against the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians on charges of obstructing the execution of a court decision related to former bishop Arman Saroyan.

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Michael Rubin: JD Vance’s visit to Azerbaijan without release of Armenian prisoners will be seen as sign of approval

On September 19, 2023, Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev ordered his forces to ethnically cleanse the remaining indigenous Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh despite promises just days earlier not to do so. More than 200 Armenians died as Azeri troops drove 120,000 ethnic Armenians off their land, razed graves, and vandalized or destroyed churches and

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Team from US company AECOM visits Armenia to initiate TRIPP site survey work

Under the State Department’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment Fund, a team from the US engineering consulting firm AECOM visited Armenia to initiate work on a survey of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) site,

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Armenia parliament election to be held on June 7, 2026

The next regular elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will be conducted on June 7. President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the respective decree on Friday.

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VIDEO – CoE Rights Commissioner Michael O’Flaherty declines comment on life sentences for Artsakh officials in Baku

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, declined to comment on the Baku court’s illegal life sentence against the top military-political leadership of the independent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), remaining silent when questioned by an Armenian journalist.     VIDEO 

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