Syrian Armenians 'Keen To Flee Aleppo'

Edit Topix 13 Oct 2016
Many of the ethnic Armenians remaining in Aleppo want to leave Syria but are unable to do so for financial reasons, according to yet another local family that arrived in Armenia on Wednesday. Kohar Galustian, her husband Jean and two small children fled to Lebanon before flying to Yerevan via Dubai with the help of an Armenian charity ... ....

Artsakh MP Khanoumyan: Government Must Do More to Resettle Syrian-Armenian Refugees

Edit Topix 13 Oct 2016
NKR MP Hayk Khanoumyan today circulated a public letter in which he says that Alexander Kananyan, a friend of his who lives in Karvatchar, Artsakh, proposes that the government sell a building it owns in Yerevan and use the proceeds to construct a village for Syrian-Armenian refugees in the Araks River valley ... ....

Hermine Naghdalyan Says to PACE President: The Armenian Side Expects PACE President’s More Impartial, Balanced and Unbiased Approaches (National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
The Armenian Side Expects PACE President's More Impartial, Balanced and Unbiased Approaches ... Pedro Agramunt has also informed that he is going to take the initiative of establishing contacts between Armenian and Azerbaijani Delegations and discuss the possibilities of organizing the PACE activities in a more constructive way....

In An Armenian Kitchen, Finding A Heritage Lost To Domestic Violence

Edit National Public Radio 13 Oct 2016
I was born to a white American mother and a Syrian-Armenian father. His family is Armenian, but lived in Kessab, Syria, before immigrating to Massachusetts. But growing up, I had little contact with his family and culture, including its rich Syrian and Armenian food traditions ... Much to my mother's surprise, when I was in middle school I developed a love for Armenian food ... And I don't know a word of Armenian....

Hillary Clinton: The Queen of Flip-Floppery on Genocide

Edit Dissident Voice 13 Oct 2016
In her case, it’s the proven genocide of 1.5 million Christian Armenians (as well as Hellenics and Assyrians) committed by Ottoman Turkey from 1915–23 ... As a US Senator from New York (2001–9), however, HRC did co-sponsor Armenian genocide resolutions, though they didn’t come up for a vote ... Bush in 2005 and 2006 asking him to acknowledge the Armenian genocide ... She refused to utter the G-word with regard to Armenians....

Armenia breaks ceasefire with Azerbaijan 28 times in 24 hours

Edit Topix 13 Oct 2016
Armenia's armed forces have 28 times violated the ceasefire on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops over the past 24 hours, said Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry Oct ... district underwent fire from the Armenian army positions located in Paravakar village of Armenia's Ijevan district and the nameless heights of Krasnoselsk district....

The Armenian Genocide Finally Gets Its Due With the Film ‘The Promise’

Edit The Nation 13 Oct 2016
Pietro A. Shakarian. An epic motion picture, it will introduce general audiences to a tragic chapter of history that has been shamefully denied for far too long ... ....

$30 million gift to UCLA Health Sciences will accelerate research, education and patient care (UCLA - University of California - Los Angeles)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
A leader in the global Armenian community, Vatche Manoukian has been involved in a wide range of businesses, including property investment, retail, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, entertainment and renewable energy. He and his wife, who have four children, have continued his family's tradition of charitable work throughout the world, with a particular emphasis on education, medicine, culture, the environment and Armenian causes....

Russia, Armenia to set up joint air defense system in the Caucasus

Edit Topix 13 Oct 2016
The Armenian parliament has ratified an agreement between Moscow and Yerevan on the establishment of a single air defense system in the Caucasus region. On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the Russian State Duma to also approve the agreement, which is aimed at improving security along Russia's southern border ... ....

RA NA Vice President Urges PACE to Urgently Restore Monitoring Process in Turkey (National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
On October 13, at PACE Plenary Session within the framework of debate of the theme Situation in Turkey in the Light of the Attempted Coup d'etat the Vice President of the RA National Assembly and PACE, the Head of the Armenian Delegation Hermine Naghdalyan handed over her report to PACE ... the Minister also touched upon the Armenian-Turkish relations....

EXCLUSIVE: 'DWTS' pro Emma Slater gets candid on her wedding day must-haves following Sasha Farber's ...

Edit AOL 13 Oct 2016
Looks like Emma Slater already has her dream wedding all planned out!. The Dancing With the Stars pro stopped by ET's studio in Burbank, California, on Tuesday, where she couldn't stop gushing (or blushing!) over her fiancé, Sasha Farber, and their upcoming nuptials. WATCH ... Her No. 1 must-have? Vodka! ... I must have speeches from everyone ... ET) ... And that's exactly why Slater says she's planning to "audition Russian or Armenian bands." ... ....

CUBA: The Long Way to America

Edit Time Magazine 13 Oct 2016
 . By Karl Vick . Photographs by Lisette Poole. The shortest route from Cuba to the U.S. is 90 miles. But that’s across the Florida Straits, and Liset Barrios gets nervous on a boat ... The U.N ... About 21 million are refugees fleeing war or persecution ... Since they are Cubans presumed by U.S ... (So far this fiscal year, 448 Armenians have presented themselves at crossings; the Border Patrol has caught 2,130 Chinese and 1,863 Russians.) ... ....

Tbilisi: Making history: Georgia offers live news in Azeri, Armenian

Edit Topix 12 Oct 2016
Agenda, Georgia Oct 11 2016 Making history. Georgia offers live news in Azeri, Armenian 11 Oct 2016 - 15.01.00 The new system allowed ethnic minorities to listen to live news in their mother tongue for the first time. Agenda.ge,11 Oct 2016 - 15.01, Tbilisi,Georgia For the first time in the history of Georgia, the public broadcaster is hosting live news shows in Armenian and Azeri languages for Georgia's ethnic minority groups ... ....
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