Diaspora
Mayor of Montreal Gerald Tremblay appointed Armenian Harutyun Shitilyan head of the city council. According to the mayor, Shitilyan is the candidate, who can lead the city council. He stressed Shitilyan is the youngest head of the city council in its history, Azg newspaper reports. The City Council ratified the Montreal
Read MoreVatican will publish a compilation of documents and information on Armenian Genocide, reports Asbarez. The documents are drawn from secret archives of Vatican. “The papers make me feel ashamed that I am human. If it weren’t for faith I would see only darkness,” said Vatican Archives Officer Monsignor Sergio Pagano. Pagano made
Read MoreEurovision Song Contest will change voting rules. “During last week’s meeting of the Eurovision Song Contest’s governing body, the Reference Group, an EBU proposal to return from full-show televoting to a limited televoting window was approved.The Reference Group decided to, as from 2012, restore the opening of the televoting window after
Read MoreNagorno Karabakh today is immensely proud of its victory over Azerbaijan and confident in the face of continuing Azerbaijani threats of renewed war, says an article titled “In Karabakh, the First Post-Soviet War” published by The Washington Post. “In 1988, Karabakh’s leaders said they wanted to be joined to Armenia proper,
Read MoreOn July 5, an honorary consulate of Armenia opened in Varna, Bulgaria. According to Armenian Foreign Ministry press service, Armenian Ambassador to Armenia Arsen Skhoyan and Varna Mayor Kiril Yordanov, ambassadors and honorary consuls accredited to Bulgaria, as well as Armenian community representatives attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Consular district of honorary
Read MoreBaroness Caroline Cox led 35 Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) supporters and volunteers from around the world in a pilgrimage across Nagorno-Karabakh this July. The group weaved its way across the entire Karabakh and arrived 142 miles and 8 days later, in Gandzasar, a 13th century monastery in northern Karabakh.
Read MoreExpert in Armenian studies Abraham Teryan discovered a letter dating back to 4 century AD testifying to connection of the Armenian church with Jerusalem, writes Nouvelles d‘Armenie. The letter was written by Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem who was sent to the Holy Land to supervise the construction of the Church of
Read More“Official Gazette” of the Turkish Government issued Turkish Prime Minister’s decree on August 28, according to which the property of ethnic minorities, taken away in 1936 and confiscated by the decision of the Court of Cassation in 1975, will be returned to their original owners. According to the decision, the real
Read MoreMalta is a republic, whose parliamentary system and public administration is closely modeled on the Westminster system. Malta had the second highest voter turnout in the world (and the highest for nations without mandatory voting), based on election turnout in national lower house elections from 1960 to 1995, The unicameral
Read MoreLeadership On July 31 2009 the first Congress of Armenian Diaspora will take place. The Congress will discuss the functioning of the Armenian Diaspora in Malta, as well as the elections will be held for the governing body. This congress will take place in "Hilton" hotel in "Skuna" hall at 18.00
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