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By: Harut Sassounian Over the years, Armenians have gradually shifted their attention from the recognition of the genocide to the pursuit of legal remedies for their massive losses suffered between 1915 and 1923. Several lawsuits have been filed recently in U.S. Federal Courts against Western insurance companies and banks. In July, Armenian American attorneys sued […]
By: Harut Sassounian The Republic of Armenia plans to amend its constitution in order to create a new legislative upper house—a Senate—that would include representatives from the diaspora, according to a Jan. 30 announcement in Los Angeles by Hranush Hakobyan, Armenia’s diaspora minister. This news spread like wildfire throughout the Armenian world, and the reaction […]
On the 28th and the 29th of January, a delegation of the Armenian General Benevolent Union Europe, came for the first time in Romania and held its annual meeting in Bucharest. The delegation, composed of 20 people, was led by Alexis Govciyan, the president of AGBU-Europe. This branch was created in 2008 to coordinate and […]
Pre-Text Publishing House in Spain announced the publication of one of “perhaps the most important books in European literature of recent years”: Cartea Şoaptelor (The Book of Whispers) by Varujan Vosganian.
The RAFFI Organization, the Cultural Association of the Armenians from Romania who live in the U.S., launched its own website: www.rafficulturalassociation.org. At this address you can read a short history, news, events and you can see photos of the organization’s activity. RAFFI was founded in 1920 in Romania and was re-established by Sarkis Saruni […]
Today, PM Emil Boc has met with a delegation of the Armenian General Union of Charity (UGAB), led by Alexis Govciyan – President of UGAB Europe, who pays a visit to Bucharest, in the context of the meeting of European Union board. The topics addressed during the discussions aimed at the economic development, with an […]
At a recent meeting with Armenian community representatives in California, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan introduced President Serzh Sargsyan’s initiative to make the Armenian Parliament a two-chamber body. Addressing the issue, the Minister said such structure would increase the Diaspora’s involvement in Armenia’s decision-making processes. “We currently seek to amend the Constitution of the Republic […]
