By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, November 11 — “The representatives of the Iraqi-Armenian youth will visit their historical homeland within the framework of the “Ari Tun” (Come Home) program,” the press office of the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia reports. This agreement was reached yesterday during a meeting held in Yerevan between Diaspora [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 7 — “Famous Armenian writer Karpis Surenyan died the day before,” reports Armenian President’s press office. President Sarkisian sent a telegram of condolence to Surenyan’s family and relatives. “We owe him the opportunity to read in Armenian language the fundamental works of such giants of world literature like Dostoevsky and [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, December 14 – Rector of the University of Igdir, Professor Ibrahim Haqq Ylmaz reported that a new branch of Armenian language and literature was opened in the Faculty of Philology. According to him, the University wants a teacher for this branch from the Republic of Armenia. The rector also noted that [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, November 3 — On the initiative of the municipality of Sur, the guide-book on Diarbekir (Aghdznik) will also be available in the Armenian language. According to the Turkish news agency Haberx, the head of the Sur community Bedri Turan said that such a guide-book was published in 2004, today it is [...]

By Lucine Kasbarian “My heart is like shattered homes and broken pillars thrown asunder . . . Wild birds will nest in our ruins . . . Let me throw myself into the water and be food for the fish’s babies . . . White waves lap upon the black sea about us and do [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, July 16–The project of DILIJAN International School of Armenia project could be suspended in the near future. The initiators of the project — Ruben Vardanyan, Veronica Zonabend, Tim Flynn and Noubar Afeyan — wrote an open letter to the members of the Public Council under the President of Armenia and indicated [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL), June 16–According to tradition, St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, which is considered the keeper of Ukraine and Kiev, is preparing to celebrate its 1,000-year anniversary of its foundation next year. Although in the past, scientists argued that the church was built in 1037, recent studies and inscriptions on the walls of the church [...]