YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan questioned at the weekend Azerbaijan’s stated respect for Armenia’s territorial integrity while reaffirming his readiness to unilaterally hand over some of the contested border areas to Baku. The four areas used to be occupied by four Azerbaijani villages occupied by Armenian forces in 1991-1992 and later incorporated into Armenia’s northern Tavush province. For its part, Azerbaijan seized at the time large swathes of agricultural land belonging to several Tavush villages. It continues to deny occupying any Armenian territory. Pashinyan fir ..read more

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation of Artsakh held its 28th Regional Convention in Yerevan over the weekend, electing a new Central Committee. The Convention, once again, affirmed that the ARF, with all its resources, will stand in solidarity with defending and reestablishing the inalienable rights of the people of Artsakh. The ARF will continue to present the essence of the Artsakh issue and the inalienable right of Artsakh citizens to collective return to their homeland on all platforms. He will continue his cooperation with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh and all those politic ..read more

Ragheb Alama is set to perform at Pechanga Resort Casino on May 11 Pechanga Resort Casino presents Ragheb Alama live in concert on Saturday, May 11 at 9 p.m., inside the Pechanga Resort Casino Theater.  Alama, an iconic figure who began his illustrious career in the 1980s, has released numerous albums and garnered multiple accolades, including two Murex d’Or Awards. His historic song, “My Heart Adores Her,” made history as the first Arabic song ever to be adapted into a music video. Elevating his influence further, Alama was appointed as the United Nations Ambassador of Climate Change, su ..read more

In what can be seen as further escalation between Yerevan and Russia, the Russian foreign minister said that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was connected to the Soros Foundation, with his aim being to distance Armenia from Russia-led alliances. “When Nikol Pashinyan was in the opposition and was leading the movement he created—which everyone knew was connected to the Soros Foundation—the slogan of his movement was ‘Exit’: exit the CSTO and the Eurasian Economic Union. With this slogan, he brought crowds to the streets, demanded his election as prime minister (at the time the prime minister is ..read more

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Nagorno-Karabakh political figures condemned on Friday Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s threats to crack down on Karabakh’s Yerevan-based leadership which is continuing to present itself as a government in exile. Pashinyan on Thursday accused it of posing a threat to Armenia’s national security and ordered Armenian security services to be ready for “appropriate measures.” His warning was clearly addressed to Samvel Shahramanyan, the Karabakh president who fled Karabakh along with the region’s entire ethnic Armenian population last September. In an interview with ..read more

The European Union has now joined the United States to clarify that a meeting scheduled with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels next week will focus on issues related to Armenia and will not tackle the efforts of Yerevan and Baku to reach a peace deal. Official Baku, and later Moscow, accused the U.S. and the EU of sowing divisions in the Caucasus region and derailing the ongoing Armenia and Azerbaijan normalization process. Pashinyan is scheduled to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on April 5. The State Depa ..read more

Palestinian-Armenian Varsen Aghabegian has been appointed as the new foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority. The Authority announced the names of the new government officials on Friday, pledging that with the help of the experts appointed the government will be able to regain control of Gaza. Aghabegian is a noted historian in the Middle East. She has received her education in the United States and has authored numerous books, among them “The Saga of Survival,” which focuses on the presences and historical of role of Armenians in the region ..read more

YEREVAN—In response to the mass forced displacement of the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh (also known as Artsakh) in September 2023 and the resulting humanitarian crisis, the University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health and the American University of Armenia Turpanjian College of Health Sciences joined forces and launched “The Community Wellbeing Project” to address the immediate and long-term health and social needs of the forcibly displaced. The Community Wellbeing Project, co-led by Dr. Alina Dorian, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice at UCLA FSPH, an ..read more

Advocacy groups call the move “grave attack on the civil rights of hundreds of thousands of Americans.” The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region, the Armenian-American Action Network, the Pan Armenian Council Western USA, and dozens of frontline and direct constituency Armenian organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Armenian-Americans nationwide condemn the version of the Middle Eastern and North African checkbox released on Thursday by the Biden Administration’s Office of Management and Budget. While we applaud the inclusion of a MENA checkbox after decades ..read more

In recent weeks, Nikol Pashinyan and his administration once again sent shockwaves through Armenia and the Armenian world by expressing their readiness for another unilateral concession. This time it is the Tavush Province. As a result of the detrimental policies of the current government of the Republic of Armenia, strategically important territories are being handed over to the enemy, which will result into serious security threats. The surrender of Artsakh was only the beginning. The government of Armenia is disregarding Artsakh and the Artsakh issue in every possible way. The state bodies ..read more