Tuesday, September 16, 2025

ON THIS DAY in 1857 (September 16), Gevorg Bashinjaghian, “The Father Of Armenian Landscape Painting,” was...

Born in Sighnaghi, Kakheti, into an Armenian family, Gevorg’s childhood was marked by hardship....

Armenian Catholicos Karekin II Invites Pope Leo XIV to Armenia, Presents Artsakh Armenians’ Plight, Prisoners in...

On September 16, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians,...

Etchmiadzin Museum Acquires Rare 18th-Century Map Entitled “Earthly Paradise” Placing the Biblical Garden of Eden in...

The Museum of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has acquired a rare 18th-century...

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Rights Defender Says Armenia Taking No Steps To Secure Access To Its Citizens Held Prisoner In Baku After ICRC Expelled, Reports Suicide Attempts Among...

Armenia is taking no steps to secure access to its citizens imprisoned in Baku, Human Rights Lawyer Siranush Sahakyan warned this week, after several of the 23 detainees reportedly...

15,522 Artsakh Residents Have Not Returned to Armenia as of July, After Azerbaijan’s 2023 Ethnic Cleansing

As of July 1, 2025, 15,522 of the more than 100,000 people forcibly displaced...

Investigation Finds Belarus Supplied Weapons to Azerbaijan Used to Down Armenian Drones in 2020 Artsakh War

A new investigation has revealed that Belarus, despite being Armenia’s formal ally within the...

Azerbaijan Destroys Artsakh Hero Bekor Ashot’s Monument In Occupied Stepanakert

Azerbaijan has destroyed the monument to Artsakh hero Ashot Gulyan (Bekor Ashot) in the center...

No Majority in Gyumri Elections: The Opposition Parties Vow to Deprive the Civil Contract Party of Power

In Gyumri’s municipal elections, no single candidate secured a majority vote, with five parties passing the electoral threshold, according to preliminary results from the...

Over 25 NGOs Call On Red Cross President To Visit Ruben Vardanyan For Independent Medical Assessment & Examine Detention Conditions Of All Armenian Prisoners

Over 25 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have addressed an open letter to Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross...

BREAKING: Armenian Political Prisoner Ruben Vardanyan’s Health Deteriorates as Sham Trial Continues in Azerbaijan

Today, on February 26, 2025, one week after launching a hunger strike to protest his sham trial, Armenian-Christian political prisoner Ruben Vardanyan's health has...

BREAKING: Armenian Political Prisoner Ruben Vardanyan Begins Hunger Strike to Protest Rigged Trial in Azerbaijan

Today, on February 19, 2025, Armenian businessman, philanthropist, and now political prisoner Ruben Vardanyan told his family that he will no longer cooperate in...

Paris City Council Demands Release Of Former Artsakh Leaders

The Paris City Council has unanimously adopted a resolution urging the immediate release of former Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) leaders imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The resolution, passed...

French Armenian Council Calls for ICC Investigation into Azerbaijani President Over Artsakh Crimes

The Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) has formally petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a criminal investigation against Azerbaijani...

BREAKING: Catholicos Aram I Urges U.S. President Trump To Intervene & Secure Release Of Armenian Hostages In Azerbaijan, Reaffirms Artsakh Right Of Return

On February 6, 2025, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I sent a letter to newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump, congratulating him on his return...

Former ICC Prosecutor Ocampo: Armenia Cannot Stop Investigation Into Crimes Committed By Azerbaijan Against Armenians In Artsakh & Armenia

Former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo clarified that Armenia cannot stop an ICC investigation into crimes committed by Azerbaijan against Armenians...

Pashinyan Signals Willingness To Abandon International Accountability For Azerbaijan’s Ethnic Cleansing Of Artsakh By Withdrawing Legal Cases

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 4, 2025, stated that Armenia is prepared to...

Football Star Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Billionaire Noubar Afeyan & Tennis Star Karen Khachanov Call For Release Of Ruben Vardanyan & All Armenian Prisoners In Baku,...

Armenian football star Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Canadian-Armenian billionaire Noubar Afeyan, and tennis star Karen Khachanov have taken to social media to share Ruben Vardanyan's statement...

Ruben Vardanyan Issues Address To Global Community Ahead Of Sham Court Hearing In Baku, Demands Public Trial For Himself & Others Incarcerated

The following is a statement by Armenian Political Prisoner Ruben Vardanyan, now illegally incarcerated and awaiting trial in Azerbaijan, as conveyed to his family during...

5,510 Artsakh Armenians Granted Armenian Citizenship From 6,724 Applicants Since Azerbaijan’s 2023 Ethnic Cleansing

Over 5,500 forcibly displaced individuals from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have been granted Armenian citizenship, according to the Migration and Citizenship Service of Armenia's Ministry of...

Ruben Vardanyan Faces Life Imprisonment As Azerbaijan Unveils 45 New Fabricated Charges, Warns His Legal Team

In an unprecedented escalation of its ongoing crackdown on dissent, Azerbaijani prosecutors have unveiled a sweeping array of 45 new fabricated charges against Armenian...

Global Coalition Demands International Platform To Guarantee Artsakh’s Armenian Refugees’ Right To A Safe & Dignified Return Home Under International Mandate

A broad-based global coalition of faith-based and civil society organizations has endorsed a public call, through a joint statement, demanding the creation of "an...

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