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NEWS

Jan 5, 20173 min read

Armenian Assembly Mourns the Loss of Pioneering Human Rights Educator William S. Parsons

Former USHMM Council Member Diane Asadorian, USHMM Chief of Staff William S. Parsons, and his wife Sylvia Parsons at the ANI Conference...

Jan 5, 20172 min read

Armenian Assembly Welcomes Members as the 115th Congress Convenes

Assembly Executive Directory Bryan Ardouny and Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Armenian Caucus Vice Co-Chair Rep. Gus...

Jan 5, 20172 min read

Hundreds of Syrian-Armenian Students Receive Scholarships in Armenia

(Armenpress) – For the 2016-2017 academic year, 70% of tuition fees for 436 Syrian-Armenian students were paid for by the Armenian...

Dec 29, 20161 min read

Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny Responds to Biased Article

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) Executive Director Bryan Ardouny responded to a...

Dec 29, 20161 min read

Foreign Ministry of Armenia Condemns Azerbaijan’s Diversionary Attacks

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia released the following statement on December 29, 2016: We condemn in the strongest...

Dec 20, 20162 min read

The Rachel Maddow Show’s Distasteful and Misleading Introduction

The first six minutes of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC editorialized a prescripted hit piece on Armenians instead of reporting on the...

Dec 16, 20161 min read

Swedish Court Sentences Barbaros Leylani for Anti-Armenian Hate Speech

(News.am) – The Stockholm District Court on Wednesday made a formal judgment on the case of former Deputy Chairman of the Turkish...

Dec 7, 20163 min read

Armenian Assembly Honors 25th Anniversary of Artsakh’s Independence on Capitol Hill

(L-R): Artsakh Representative to the U.S. Robert Avetisyan, Rev. Fr. Hovsep Karapetian, Artsakh Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan, Diocesan...

Nov 30, 20162 min read

Armenian Assembly Commends U.S. Funding to Support Armenian Election Process

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, the United States pledged to fund concrete measures designed to improve confidence in the election process...

Nov 16, 20161 min read

Armenian Foreign Minister Discusses U.S.-Armenia Relations with U.S. Official

On November 16, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with United States European and Eurasian Affairs Deputy Assistant...

Nov 11, 20162 min read

Armenian Caucus Members Overwhelmingly Re-elected to Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the 2016 elections, 97% of Members of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues seeking re-election won,...

Nov 9, 20162 min read

Armenian Assembly Congratulates President-Elect Donald J. Trump

Armenian Caucus Members are Successful WASHINGTON, D.C. – After a long, close, and hard fought presidential race, Republican nominee...

Nov 3, 20163 min read

Apply for the Armenian Assembly’s Summer Internship Programs in Washington, Yerevan

Be Part of the Assembly’s 40th Summer Internship Class WASHINGTON, D.C. – Applications for the Armenian Assembly of America’s (Assembly)...

Nov 1, 20162 min read

Armenian Assembly of America Committed to Demining Initiatives in Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh

Armenian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Hratchia Taschian and his wife Bella Tashchian, Armenian Embassy Special Assistant Anita...

Oct 31, 20162 min read

Armenian Assembly Discusses Economic Development with Armenian Prime Minister

Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) Board of Trustees Co-Chair Anthony Barsamian, President Carolyn Mugar, Board Member Raffi...

Oct 26, 20161 min read

Spain’s Málaga Recognizes Armenian Genocide

(Armenian news-News.am) – The Málaga city council of Spain has unanimously adopted a statement, formally recognizing and condemning the...

Oct 25, 20163 min read

Where Friendship Goes To Die: Turkey’s Razed Statue Of Humanity

The two heads of the Statue Of Humanity lie in a municipal dump on the outskirts of Kars. By Amos Chapple (RFE/RL) – It was intended as a...

Oct 21, 20162 min read

Wikileaks Reveal Azerbaijan Influencing American Electoral Politics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As concerns are raised of Russia attempting to influence the U.S. presidential election by hacking campaign emails,...

Oct 20, 20161 min read

Action Alert: Aid Refugees Fleeing Syria

As fighting continues in Syria, the situation grows more dire by the day. Contact your Member of Congress and URGE THEM TO SUPPORT $15...

Oct 18, 20161 min read

Garo Paylan to File Complaint Against Erdogan

Member of the People’s Democratic Party of Turkey Garo Paylan, a Turkish lawmaker of Armenian origin, announced he is initiating a...