2011 March - Armenian News By MassisPost

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Presents a Lecture by Haigazian University President Dr Paul Haidostian

WORCESTER, MA — The Clark University Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will host a lecture by Rev. Dr Paul Haidostian entitled “The American Missionaries and the Armenian Genocide: How...
Secret Execution of a Jewish-Armenian Couple in Tehran’s Evin Prison

According to unconfirmed media reports, on Monday March 14, 2011 a Jewish-Armenian couple along with one women and two other men were secretly executed. According to the Iranian Christian News Agency...
Raffi Hovhannisyan Stops His Hunger Strike

Following 15 days of his protest (‘fasting for freedom”), the Chairman of Armenia’s Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan stopped his hunger strike in Yerevan’s Freedom Square. Hovhannisyan called on priest Grigor Hovhannisyan...
SDHP Central Committee Chairman Urges Raffi Hovannisian to Stop Hunger Strike

On Tuesday March 29, 2011, Social Democratic Hunchakian Party Central Committee Board Chairman Setrak Adjemian visited the leader of the Zharangutyun (Heritage) party Raffi Hovannisian on the 15th day of his...
Sima Trio to Present a Special Concert on April 7, 2011

The Sima Trio will present a special concert at St. Leon Cathedral on Thursday, April 7, 2011. This event is being presented under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian,...
SDHP and ACE Organize Conference on “Peace and Security in the Caucasus” at French National Assembly

PARIS – On Friday, the 25th of March, a conference-debate on “Peace and Security in the Caucasus: What is the Future of the Region?” was organized by France’s Social Democrat Hunchakian...
Armenian Appointed as New Turkish Ambassador to France

An ethnic Armenian, Daron Acemoglu, was appointed as the new Turkish Ambassador to France, a source in the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated. Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish economist of Armenian origin....
Armenian Council of Europe Officialy Launched

France’s Social Democrat Hunchakian Party Executive Committee proudly announced the official launch of the Armenian Council of Europe during a forum held at the “Nazarbek” Armenian Youth Centre in Alfortville, France....
Getting His Point Across With Humor

By Kelly Corrigan Glendale Newspress http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0330-profile,0,786290.story With a boundless and generous spirit, Steven Hovagimian wants to know who he can help. Sitting in his Glendale office, Steven Hovagimian clicks through Facebook...
SDHP Delegation Holds Consultative Meetings in France

Social Democratic Hunchakian Party Central Committee Board Chairman Setrak Adjemian, along with Board Member and former Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Vahan Shirkhanyan, led a delegation of France’s SDHP Central Committee...
Armenia Registers First Violent Blast of 24th Solar Cycle; Ramping up Toward Solar Maximum 2013

The Cosmic Ray Division (CRD) of the Yerevan Physics Institute registered the first violent solar eruption of the 24th Solar Cycle on its cosmic ray monitoring The sun unleashed its strongest...
KCET to Air ‘Armenian Minstrels’ – New Ddocumentary by Filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian

LOS ANGELES — KCET, independent public media for Southern and Central California, will be presenting a special night of programming featuring back-to-back documentaries by filmmaker Hagop Goudsouzian on Tuesday, April 5,...
Orhan Pamuk Convicted of Insulting Turkishness

ISTANBUL — Turkish Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk has been convicted of “insulting Turkishness” and ordered to pay nearly $4,000 in compensation. He had written in 2005, “The Turks have killed...
Armenia-Russia 0-0

YEREVAN — Armenia held Group B leader Russia to a 0-0 draw in their 2012 European Championship qualifier on Saturday. Russia remains top on 10 points while Armenia, enjoying its best...
Great Anticipation for Armenia-Russia Euro 2012 Qualifier Match

Unbeaten in their last three UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers, Armenia will look to rise to the challenge of hosting Group B leaders Russia on Saturday March 26, as they bid to...
“L’Inferno armeno: Some Readings of Dante in Modern Armenian Literature”

Dr. Sergio La Porta, holder of the Haig & Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies at Fresno State will speak on “L’Inferno Armeno: Some Readings of Dante in Modern Armenian Literature”...
Armenian Genocide Victims Bill Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee

Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously passed AB 173, a bill introduced by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) and co-authored by Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian (R-San Luis Obispo). AB 173...
Japan Contributes to the Armenian Education Benevolent Union

Supporting the Armenian Education Benevolent Union’s effort to improve AEBU’s Nor Hadjen socio-medical dispensary’s medical equipment, the Japanese government awarded AEBU a grant contract of $63,457 US dollars. These funds will...
70 Detained During Pro-Kurdish Party Protest in Turkey

ISTANBUL — Seventy people were detained Thursday following a civil disobedience action led by Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party in the south-eastern city of Batman, where parliamentary deputies from the party also...
Armenian Police General Arrested

YEREVAN — A recently-sacked Armenian police general was arrested on Thursday on charges of murder cover-up that could land him in prison for up to six years. Major-General Hovannes Tamamian, the...