Constantine Orbelian, an acclaimed Armenian-American conductor and pianist, has been reinstated as director of Armenia’s national opera theater after winning a court battle against the government.
Hundreds of employees of the Armenian ministries of culture and Diaspora demonstrated in Yerevan on Friday in protest against the government’s plans to close their agencies.
The 1.5 million or so victims of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey were collectively declared saints by the Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday, with Catholicos Garegin II saying that they died for their Christian faith.
The number two figure in the Armenian Apostolic Church called for a major reform of its structures and practices on Tuesday, saying that the ancient institution revered by most Armenians risks losing touch with its believers.
A renowned Armenian novelist has refused to accept a state award granted by President Serzh Sarkisian in protest against the socioeconomic and political situation in the country.
A private publisher in Yerevan has translated into Armenian and printed a controversial Azerbaijani novel that casts a sympathetic light on Armenians in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
An Armenian scientist has handed back a state award granted by President Serzh Sarkisian over four years ago in protest against what he claims is widespread corruption in post-graduate education and research in the country.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday lavished praise on a Diaspora-funded pan-Armenian charity that has spent over $235 million on development projects in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh since its establishment 20 years ago.
Ragip Zarakolu, a prominent Turkish human rights campaigner and book publisher, received an Armenian state award on Tuesday for what President Serzh Sarkisian called a “remarkable contribution” to international recognition of the 1915 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
Coinciding with the year’s apricot ripening time in Armenia, an annual international film festival named after the country’s most famous fruit is again enabling local critics and movie buffs to keep abreast of the latest offerings of world cinema.
Ragip Zarakolu, a prominent Turkish human rights campaigner and book publisher, was honored by Armenia’s National Library on Tuesday for his long-running advocacy of Turkey’s recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
A prominent Armenian American writer visiting Armenia to attend a major international conference on genocide has presented his books published recently in the United States, some of which deal with the Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians.
Renowned Russian conductor Vladimir Spivakov led a group of musicians to Yerevan on a rare direct flight from Baku on Thursday after giving a concert in the Azerbaijani capital attended by former culture ministers of Armenia and Russia.
An annual international film festival kicked off in the Armenian capital at the weekend, giving a rare opportunity for the country’s cinemagoers and critics to enjoy a variety of films brought to Yerevan by some noted names in the world of cinema.
Armenia’s entry has earned the right to sing in the final of a popular annual pan-European song contest, raising hopes among local fans for a coveted top prize this year.
A council of prominent political and public figures advising President Serzh Sarkisian joined on Wednesday opposition critics in rejecting a government bill that would allow the existence of schools in Armenia where the main language of instruction is foreign.
An Armenian non-governmental organization will open a second festival of Turkish films in Yerevan on Thursday as part of its efforts to promote Turkish-Armenian dialogue.
The influential head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, paid tribute to Armenia’s history and Christian heritage as he began a three-day official visit to the country on Tuesday.
An Armenian non-governmental organization plans to hold a festival of Azerbaijani films in Yerevan this October as part of its efforts to promote Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation.
