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ANCA urges Armenia tax treaty, comments on proposed Turkey trade deal
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken Hachikian asked newly sworn-in Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew to revisit the Obama Administration's past reluctance to negotiate a new U.S.-Armenia Double Tax Treaty aimed at facilitating increased bilateral trade and investment.
Armenian American foreign aid priorities outlined before Congress
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian testified on March 14 before a key Congressional panel in support of increased U.S. assistance to Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia, and the Javakhk region of Georgia.
Members of Congress mark Artsakh freedom anniversary
The Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Ed Royce (R-CA), joined with fellow members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus and the visiting Minister of Youth and Culture from the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, Narine Aghabalyan, in a bipartisan Capitol Hill celebration on March 13 marking the 25th anniversary of the Artsakh democracy and freedom movement.
Armenian Genocide book again sent to the Turkish parliamentarians
The British Parliamentary Blue Book, which consists of eyewitness accounts of the Armenian Genocide, has been sent to the Turkish Parliament for a second time. Copies were first sent to Turkish deputies in 2009, but distribution was prevented in Ankara.
Expert: Armenian cathedral near Kars, Turkey, on verge of collapse
Published: Tuesday April 02, 2013
Lucine Kasbarian interviews Dr. Christina Maranci about the 7th century cathedral.
ANCA wants Armenian community meeting with Secretary of State Kerry
Published: Sunday March 31, 2013
The Armenian National Committee of America wants the meeting held before April 24; both John Kerry and recently confirmed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently answered questions from their former Senate colleagues that indicated no change in U.S. policies on Armenian matters.
Abp. Aykazian to lead Christian Churches Together
Published: Sunday March 31, 2013
Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, the Diocese's Ecumenical Director, was elected president of Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A.—a nationwide ecumenical association of church leaders— during the organization's annual meeting in Austin, Texas.
Armenian church supports two-state solution in Palestine
Published: Friday February 01, 2013
Leading figures among the Armenian and Greek Orthodox ecumenical movement in the US have joined a pride of other leaders of Christian, Moslem and Jewish religious and lay organizations and institutions, pledging to mobilize support for peace in the Middle East, writes Arthur Hagopian
Congressmen call for humanitarian parole for Syria refugees
Published: Wednesday January 23, 2013
On January 22, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) called on their colleagues to join them on a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano to use her authority to extend humanitarian parole – which would provide a temporary visa for those in an emergency situation – to the nearly six thousand Syrian nationals with approved immigrant petitions.
AGBU's Syria relief effort tops $1.7 million
Published: Wednesday January 23, 2013
Since launching an online and phone fundraising campaign for its Syria Emergency Relief Fund, AGBU has witnessed enormous support from donors all over the world, who have joined forces to help raise almost three quarters of a million dollars - and counting.
Nativity Church status quo between Armenian, Greek churches reaffirmed
Greek and Armenian groups oppose U.S. naval transfer to Turkey
U.S. Ambassador tours Armenian American communities
Armenia’s PM focuses on technology, education during U.S. visit
American businesses with Armenia presence call for bilateral trade agreement
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