Now Noravank: Azerbaijani Group Extends Heritage Claims Into Armenia, Recasting Armenian Monastery as ‘Albanian-Christian’
An Azerbaijani organization advocating for the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia has expanded its cultural heritage claims to Noravank, one of Armenia’s best-known medieval monasteries, describing the 13th-century complex as an ancient “Albanian-Christian” site. The claim was published September 28 in an article attributed to Aziz Alakbarli, an Azerbaijani lawmaker who chairs the Western Azerbaijan Community. The organization uses the term “Western Azerbaijan” for much of pre
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Armenian Students Turn Corn Husks Into an Award-Winning Biodegradable Air Filter
Three Armenian students have received a special prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Germany for developing a biodegradable, self-cleaning air filter made from corn husks. Hayk Ghazaryan, Tigran Avanyan and Hovhannes Manukyan, students at the Ayb Educational Foundation, received the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking Prize, or CBE JU Prize, for their project “Airify.” The students developed an air filter using biomass from corn husks, an agricu
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Juventus Opens Youth Academy in Armenia, Bringing Italian Football Training to Hundreds of Children
Italian football powerhouse Juventus has officially opened a youth academy in Armenia, giving hundreds of young players access to the Turin club’s training system and a potential pathway to European football. The academy’s new complex in Yerevan’s Avan district is already training between 600 and 700 children, according to Juventus Chief Business Officer Peter Silverstone. Fifteen coaches from the Juventus system are working with players in Armenia. The Avan facility includes
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Tehran Metro Exhibition Honors 46 Iranian-Armenians Killed in Iran-Iraq War
An exhibition honoring 46 Iranian-Armenians killed during the Iran-Iraq War has opened at a Tehran metro station named for the Virgin Mary, bringing the Armenian community’s wartime history into one of the Iranian capital’s public spaces. The exhibition, “Armenian Martyrs: Legends of Sacrifice,” opened at Holy Mary Metro Station during Iran’s Sacred Defense Week, which commemorates the 1980-1988 war with Iraq. Photographs and other materials displayed at the station document
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Georgia Detains Armenian Citizen Suspected of Damaging Heydar Aliyev Bust
An Armenian citizen has been detained in Georgia on suspicion of damaging a bust of former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev in central Tbilisi, Georgian authorities and the man’s lawyer said. The incident occurred on the morning of September 21 at Heydar Aliyev Park in Tbilisi’s Abanotubani district. Georgian authorities have not publicly identified the suspect by name. The man’s public defender, Teona Peradze, confirmed that he is an Armenian citizen in his 40s who had tr
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New Animation Lab Connects Armenian Talent With Global Industry Experts
Animation producers, writers and artists in Armenia will work with industry professionals from France, Italy and other countries under a new four-week training program designed to strengthen Armenia’s ties with the international animation industry. The ReA Academy Lab will combine three weeks of online work with a final week of in-person sessions in Yerevan, bringing together producers, screenwriters and visual artists with specialists working across animation production, sto
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British Lawmaker Accuses Pashinyan Government of Attacking Armenian Church’s Autonomy
Armenia’s escalating dispute between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government and the Armenian Apostolic Church spilled onto the floor of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where a British lawmaker accused Yerevan of attacking religious autonomy and an Armenian ruling-party MP defended the government’s actions as an effort to protect the Church. The exchange came during debate over PACE’s final report on Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary elections. Edward Le
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Pashinyan Offers No Public Tribute on Sixth Anniversary of Start of 2020 Artsakh War
Two days after the sixth anniversary of the start of the 44-day war, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has yet to publicly commemorate the date or issue a message honoring the thousands of Armenians killed in the fighting. September 27 passed without a statement from Pashinyan marking the anniversary, and as of Tuesday, no such message has appeared on the prime minister’s official website. Pashinyan also made no publicly announced visit to Yerablur Military Pantheon, wh
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Christian Rights Group Accuses Pashinyan of Interfering in Armenian Church Affairs
Christian Solidarity International has criticized an Armenian government report on the Armenian Apostolic Church, accusing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s administration of interfering in the Church’s internal affairs and pursuing a campaign to remove Catholicos Karekin II. The Switzerland-based Christian human rights organization said in a Sept. 28 statement that it rejected the government report “in its entirety,” challenging both the way it was prepared and the evidence u
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Armenian Doctor Gevorg Tamamyan Enters Race to Lead WHO, Gains Global Backing
International health leaders and major cancer organizations are backing Armenian pediatric oncologist Dr. Gevorg Tamamyan as he begins his campaign to become the next director-general of the World Health Organization. Tamamyan was nominated by Botswana for the WHO’s top post, an unusual cross-regional nomination that puts the Armenian physician among the publicly declared candidates seeking to lead the United Nations health agency. The nomination has drawn support from figure
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