This virtual interview was conducted with artist/activist Serj Tankian just as he was about to hit the stage with System of a Down in Moscow. The band has been on the road as part of the Wake Up The Souls tour to raise global awareness of the Armenian Genocide. Tankian and his bandmates have been featured in numerous interviews about the tour including Reddit, Rolling Stone and NPR.
Up to 700 migrants were killed when their boat capsized late on Saturday night in what has been called the Mediterranean’s worst tragedy in living memory.
For several weeks now I’ve been trying to put into words what the centennial of the Armenian Genocide means to me personally, and how I am either directly or indirectly affected by that holocaust. Would I have existed had the Genocide not taken place? Is it possible that my grandparents would have met regardless and given birth to my own parents, who in turn would have met either in Western Armenia or in the United States?
Residents of Nork Street 7 called Hetq today complaining that a larg swath of trees have been cut down to make way for a high-rise residential building.
After raising the issue of the environmental damage being caused by the tailings dam and nighttime exhaust emissions from the Akhtala Mining Company on several occasions without any adequate response, the Civil Voice NGO decided to stage a protest in the affected area.
The diamond encrusted watch on Gaık Tsarukyan’s wrist costs USD 300,000.
On April 14, 2015 in Boston, MA the founders of New Generation School NGO presented “Dasaran” educational program, its aims and objectives, achievements and upcoming projects to the local Armenian community.
The Constituent Parliament reports that Alek Yenikomshian, the organization’s temporary coordinator, and member Yerem Khondkaryan were called to the Investigative Committee as eye witnesses in the April 7 case.