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Armenian festival events in USA launched by Post Classical Ensemble’s concert
Armenia
Exhibition of Armenia’s historical maps held in Šiauliai, Lithuania
Destroyed Armenian Church in Aleppo to open in spring after restoration
Karabakh conflict
Greater Washington DC community members join Armenian Youth Federation protesting outside Azerbaijani embassy
Armenia
Healthcare minister becomes first post-revolution Cabinet member to meet Armenian community of Turkey
Armenia
Senator Portantino introduces bill to re-establish California-Armenia Trade Office
Israel proposes to include Armenian pottery of Jerusalem in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
The National publishes article touching upon Armenian community of UAE
Situation in Syria
Armenian de-miners, medics to carry out landmine hazard awareness campaign at Syrian schools
Yerevan
Al Jazeera publishes article about life story of Syrian-Armenian refugee jeweler living in Yerevan
Armenia
UPDATED: Diaspora Ministry seeks opinions of Armenians across the world over amending national anthem
Business, culture, healthcare: Armenians of Cologne are represented in different sectors
Armenian Prime Minister’s Office to have Ambassador-at-large for relations with Diaspora
Society
Armenians meet Nikol Pashinyan with applause in Cologne
Armenian Genocide lecture held at Denmark high school
ANCA Western Region and Congressman Adam Schiff condemn incident of Turkish flags hung at Armenian schools
LA Police investigate Turkish flags hung at Armenian schools
Catholicos Aram I
Catholicos Aram I, Turkish-Armenian MP Garo Paylan hold meeting at Great House of Cilicia HQ
Culture
Armenian Culture Week kicks off in Kiev, Ukraine
Hrant Dink commemorated in Netherlands
Regional
Turkish Parliament rejects Garo Paylan’s demand to investigate Dink’s murder
Regional
First ever Turkish-language travel guide for Armenia published in Turkey
No Armenians among H1N1 patients, fatalities in Georgia – official
Türkiye
New cross-stones erected in yard of Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul
Government to discuss planned changes in state administration structure with Diaspora-Armenians
Society
Syria’s Assad vows to restore Armenian Church in Deir ez-Zor
Armenian community of Syria to continue full-swing restoration works in 2019
Turkey’s Armenian newspaper LUYS to have very own eponymous TV channel in historic initiative
Regional
Erdogan administration requests stripping Garo Paylan off immunity
Syrian-Armenians, other compatriots hold campaign in Yerevan, oppose closure of Diaspora ministry
Anna Hakobyan
Armenian community of Geneva donates more than 75,000,000 drams to My Step Foundation
Politics
Alexis Ohanian congratulates Armenia on being named The Economist’s Country of the Year 2018
“Memory of Armenian Genocide and Prevention of Genocides” conference held in Rome
Hayastan fund receives additional donations after telethon
Society