Armenian-American musician Serj Tankian is to help fundraise for the rebuilding of the Gyumri Octet music school. Serj follows rock...

n 2006, the School for Young Leaders of Armenia was founded, with the aim of promoting development of young people in the country. From...

For the past 25 years, Jacqueline Dechkounian has worked in the New York offices of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, where...

2010 FAR summer camp for orphans was made possible thanks to the generous support from CASP USA. By Erin Henk It's about 2.5 hours to get...

International Youth Day is marked on August 12. The UN Office in Armenia organizes a series on events on the occasion. A youth festival...

There are 75 CASP children currently at the Siranush Camp in Yeghegnadzor. Normally, if one looks carefully, they might notice sadness in...

Day 1: I sat in the office of the Communications Director to discuss my role with the organization. We talked about three potential...

This week, FAR staff along with youth activities trainer Onik Avakyan helped to open this year’s session at Camp Siranush near...

A trip to Vanadzor this weekend enabled me to see the hometown of my co-worker Hasmik. Once again, I was welcomed by Armenian hospitality...

Spent Saturday in Vanadzor and we decided to pay a visit to FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home, which currently houses 50 senior citizens who...

16-year old Kristina Arakelyan, a Hungarian– Armenian composer, is one of the six winners of the BBC Young Composers Competition....

Mount Ararat is a great inspiration for Armenians. “One had to be there to see the feeling of each individual. We were in heaven that...

By Tamar Kevonian via Asbarez Could our ancestors, living in on the Anatolian Plains and other parts of Historic Armenia a hundred years...

Have you ever thought about the meaning of "ian"? Most Armenian names end in "ian" or "yan," meaning the "son of ," but some Diaspora...

By Tom Vartabedian via The Armenian Weekly WASHINGTON—Somewhere inside the White House, stashed away inside an obscure storage room, lays...

At the age of 20, handsome Vardges Mkrtchyan was a systems defects analyst on the Soviet Railway because of his sharp hearing and...

I’ve been privileged since I arrived in Armenia one month ago, and in many more ways than one, of course. Over these past few weeks I’ve...

Anyone care to explore those stereotypes of Armenian women? By Liana Aghajanian via ianyan MAG “Overheard on the Net” has been on a...

Although she was born in New York, Katrina Shakarian, 24, has visited Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh three times. Her mother is from...

From July 3 – 4, FAR’s Gyumri Information Technology Center (GTECH) partnered with the Financial Banking College, which held a conference...

"Go ahead, destroy Armenia. See ... if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches....

On August 3rd, the Gyumri Information Technology Center (GTech) hosted a delegation from USAID headed by Deputy Administrator Jonathan...

The other night I attended Armenian-American artist Melissa Boyajian’s presentation at The Club restaurant on Tumanyan Poghots. My...

Good news for Armenian children. By Karine Ionesyan via ArmeniaNow The Armenian Ministry of Education and Science together with a few...