The Diaspora

How is He Getting Corporate America to Donate to Armenia?
Dominick Tavitian, a Seattle-native and Product Manager at Affirm, is making strides with his growing start-up ReferMe. Inspired by his Armenian ...
Armenian Connection to Jerusalem
The National Association for Armenian Research and Studies (NAASR) hosted an online webinar lecture on the history of the Armenian connection wit...
Mantashyants
New branch opening in Hamburg
14-15.01.2023
"Mantashyants" is a pan-Armenian association of businessmen uniting more than 350 Armenian businessmen globally, with branches in 8 cities։ Yerevan,...
19th Annual COAF Holiday Gala: Building a Nation
NEW YORK – Over 450 people from around the world gathered in New York City on December 17 for the 19th annual Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) Holid...
“The Diaspora today and tomorrow” public meeting in Paris
A public meeting entitled “The Diaspora today and tomorrow: its place and role in Armenia” took place in Paris on December 3, 2022, organised...
We have to be a fist, not loose fingers, it’s a pity that the summit is not pan-Armenian
Sebouh Baghdoyan, an active public figure of the Armenian community in Vienna, a member of the Executive Committee of the Pan-Armenian Games, and...
Armenian Assembly & DiasporArm sign MoU for cooperation
September 2022Yerevan, Armenia – Paris, France Pleased to announce the start of the cooperation between DiasporArm and Armenian Assembly. The...
Angela Merkel is the new president of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity jury
The former German chancellor is the next president of the jury that decides on the 1 million euro prize awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenki...
Establishing the Diaspora-Armenia dialog
The consequences of the 44-day war of 2020 can be fatal both for Armenia and the Diaspora. To surmount the defeat, the Diaspora is unable to apply it...
MIATSIR, a new platform linking Armenian individuals, entrepreneurs, service providers, institutions and associations
MIATSIR, a platform where service providers, entrepreneurs and institutions with an Armenian inspirational background are listed, is online! It’...
Armenian Book Corner in the Netherlands
A corner of Armenian books has been opened in the city library of Amstelveen, the Netherlands. On June 13, Ambassador Tigran Balayan visited t...
Bulgaria’s newest Armenian church serves first mass
On Sunday, June 12 the first mass was served in the newly built Surb Astvatsatsin Armenian church in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.Father Gusan ...
Armenian Museum to be Re-established in Tabriz, Iran
The fifth most populous city of Iran, Tabriz, located in Iran’s northwestern province of East Atrpatakan, will become the host of the newly re-...
New Children’s Library in Sweden Home to Armenian Literature
Sweden's largest collection of foreign language children's books now includes Armenian literature. The newly established library was founded a...
Forum of Arts Charles Aznavour officially inaugurated in France
On March 26, 2022, the Forum of Arts Charles Aznavour was officially inaugurated in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Present during the inauguration c...
Nerses Krikorian; Armenian-American Nuclear Legend
Nerses Krikorian was one of the developers of the US nuclear program. His parents were survivors of the Armenian Genocide, who managed to find asylum...
Kirk Kerkorian: to be Sad in a Mercedes is Better than in a Bus
“At the age of 9, I was selling newspapers, not knowing then what the newspapers will write about me,” “the king of Las Vegas” Kirk Kerkorian...
California Establishes Sister-State Relationship with Province of Syunik
On February 10, 2022, the CA State Senate passed ACR 105, a resolution backed by the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR),...
Paris To Name A Place In Honor of Hrant Dink
The City of Paris will name a place after the slain Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Deputy Mayor Arnaud Ngatcha has announced.“The City of Pari...
The Armenian Artist Who Put Egypt’s Golden Age In The Spotlight
For many in the art world, artist Chant Avedissian is known for his nostalgic stencil paintings of Egypt’s Golden Age. In 2013, his series I...
Armenians abroad: Dr. Maral Ouzounian Appointed As Head Of Cardiovascular Surgery In Toronto Hospital
Dr. Maral Ouzounian, a Canadian Armenian cardial and aortic surgeon, has been appointed as the Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at ...
Ara Oshagan’s “How the World Might Be” Showcased by Tufenkian Gallery Opens in Los Angeles
"How the World Might Be" is a solo show by Los Angeles-based photographer and artist Ara Oshagan, showcased in the Tufenkian Gallery from January 7 t...
Sarkis Izmirlian – Armenian billionaire from Switzerland
Born in 1972, Sarkis Izmirlian is the heir to the billionaire fortune and peanut business of the famous Armenian Izmirlian family from Geneva (Switze...
Garegin Papoian’s Quest To Model An Elusive Class Of Proteins
How do molecules come together and start to behave like a living system? This is the type of question that drives Garegin Papoian’s research. At th...
Armenian Students’ Network
Initiated by DiasporArm, the Armenian Students’ Network (ASN) bridges Armenian students across the globe, acting on three networking stratums; Stud...
Vartan Gregorian, former President of Brown University and Carnegie Corporation, Dies at 88
Vartan Gregorian, the only Armenian president of an Ivy League university's history, has passed away earlier on Friday, the 16th of April. Born i...
Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Communities of Sydney to March for Justice on April 24
The 2021 March for Justice, to take place in Sydney’s CBD on Saturday 24th April, will be co-sponsored by the peak advocacy groups representing...