Some pictures of AGBU Paris Saturday Shool graduation ceremony which was held on June 20 at AGBU Alex Manoogian Cultural Center.
During "Kotchari" performance
AGBU Paris Saturday Shool teacher's team
AGBU Blog Feed AGBU Europe in FrenchSome pictures of AGBU Paris Saturday Shool graduation ceremony which was held on June 20 at AGBU Alex Manoogian Cultural Center.
During "Kotchari" performance
AGBU Paris Saturday Shool teacher's team
From May 20 to May 24, 2009 AGBU Europe Board meeting was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. On the occasion of this global gathering, AGBU Sofia and Plovdiv chapters organized the meetings and events in Sofia and Plovdiv in order to better familiarize the participants with the activities and accomplishments of AGBU Bulgaria.
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A Pre-Election Conference: “Meet Your Candidate: The European Parliament and Armenians in the Next Legislature of the European Parliament” was held by AGBU London on the 29th of May 2009 at the Churchill Hotel – Hyatt Regency, London.
The main goal of the conference was to discuss EU policy of interest to Armenians and prospects for the next legislature. The conference themes included highlights on the policies that are related to the Armenian Diaspora, culture and education. Issues related to Armenia, such as the prevention of resumption of war in Nagorno-Karabagh, the threat to the Armenian cultural and architectural heritage outside Armenia, and many other concerns were discussed.
AGBU is pleased to announce the appointment of Gerard Tufenkjian as chair of the AGBU District Committee of Lebanon.
Tufenkjian will replace outgoing chair, Avedis Demirdjian, who served for many years as the head of AGBU Lebanon and continues to be one of the organization’s most generous benefactors.
AGBU Lebanon oversees the activities of one of the most influential districts of the world’s largest Armenian non-profit organization.
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The AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC) is pleased to announce the opening of its enrollment period for Summer Term 2009.
AGBU’s newest Young Professionals group, YP Hamburg, has already convened to discuss their 2009 activities.
The new group has been working on events that will bring together members of the local German Armenian community.
For more information about YP Hamburg and their activites, please email yp.hamburg@agbueurope.org
The Armenian organization AGBU Europe has launched a pre-electoral campaign asking candidates in the European elections for their position on key issues.
In June 2009, many of the one million Armenians in Europe will have a chance to vote in the European elections. Their vote could affect the future of Armenia or that of the Diaspora: the European Union makes important decisions for all Europeans, including Armenians around Europe.
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AGBU Athens Women committee organized a lecture on Armenian National Art on May 10 2009 at 11:30am, at the Greek National Art Gallery in Plaka .
Yanovla Calani, Director of the Gallery, explained the strong relationship between Greek and Armenian nations underlining that the historical memory was more powerful that any type of violence.
A roundtable entitled « Conflict Resolution and the Invention of History in Azerbaijan and Armenia » took place in Brussels, involving Dr Ruben Galishian, a British-Armenian historian as a guest speaker.
At the roundtable, Dr Galishian presented his recent book: ‘The Invention of History: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Showcasing of Imagination’. The Round table was organized jointly by AGBU Europe and Inside Europe and took place on the premises of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Goriz, the new program dedicated to the future leaders of the Armenian Diaspora in Europe
Goriz first seminar took place in Venice, Italy, a major Armenian Cultural place, from 1 to 3 May 2009. Participants and speakers stayed at Collegio Samuel Moorat Raphaël where the seminar also occurred in a beautiful room also very well equipped. 19 participants from Belgium (1), France (5), Germany (5), Spain (4), Bulgaria (3) and Italy (1) attended the seminar. All were young Armenian professionals living in Europe, selected according to the quality of their studies and professional background, capacity of leadership, motivation and involvement in the Armenian community of their country.