http://en.agbueurope.org Armenian General Benevolent Union Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:08:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some pictures of AGBU Paris Saturday Shool graduation ceremony which was held on June 20 at AGBU Alex Manoogian Cultural Center. [caption id="attachment_63" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="During "Kotchari" performance"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_64" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="AGBU Paris Saturday Shool teacher's team"][/caption] http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/07/03/agbu-paris-saturday-shool-graduation/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/06/29/agbu-europe-board-members-meet-in-bulgaria/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/06/19/the-ep-and-armenians-a-pre-election-conference/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/06/12/gerard-tufenkjian-appointed-to-head-agbu-lebanon/ The AGBU Armenian Virtual College (AVC) is pleased to announce the opening of its enrollment period for Summer Term 2009. Sixteen courses are being offered during this term covering three topics: Eastern Armenian Language for Beginners, Western Armenian Language for Beginners, and Ancient History of Armenia. Each course is thought in one ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/06/11/agbu-armenian-virtual-college-launches-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 http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/06/08/yp-hambourg-starts-planning-for-2009/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/05/28/agbu-europe-asks-euro-candidates-to-state-position-on-7-key-issues-2/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/05/27/lecture-on-armenian-national-art/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/05/25/armenian-historian-discusses-%e2%80%9c-conflict-resolution-and-the-invention-of-history-in-azerbaijan-and-armenia%e2%80%9d/ 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 ... http://en.agbueurope.org/2009/05/15/goriz-agbu-europe-new-program/