Eight hundred years ago Levon I, a king who left an indelible mark on Armenian history and culture, with respect to relations with other powers, temporal and religious, died. The German city of Halle marked the anniversary with a series of special events, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the cultural agreement signed between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Armenia.Read Further...

Tags: Levon I, Mesrop Center for Armenian Studies, Prof. Drost-Abgarjan, Cilicia, Rubenids, Cornelia Horn, Stefan Moeller, Azat Bozoyan , Liana Aghabekyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Maxime Yevadian

It was a refreshing change to see such an initiative in the German capital. As Aurora Humanitarian Initiative cofounder Ruben Vardanyan remarked, participants “were happy to see the representatives of a developing country thinking about universal humanitarian values and expressing concern about dangerous processes unfolding today around the world.” The developing country in question is the Republic of Armenia.
What most Germans know about Armenians has to do with the 1915 Genocide and the ongoing campaign to have Turkey recognize it. But this time, the focus was not Armenia or the past; it was a current and pressing issue facing the entire world: the challenges of global migration and how to meet them.Read Further...

Tags:Auroraprize, Aurora Humanitarian Initiativ, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stiftung Mercator, Norbert Lammert, Mary Robinson, Ingrid Hamm, Rita Süssmuth, Anja Langenbucher, John Prendergast, Ruben Vardanyan, Noubar Afeyan