According to the “Louys” Armenian cultural center in the Russian city of Novorossiysk, some 40 Armenian grave stones were desecrated during the night of July 24 at two local cemeteries.

Local police remain seemingly baffled and have not yet officially stated whether the incidents were racially motivated or pure vandalism.

GM Tigran Nalbandyan won an international tournament held with participation of 92 chess players in Dortmund, Germany. Nalbandyan edged out Thomas Henrichs (Germany) and Mikhail Zaitsev (Russia) on tie-break after all finished on 7/9. Karen Movsisyan scored 4.5 points out of 5 possible in an international chess tournament in Sitges, Spain. He is only half a point behind leader GM Barsov (Uzbekistan).

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will not travel to Turkey to attend the holy mass to be served in St. Cross Church of Van September 19. Instead, 2 representatives from Holy Echmiatsin will participate in the mass, the spokesman of the Mother See of Holy Echmiatsin Bishop Vahram Melikyan told Panorama.am. Melikyan didn’t provide the names of the two spirituals...

Applications rejected, Armenians wind up homeless, living on streets

Two Armenian families who have been living on the streets for the past two months in the small French community of Cholet have become the talk of the town. At the end of March, one of the families was forced to leave...

An interview with Allen Hughes, director of “The Book of Eli”

The Hughes, Allen and Albert, arebrothers American film directors, producers and screenwriters. They are twins, born to an African-American father and an Armenian mother, from an Iranian-Armenian family originally from Tehran. Their mother moved to the US when she was 12. After high school, Albert began classes at LACC Film School.

Levon Aronian will defend the title of the World Rapid Chess Champion, which he attained in Mainz, Germany in 2009, in the open tournament which is to be held in Mainz August 7-8, 2010. 11 rounds will be played in the Swiss system tournament which is to have hundreds of chess players, including tens of famous Grandmasters. In each game the participants will have 20 minutes, plus 5 seconds for each move.