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Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 - NextGen: Youth Leadership in the Diaspora
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The second day of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 began with a series of parallel sessions under the theme “Meaningful and Sustainable Engagement.”
The opening roundtable discussion, titled “NextGen: Youth Leadership in the Diaspora,” focused on the experiences and initiatives of active youth from different diaspora communities, and explored how these efforts can contribute to strengthening pan-Armenian unity and deepening Armenia–Diaspora ties.
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06 Aug 2025
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the opening ceremony of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 at the Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the opening ceremony of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 at the Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre.
Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, the Forum runs from August 5 to 7. It hosts 600 Diaspora Armenian youth, aged 18 to 35, from over 50 countries. They will be joined by 200 participants from Armenia throughout the forum.
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05 Aug 2025
Official opening ceremony of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025
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On August 5, the official opening ceremony of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 took place at the Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre in Yerevan.
Organized for the second time by the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, this year’s forum brings together 800 Armenian youth aged 18 to 35, representing more than 55 countries — 600 from the Diaspora and 200 from Armenia.
The opening ceremony featured welcoming remarks by the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Zareh Sinanyan, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.
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05 Aug 2025
Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 - Stories That Shape Us: Generational Perspectives on Identity
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The first day of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 continued with a series of simultaneous sessions held under the theme “Shared Vision and Unified Efforts.”
Before the official opening ceremony, participants gathered for a heartfelt family conversation-discussion titled “Stories That Shape Us: Generational Perspectives on Identity.”
The panel featured Varuzhan Mouradian, winemaker and founding director of Van Ardi Winery, and his daughter Arpi Mouradian, the company’s public relations coordinator, along with actress Mariam “Mano” Hovhannisyan and her mother, architect, founderand head architect of Tesq Design Studio, Gayane Grigoryan.
The discussion was moderated by Hrachuhi Utmazyan, TV host and public speaking coach.
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05 Aug 2025
Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 - Echoes of Armenia: Our Traditional Instruments
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On August 5, as part of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 first day with the theme “Shared Vision and Unified Efforts,” the music workshop titled “Echoes of Armenia: Our Traditional Instruments” was held.
Throughout the workshop, forum participants were introduced to the sounds of Armenian musical instruments, discovering their histories and cultural secrets.
Speakers at the workshop included: Alexandra Ohanian, qanon player, soloist with the Sassoun Orchestra of Marseille; Grigor Davtyan, percussion specialist; and wind instrument specialists Grigor Kartashyan and Erik Avagyan.
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05 Aug 2025
Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 - Armenian Dialects: Commonality in Differences
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On August 5, as part of the first day of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025, “Shared Vision and Unified Efforts” theme, an interactive session titled “Armenian Dialects: Commonality in Differences” was held where speakers explored the diversity of the Armenian language—from Eastern to Western Armenian—and addressed current issues around preserving and developing the language in today’s reality.
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05 Aug 2025
Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 - Living Heritage: Armenian Traditions Today
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Day one of the Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 kicked off with the theme “Shared Vision and Unified Efforts.”
Following the charity run that marked the start of the forum, the day launched into its first round of three simultaneous panel discussions.
During the interactive discussion titled “Living Heritage: Armenian Traditions Today,” speakers presented how traditional values are being reimagined in modern ways through art, fashion, cuisine, handicrafts, and dance—connecting the past and the present.
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05 Aug 2025
The Armenian National Youth Forum 2025 officially kicked off with a charity run “Run Together: Armenia x Diaspora.”
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The Second Armenian National Youth Forum officially kicked off today, August 5, near the Matenadaran with a charity run under the theme “Run Together: Armenia x Diaspora.”
Along with the youth, the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Zareh Sinanyan, also joined the run with his family.
The run was organized in partnership with the charitable platforms IMAST and reArmenia.
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05 Aug 2025