The Armenian News Network - Groong is a medium for the dissemination of news about Armenian life around the world.
It started as a small mailing list of friends on the internet around 1988, and in time more people joined the list. During the early days of the war for Artsakh, we were sharing all the news we could find about events around the motherland with each other, and as the news grew in quantity, we decided to split the news part of the list into its own list, and so was born Groong.
Whatever we can get our hands on.
Besides as many of the Western wire services and major newspapers, we try to get to international news sources, news in Armenia, the Caucasus, Europe, anything.
Many Armenian newspapers have online issues which they share with us. As long as they stick to non-commercialism on groong we welcome them all.
There are press releases and event announcements from organizations; there's a Calendar of Events posted on Thursday mornings to remind of upcoming non-commercial, open events.
Here we wish to emphasize that since we're not a money organization (no money is exchanged between anyone, nobody is employed by Groong, nobody pays for "service", etc etc) that if a source decides to take on our puny little existence and wants to shut us out, then no problem, we’ll stop carrying their news.
Always remember that whatever is posted on this website and Groong is only for a few days, and as a momentary aggregation under one roof. Our aim is not to undermine an original source's business, but rather to gather current news about Armenia and Armenians which are already available to our readers around the net for convenience.
Groong is FREE, and open for everyone to join.
We don't carry advertisements or commercials either.
There's no budget, and no money is made by anyone and nobody is employed by Groong. We have day jobs, we're students, we’re friends, we’re people, we're around the world, and the news comes through the kind and voluntary effort of readers (such as you) who are avid junkies for news about Armenia and Armenians around the world. As they read and find articles, they're kind enough to send some of the articles to Groong in order to share them with the rest of us.
At first thought, one could get worried that such an effort can not last, or can not be reliable. Groong has been a reliable and up-to-the-minute source of information on Armenia day in and day out since 1993, and has served a news dissemination purpose since 1990. Nothing compares to the collective and cumulative effort of our readers from around the world and from the homeland. The sun never sets on Groong 😁.
We believe that well informed Armenians become more active and involved in their communities, and keep their heritage alive and vibrant. We also hope that our effort contributes to connecting the communities of the worldwide Armenian diaspora together. We want that. There’s a certain element of convenience in reading all this info under one roof, but that is secondary.
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Check out our original and popular podcasts: podcasts.groong.org. They’re available through your preferred podcast platforms and on Youtube. See the Groong Linktree for the links.
We work with experts, specialists and scholars for articles under the columnS "Review and Outlook". These are non-partisan, and not idle-opinion pieces, rather expert analysis from people experienced, trained and educated in their fields.
We have a "resident" Literary critic, Eddie Arnavoudian, who reviews Armenian literature and books on Groong regularly. But The Critical Corner now has many other regular contributors, such as Bedros Afeyan and Shushan Avagyan.
We're also actively in touch with as many Armenian communities around the world as possible, so that we can bring the local events of that community to the attention of our entire, worldwide nation, and show that we are indeed all parts of one people.
Some of our past original material is available on this website. Check
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There is much more, but we haven't had time to put them all on the web.
A major point of pride for us is the fact that here on the Internet, we've maintained a 100% partisanship-free medium for all Armenians. We all come together on Groong, providing each other with information and support around the clock, without looking for irrelevant divisions or for reward. Divisions are for others.
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