''Gantch'' ( hy, Կանչ, "Call") was an

Armenian language Armenian ( classical: , reformed: , , ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is the official language of Armenia. Historically spoken in the Armenian Highlands, today Armenian is widely spoken t ...

weekly newspaper published in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

in 1971–1983 and then again 1996–2006.Messerlian, Zaven. ''Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009''. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. pp. 28, 225, 447, 513 It was an organ of the Lebanese Communist Party, and functioned as the Armenian-language edition of the main party organ ''an-Nidaa''. Barouyr Yeretsian served as the editor of ''Gantch''. The newspaper was launched on February 20, 1971. ''Gantch'' covered political, social and cultural issues. It also had a sports section. It provided extensive coverage of the Soviet Union and the

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

and propagated

fraternity A fraternity (from Latin language, Latin ''wiktionary:frater, frater'': "brother (Christian), brother"; whence, "wiktionary:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal ...

of Arab and Armenian peoples,

anti-imperialism Anti-imperialism in political science and international relations is a term used in a variety of contexts, usually by nationalist movements who want to secede from a larger polity (usually in the form of an empire, but also in a multi-ethnic so ...

and

anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the modern State of Israel, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the region of Palestin ...

. The newspaper cooperated with

TASS The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...

and Armenpress. Publication of the newspaper was interrupted in 1983. In its stead, the Communist Party began publishing ''Azkayin Mshagouyt'' («Ազգային Մշակույթ», "National Culture"). ''Gantch'' was relaunched in 1996, and was closed down in November 2006, two months after the death of Yeretsian.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gantch 1971 establishments in Lebanon 2005 disestablishments in Lebanon Armenian-language newspapers published in Lebanon Communist newspapers Defunct newspapers published in Lebanon Newspapers established in 1971 Newspapers published in Beirut Publications disestablished in 2005 Weekly newspapers published in Lebanon

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