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Turkish Entry to Local French Elections
By Dikran Yegavian Special to the Mirror-Spectator LYON – After having being postponed for three months, the second stage of municipal elections in France took place on June 28, leaving a record of...
View ArticleJeanne Barseghian Elected as Strasbourg Mayor
STRASBOURG, France (franceblue.fr, ecolo-citoyenne.eu, etc.) – Jeanne Barseghian was elected as mayor of Strasbourg for a six-year term on June 28 during the French municipal elections, postponed three...
View ArticleArmenia Opens Embassy in Israel: Yerevan’s Former Ambassador to Washington...
TEL AVIV – In 2019, Yerevan’s interest in developing relations with the country of Israel began to take concrete form. Grigor Hovhannisian, Armenia’s former deputy foreign minister and previously...
View ArticleThe Pashinyan Chapter Must Close
By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan From the outset, I wanted to make clear that my analysis and opinions are based solely on the defense of principles and are not related to partisan interests. This point of...
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Anouch Toranian Elected Deputy Mayor of Paris
PARIS – Anouch Dzagoyan Toranian was elected as deputy mayor of Paris on July 3, after being elected as councilor on June 28 in the second round of Parisian municipal elections. She is one of the...
View ArticleArmenian Americans and the Construction of Whiteness
By Janice Okoomian Special to the Mirror-Spectator As people who once suffered genocidal racism, Armenian Americans are ethically obligated to oppose racism wherever we find it. Anaïs DerSimonian made...
View ArticleWhite House Press Secretary MacEnany’s Brief Mention of Armenian Genocide...
WASHINGTON – White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on July 6 used the term Armenian Genocide in passing while discussing the desecration of memorials by protestors in the US. She related...
View ArticleHunters of Armenian Treasures
By Raffi Bedrosyan The word ‘talan’ has the same meaning in both Turkish and Armenian languages – meaning plunder, pillage or looting. It is a historic fact that the rise and success of the Ottoman...
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Gianni Ephrikian: “We are proud of our Armenian origins and our names”
By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator TREVISO/YEREVAN — Italian composer and conductor Gianni Ephrikian has collaborated with numerous artists of all musical genres. He has produced...
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Time to Remove Monuments to Senator Byrd
WATERTOWN — Americans are living through a time of reevaluation concerning the treatment of black Americans and Native Americans, race relations, colonialism and many aspects of history in general. On...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Grandma Mary’s Delightful Cake (or Church Delight Cake)
This recipe is featured in the Collections from the Grapevine Cookbook, published by the Ladies Society of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Fowler, California. This is the late Mary...
View ArticleTribute to Karen Vardanyan: A Man with a Vision for Armenia’s Future
With the passing of Karen Vardanyan, Armenia has lost a dedicated citizen, a creative engineer, an indefatigable organizer and passionate educator, a fine human being. He died on July 10 in Yerevan at...
View ArticleDiasporalogue: English Version by Serge Avédikian and Tigrane Yégavian
(Translated by Karen Jallatyan with editorial assistance by Alec Ekmekji; Marseille: Editions Thaddée, 207 pp.) Reviewed by Christopher Atamian Special to the Mirror-Spectator History often comes down...
View ArticleUpdated: Azerbaijan Continues Shelling Border Towns in Armenia, Resulting in...
YEREVAN (Combined Sources) —The Azerbaijani side has resumed military actions in violation of an agreement on cessation of hostilities, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on July 16. On...
View ArticlePro-war Azerbaijani protesters break into parliament
BAKU (Eurasianet.org) — Up to 30,000 Azerbaijanis demanding war with Armenia protested in Baku, challenging the government to take a harder approach to the conflict and breaking into the country’s...
View ArticleClashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in London at Protest: Video Report
LONDON – Tensions were high today, July 17, at the Armenian Embassy in London, United Kingdom. The local Azerbaijani community organized an aggressive protest at the Armenian Mission. As the Armenian...
View ArticleArmenian and Azerbaijani/Turkish Protestors Face Off in Front of Azerbaijani...
WASHINGTON – Tensions were high in front of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, July 19. The Armenian Youth Federation arranged an early afternoon protest to call for the end of...
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Ambassador Nersesyan Comments on the Recent Crisis on the...
WASHINGTON – Ambassador Varuzhan Nersesyan, the representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United States, in a recent interview discussed the incidents of Azerbaijani aggression which began on...
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NAASR to Stream lecture on Photography, the Ottoman State, and Armenian...
BELMONT, Mass. — The Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will present an online lecture on Sunday,...
View ArticleLebanese-Armenian TV Host to Stand Trial for Insulting Erdogan
BEIRUT (Arab Weekly) — Lebanese-Armenian TV host Neshan Der Haroutiounian will stand trial for “insulting” the Turkish president and the Turkish people, the Arab Weekly reports. Der Haroutiounian will...
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