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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery Gets Netflix Treatment
BOSTON — It is not often one gets to talk to the star of a Netflix series, but Stephen Kurkjian is not a typical star. The veteran reporter is responsible for keeping alive the story of the Isabella...
View ArticleChef Jon Koobation’s Cracked Wheat and Kale Salad
This Cracked Wheat and Kale Salad recipe from award-winning chef Jon Koobation is a healthy twist on traditional Middle Eastern tabbouleh, using fresh kale instead of the parsley. “The addition of...
View ArticleMedical Group to Present Program on Healing Power of Music
BOSTON — The Armenian American Medical Association of Boston (AAMA) will host the “Healing Power of Music” virtual event, bridging music and medicine. This virtual event will take place on Thursday...
View ArticleAble to Save Eight Tons of Food in a Single Day
By Andy Newman NEW YORK (New York Times) — By the time Jon Stepanian pulled his beat-up Dodge van out of a Trader Joe’s parking lot on Long Island late one recent afternoon, it contained more than...
View ArticleA Secret Document Which Was Not So Secret After All
As the June 20 parliamentary elections approach, the parties have been digging up dirt on each other. But what Michael Minasyan recently divulged went beyond the limits of the election campaign and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Turkey on USCIRF Special Watch List For Concerns Over...
WASHINGTON — Azerbaijan and Turkey have been placed on a Special Watch List for concerns over religious freedom and cultural desecration, particularly in relation to the Armenian people, according to...
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Gariné Torossian, Genie of Experimental Film
Sergei Eisenstein. Maya Deren. Marguerite Duras. Agnès Varda. Sergei Paradjanov. Canadian Armenian filmmaker Gariné Torossian belongs to a coterie of exceptional filmmakers, visionaries with a wholly...
View ArticleArmenian Foreign Minister Resigns
YEREVAN (azatutyun.am) – Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan stepped down on May 27 after only six months in office. Ayvazyan gave no reasons for his resignation confirmed by Anna Naghdalyan, the...
View ArticlePashinyan Proposes Moving Armenian, Azerbaijani Forces to Initial Border...
YEREVAN (TASS) – Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan came up with a proposal on May 27 for Armenian and Azerbaijani troops to move to their initial positions on the border and that observers...
View ArticleWe Need to Get Ready for New Battles of Sardarabad
By Dr. Arshavir Gundjian Special to the Mirror-Spectator On the 12th of May, 250 regular Azerbaijani army soldiers just strolled 3.5 kms past the borders of Syunik province onto the territory of the...
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Nora Azadian – The Artist
By Dr. Gary Belian DETROIT – Visually rich, emotionally gratifying, the art of Nora Azadian stems from European and Armenian sources. Although French influence is apparent in her art, most of her...
View ArticleAliyev Gives Speech in Aghdam
AGHDAM, Karabakh (JAMnews) – “Azerbaijan will continue to strengthen its borders. Some pro-Armenian countries make various statements and the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the basis of...
View ArticleConsumer Spending and Financial Literacy Facing Stress in Post-Covid,...
By Cristopher Patvakanian Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN – The financial system and spending patterns of many Armenians were not isolated from the shocks to Armenian society following the...
View ArticleUS State Department Issues Statement on Detention of Armenian Soldiers
WASHINGTON (State Department) – The United States is concerned by recent developments along the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the detention of several Armenian soldiers...
View ArticleAfter Versailles: International Conference to Draw Lessons of 1915
BERLIN — Can we learn from history? Has the vow of “Never again!” found fulfillment? Or has one historic catastrophe merely paved the way for an even more tragic repetition? These crucial questions are...
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Learning Mission Retools Artsakh War Veterans for IT Work
YEREVAN/GLENDALE — The disastrous 2020 Artsakh War mobilized Armenians throughout the world during and after the fighting. Despite the generally negative aftermath, creative efforts to help Armenia...
View ArticleFrance’s Macron Insists on Azerbaijani Troop Withdrawal
PARIS (RFE/RL) — French President Emmanuel Macron again demanded that Azerbaijan withdraw its troops from Armenia’s border areas when he met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Paris on Tuesday,...
View ArticleWill Samantha Power Be the First US Official to Preside over Four Genocides?
By Michael Rubin WASHINGTON (Washington Examiner) – Samantha Power rose to prominence as the author of Problem from Hell, a study of the US response to genocide. She wrote the book against the backdrop...
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Janjigian Delves into Wine, Women, Beat Writers and JFK in San Francisco
WASHINGTON — Author Ken Janjigian puts a lot of himself into his work. In fact, in his latest novel, A Cerebral Offer (Livingston Press, University of West Alabama, 2020), he combines several of his...
View ArticleBook Review: A Cerebral Offer — When Harry Met Nadine
So you are bored with your girlfriend and want to break up but surprise: she confesses she has been cheating on you with her work “friend.” Poor Harry Gnostopolos is having a bad time of it. And his...
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