Clarice Krikorian’s Basterma with Eggs
Within every culture, there is always one celebrated dish that could easily represent all the rest without debate. For many Armenians and other nationalities, that dish is basterma with eggs (also...
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Michigan’s AGBU Manoogian Graduates Record-Breaking Senior Class
SOUTHFIELD, MI — Since its founding by benefactors Alex and Marie Manoogian in 1969, the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School has been one of the premier Armenian educational establishments in the...
View ArticleArmenia’s Place in the New Political Order of the Caucasus
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Armenia became independent, it considered its borders to be secure as a result of its military alliance with Russia. And Moscow, indeed, inspired confidence...
View ArticleDr. Lorky Libaridian to Speak at CYSCA Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — This year’s Annual Meeting of the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) will take place virtually on ZOOM on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. with guest speaker Dr. Lorky...
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Ara Asaturyan ‘I Believe Our Art and Culture Will Save Us’
YEREVAN — One of my few polymath friends in Yerevan is Ara Asaturyan, whom we used to call Arik. A specialist in English, who worked as a translator, he is also a professional pianist, who left aside...
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NAASR to Honor Edward Avedisian and Remember Vartan Gregorian at its...
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) invites the public to join its first-ever virtual gala on Wednesday, June 16, at 7 p.m. Eastern/ 4 p.m. Pacific for...
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Cello Concerto by Hayg Boyadjian Gets World Premiere in Yerevan
YEREVAN — On Saturday May 22, 2021 Lexington Grammy Nominee composer Hayg Boyadjian’s concerto for violoncello and orchestra, after a year’s delay due to the pandemic, was premiered at the Aram...
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Review: Stop the Evil, or Apocalypse Now
LOS ANGELES — Prior to reading Micheline Aharonian Marcom’s The Brick House (Awst Press, 2017), a novel that explores the horrors of the modern city through the irrational world of dreams, I had...
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Sununu Family Continues to Support Azerbaijan through Mining in Karabakh Region
CONCORD, N.H. – As the Mirror-Spectator reported last November, the Anglo Asian Mining company, in which Republican politician John Henry Sununu, father of current New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu,...
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Tekeyan Cultural Association Helps Berdzor Refugees Earn Incomes and Live in...
WATERTOWN – The Tekeyan Cultural Association of the USA and Canada (TCA) supported the development of the strategic Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor and made significant investments in the region. The TCA...
View ArticleArmenia in its Own Image: Upcoming Elections Won’t Help
By David Davidian It has been said, “Give a man enough rope, and he will hang himself.” During the immediate post-Soviet era, the West did its best to induce “cowboy, laisse-faire capitalism” within...
View ArticleCSTO Announces War Games in Armenia as Border Standoff Continues
YEREVAN — The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a post-Soviet defensive alliance of six member-states including Armenia, has confirmed that it will hold large-scale military drills in...
View ArticleResignations of Top Armenian Diplomats Accepted
YEREVAN (azatutyun.am) – Three of Armenia’s four deputy foreign ministers, who have tendered their resignations due to apparent disagreements with the government, were formally relieved of their...
View ArticleArax and Janigian School Fresno School Board on Fresno’s Anti-Armenian Past
FRESNO, Calif. – In the last two months, Fresno Unified School Board, with the backing of the City Council, pushed to name a new campus after a couple, Francine and Murray Farber, who had generously...
View ArticleJewelry Retailer Alex and Ani Files for Bankruptcy
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Rhode Island jewelry retailer Alex and Ani LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a court filing made on June 9. The company’s estimated assets ranged from...
View ArticleAurora Honors the life of Aurora Co-Founder Vartan Gregorian
NEW YORK — On June 5, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative held an Aurora Dialogues Online event titled “Vartan Gregorian. The Aurora Co-Founder,” focused on Vartan Gregorian’s extraordinary life as...
View ArticleConstantine Orbelian Named Music Director, Principal Conductor of New York...
NEW YORK — New York City Opera (Michael Capasso, General Director) has announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed conductor and pianist Constantine Orbelian as the company’s music director...
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Inguna Kurcens: ‘Armenia Is an Inexhaustible Storehouse of Beauty and Wisdom’
YEREVAN / ALUKSNE, Latvia — Art critic Inguna Kurcens was born in 1951 in Riga. Her entire family was oppressed during the time of Stalin. Inguna graduated from the Music College in Abakan (Khakassia,...
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A Critical Exclusive: A Sexy, Fun, Beautiful Trio of Books from Denis Donikian
For close to 50 years, Denis Donikian has been a voice for the voiceless, a great littérateur and artist, an outspoken critic of corruption and dictatorship wherever he has found them—briefly said, a...
View ArticleArmenian Lawmaker Admits Stealing Reporter’s Phone
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — A controversial pro-government parliamentarian admitted on Friday, June 4 stealing the mobile phone of an Armenian journalist who filmed him in a street in Yerevan. The incident...
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