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Minister Beglaryan Briefs Boston Community Leaders
WATERTOWN – State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan, accompanied by advisor David Akopyan, visited the Boston area from November 5 to November 8 as part of a tour of the United...
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On Anniversary of Ceasefire, Apprehension, Resilience, and Defiance along the...
YEREVAN – With the ceasefire which ended the bloody Second Artsakh War marking its first anniversary on November 9, Armenians are adjusting to a new reality. The past twelve months have witnessed...
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Artsakh War Remembered in Boston
BOSTON – Armenian Americans from the greater Boston area gathered on the Armenian Heritage Park along the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston on Sunday, November 7 for the one-year remembrance of the...
View ArticleUS Department of State Condemns New Killing of Armenian Civilian, Calls for...
WASHINGTON – The US Department of State condemned the killing of an Armenian citizen near Shushi, which happened yesterday, November 8, when an Azerbaijani soldier opened fire on Armenian civilians...
View ArticleLentils in the Ashes: Excavating the Feminism in My Motherline
By Janice Okoomian The story might be true, or it might not be. It goes thus: Khosrofouhi, educated daughter of an elite, intellectual Armenian family in 1890s Constantinople, had three suitors. Two...
View ArticleNAASR to Host Webinar on Avedis Derounian Archive at NAASR
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will present a webinar on “The Avedis Derounian Archive at NAASR: A Vital Resource on US-Based Extremism” on...
View ArticleSAS and NAASR to Host Roundtable Discussion on Vartan Matiossian’s The...
FRESNO — The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host a roundtable discussion on Vartan Matiossian’s The Politics of Naming...
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Recipe Corner: Rachel Hogrogian’s Tutumov Rechel
“Armenian cuisine is as varied as the Near East and the areas the Armenians came from.” This is the first line of the late Rachel (Ansoorian) Hogrogian’s The Armenian Cookbook published in 1971. “There...
View ArticleThe Time of Your Life: California Public Radio Revisits Saroyan
I have a confession to make. Growing up and throughout my youth, I was not a fan of William Saroyan. Like much of the New York Establishment, I found his writing quaint — provincial in the bad sense....
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University of Michigan Students Host Networking Event
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On Friday, October 22, the Armenian Students’ Cultural Association (ASCA) of the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor hosted a successful networking event, its second under the...
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Sweet Delights: Alec Ekmekji’s The Unauthorized Biography of Tango Woman
Alec Ekmekji’s The Unauthorized Biography of Tango Woman: A Tone Poem in Fifteen Movements is an eloquent reminder of the redeeming power of beauty. The recently published volume of haikus and...
View ArticleOganessian Receives UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize
MOSCOW (Tass) — Two scientists have been awarded the first UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences on November 3. The winners are Russia’s Professor Yuri Oganessian and...
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Ayp oo Pasta and Armenopoly — the Kalayjian Family of Wisconsin Gets Creative
RACINE, Wis. — With social and community activities of all kinds grinding to a halt during the pandemic, people found different ways to use their time. Some found new hobbies; others binge-watched TV...
View ArticleMoscow Confirms Plans for Aliyev-Pashinyan Talks:
MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — The Kremlin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to organize fresh talks between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan one year after brokering a ceasefire that...
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New Research Unearths Never-Before-Published Information About Genocide...
ALTADENA, Calif. — A traditional book presentation which included pouring wine over the pages and blessings by Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, brought Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, the coordinator of the...
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Angela Melkonian Brings Renewable Energy to Armenia, Iraq and Beyond
PARIS – As climate change becomes the hot topic of the 21st century and the world starts shifting towards clean energy sources replacing fossil fuels, renewable energy from the sun, wind and water...
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SF Bay Area Commemoratives One-year Anniversary of the Artsakh War w/Prayer...
SAN FRANCISCO – On Sunday, November 14, San Francisco Bay area Armenian clergy led a prayer vigil and commemorative memorial service to honor the soldiers of the 44-day war in Artsakh and to pray for...
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Pashinyan Replaces Defense Minister in Wake of Renewed Hostility on Border
YEREVAN – Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree dismissing Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan on Monday morning, November 15, on recommendation from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The...
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Kindness and Corruption –Armenia’s Education System
By Avo Piroyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN — Armenia inherited its education system from the Soviet Union. For better or worse, during Soviet times there was a clear curriculum, system and...
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Results of the Latest Military Clashes in Armenia
YEREVAN – The Azerbaijani attacks on Armenia on November 15 and 16 have turned into the subject of lively discussions in Armenia and throughout the world. It perhaps is still not fully clear how...
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