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Fighting Aging in Armenia: Gerontologist Jane Mahakian Has a Plan
LOS ANGELES and YEREVAN — My great-grandmother, a survivor of the Armenian genocide and the Great Repatriation to the Armenian SSR, was considered someone who had “lost her mind” during the last years...
View ArticleA Critical Exclusive: David Kherdian’s Place in Time
Sitting halfway between Chicago and Milwaukee, Racine may not be a place that many of us have spent much time pondering, but to poet David Kherdian, it means everything. Kherdian grew up in this...
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The Dynamic Development in Armenian-German Relations
The following exclusive interview was conducted by correspondent Muriel Mirak-Weissbach with Ashot Smbatyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Berlin, at the conclusion of his term, on November...
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Recipe Corner: Cherished memories and recipes of Fresno’s Mary Elia
FRESNO — These recipes by Mary Elia are included in a remarkable collection that features the recipes of the pioneering Armenian women who first settled in Fresno over 120 years ago: A Hundred Years...
View ArticleThe Billionaire Chairman Of Vaccine Maker Moderna Wants To Reinvent...
By Amy Feldman CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Forbes) — “I constantly say things that are unreasonable and seemingly crazy,” says Noubar Afeyan, founder of venture firm Flagship Pioneering and chairman of Moderna....
View ArticleHayastan All Armenian Fund Group Reports No Credible Evidence of...
YEREVAN – The Board of Trustees of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund announced in a statement dated December 1 that a working group it had formed “reported that they did not receive any credible evidence...
View ArticleCelebrate International Volunteer Day on December 5 with Birthright, AVC
YEREVAN — December 5 is the International Volunteer Day. Thanks to the efforts of Birthright Armenia and Armenian Volunteer Corps (AVC) programs, in 2021 the number of volunteers who arrived in Armenia...
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Senator Bob Dole, Longtime Friend and Supporter of Armenian Community, Dies
WASHINGTON (Combined Sources) — Bob Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation in Kansas and grievous battle wounds in Italy to become the Senate majority leader and...
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Blurring of Boundaries: Zarouhie Abdalian’s Art and Politics
When so much seems lost to our governments’ policies of war and destruction, it is good to know that art is still available to open our eyes to a different way of looking at the world. “If we do not...
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‘Bon Voyage’ Film Reveals the True Nature of the Unrecognized Status of Artsakh
By Aramazt Kalayjian Despite being filmed two years prior to the 44-day war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Garegin Papoyan’s film about Artsakh’s airport is still relevant and a must-see for anyone...
View ArticleArmenia Ruling Party Suffers More Local Election Setbacks
By Nane Sahakian and Karine Simonian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party was defeated in Armenia’s third largest city of Vanadzor and several other major urban communities in...
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Runaway Inflation in Armenia Creates Dangerous Situation for Overwhelming...
YEREVAN — Inflation in Armenia continues to accelerate. The 12-month rate of inflation in the country was 9.6 percent, according to a report published by the Statistical Committee of the Armenian...
View ArticlePresident Ronald Reagan’s Statements on the Spitak Earthquake of 1988: Video...
WASHINGTON — On December 7, 1988, after learning about the earthquake in Armenia, then leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev interrupted his visit to the United States to fly back to the USSR....
View ArticleVideo Shows Parliament Speaker Suggest POWs Are ‘Nonexistent’ for Him
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — There are numerous hero soldiers in the Armenian army, but unfortunately, there are soldiers, including officers, who failed to fulfill their duties and were taken prisoner,...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Elected to UNESCO Culture Protection Committee
PARIS (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Azerbaijan was elected a member of the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of an Armed Conflict on December 2, according to media reports...
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Ahmed Magdy Hammam: ‘My Novel Is a Literary Cry against Crimes’
YEREVAN/GIZA, EGYPT — Ahmed Magdy Hammam (born 1983) is an Egyptian novelist, storyteller and journalist. Ahmed started working as a cultural journalist since 2010, collaborating with Al-Ahram, Akhbar...
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Anchorwoman Araksya Karapetyan Is a Storyteller with Empathy and Purpose
By Maria Cozette Akopian Special to the Mirror-Spectator LOS ANGELES — “Everyone has a story. That’s what’s fascinating about journalism,” says Araksya Karapetyan. An anchorwoman at present for Fox...
View ArticleAivazovsky Painting Fetches $1.14 Million at Christie’s
LONDON — The painting “Genoese towers in the Black Sea” (above) by Ivan Aivazovsky fetched $1.14 million in Christie’s sale on November 29. The painting was created in 1895, a period when Aivazovsky...
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Actor Eddie Mekka, ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Star, Tony Nominee, Dies
LOS ANGELES (Combined Sources) — Eddie Mekka, born Edward Rudolph Mekjian in Worcester, Mass., who was a regular on the hit television series “Laverne & Shirley,” died on November 27 at his home in...
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Rerooted Archive Presents Syrian-Armenian Testimonials at Harvard Law School
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Harvard Law School (HLS) Library welcomed the two co-founders of the Rerooted Archive, Anoush Baghdassarian and Ani Schug, for its first fall “Ideas Salon” gathering, an event...
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