Women’s Fund Armenia Offers Grants to Rural Youth
YEREVAN — This December, Women’s Fund Armenia (WFA) launched its teen girl campaign which provides grants to girls aged 14 to 21 in the regions of Armenia, with consideration to applicants in border...
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PBS SoCal and KCET to Show ‘The Hidden Map’ December 9 & 12
LOS ANGELES — On December 9, at 7:00 p.m. PST, coinciding with the World Day of Genocide Commemoration and Prevention December 12, at 4:00 PST and 8:00 PST, PBS SoCal and KCET will show the documentary...
View ArticleStand by Artsakh: Artsakh Telethon on December 10
STEPANAKERT — December 10 is a symbolic day for the history of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). On this day in 1991 its referendum of independence was held and based on its result, the independent Republic...
View ArticleInternational Court Orders Armenia and Azerbaijan to Curb Racial Hatred
By Joshua Kucera An international court has ordered Armenia and Azerbaijan to “prevent the incitement and promotion of racial hatred” against one another, and for Azerbaijan to protect Armenian...
View ArticleFresh Fighting Reported On Armenian-Azerbaijani Border
By Robert Zargarian YEREVAN/BAKU (azatutyun.am) — Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have again exchanged fire along some sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border amid lingering tensions between the...
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Pharmacist Yogurtian Gives New Boston Mayor Covid Booster in Popular Clinic
BOSTON — Osco staff pharmacist Sossy Yogurtian gave a Covid booster shot to new Boston mayor Michelle Wu on December 9 in a first-of-its-kind walk-in clinic at City Hall open to everyone and advertised...
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Paris Loves Armenia: Inauguration of the Esplanade d’Arménie
PARIS – On Friday, October 15, 2021, the Council of Paris voted unanimously to adopt the name of the “Esplanade d’Arménie” in the prestigious 8th district of the French capital. It is a vast green...
View ArticleHaving Blamed Everything and Everyone Else, Pashinyan’s Government Now Blames...
By Avo Piroyan On 7 December, a video circulated on social media channels of Armenia’s Parliamentary Speaker, Alen Simonyan, criticizing Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan and questioning their...
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Border Demarcation in Voskepar Will Be Painful
YEREVAN — Discussions about border demarcation are becoming increasingly heated in Armenia. According to some experts, the demarcation may turn very unfavorable for Armenia if the latest Soviet-era...
View ArticleArmenia, Turkey to Name Special Envoys for Dialogue
By Tatevik Sargsyan and Artak Khulian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Turkey and Armenia have said that they will soon appoint special envoys for bilateral negotiations on normalizing their relations. Turkish...
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House Passes Pallone Amendment to Protect Global Human Rights and Amendment...
WASHINGTON — Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (NJ-06) amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the US House of Representatives on Friday, December 10. The amendment would help advance...
View ArticlePM Pashinyan Statement on Railway Construction Agreement in Brussels
YEREVAN (primeminister.am) — At the December 16 cabinet meeting of the Armenian government, before starting the discussion of the agenda, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan presented the agreements reached...
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reArmenia: A Collaborative Platform for All
YEREVAN — The 2020 Artsakh war took away so much from Armenians. Whether it was the lives of brave soldiers, the homes of the Armenians of Artsakh, or the sacred sites of Armenian Christianity, these...
View ArticleA Tribute to Ruben Sahakyan, an Exemplary Patriot Who Found His Calling in Law
By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Ruben Aramich Sahakyan, 74, passed away on October 17, 2021. He was my friend and my partner on the paths of justice and rule of law in Armenia. We were driven by the same...
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A Critical Exclusive: ‘Back on the Couch with Nora Armani’
NEW YORK — Updating a one-person show some 20 years after presenting the original is no easy task. Nora Armani, however, does a more than credible job of it with “Back On the Couch with Nora Armani.”...
View ArticleAnnual Mirror-Spectator Christmas Vacation
WATERTOWN — The Armenian Mirror-Spectator will take its annual Christmas break starting December 27. The last issue will be that of December 25; that issue will feature the annual Christmas Greetings....
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Kond: An Ancient District of Yerevan Tries to Modernize
YEREVAN — Armenia has been in a constant tug of war between tradition and modernity, and a district that fully embodies this struggle is Kond. Kond, which means long hill in Armenian, is one of the...
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Eric Nazarian’s New Movie Tells Story of an Unseen LA and Importance of Gun...
LOS ANGELES — “I always wanted to tell stories about LA in an honest way,” movie director Eric Nazarian continues the conversation about his new movie, “Die Like a Man,” when we finally meet in person...
View ArticleAzerbaijani Officers Collected $1.1 million in Customs Payments on...
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — Over the past two months Azerbaijani customs officers have collected 2 million manats ($1.1 million) in customs payments at Goris-Kapan roadway which passes through Armenia’s...
View ArticleFate of Armenia Caught in New Rivalry of East and West
A new order is taking shape in the Caucasus, following the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan last year. Although the war was between those two countries, the instigators and beneficiaries were...
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