Masdar and Armenia: Partners for a Better Future?
By John Harker The year 2021 has been a trial for much of Humanity, which has confronted both the Covid-19 Pandemic and the harsh impact of Climate Change. On a personal level, I have spent the year...
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Armenian Heritage Presented at Moscow’s ‘Musical Folklore of the Peoples of...
MOSCOW — The exhibition Musical Folklore of the Peoples of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Countries has opened in the Russian State Library (RSL) as part of the programming for the Year...
View ArticleLevon Afeyan Appointed Honorary Consul of Armenia in Quebec
MONTREAL — Levon Afeyan has been appointed by the Republic of Armenia as its honorary consul in Quebec. He is an active member of the Montreal Armenian community who over the years has been involved...
View ArticlePress Collection of the Vienna Mekhitarist Library Is Now Online
LISBON (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) — The Vienna Mekhitarist Congregation’s journal collection and its portal website are now live, featuring digitized Armenian press published between 1794 and...
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Armenian Culture Celebrated at the US Museum of the Bible
WASHINGTON — Among the vast number of American establishments in the nation’s capital the Museum of the Bible is perhaps the one most actively cooperating with the Armenian community and the Armenian...
View ArticleObituary: Painter and Printer Martin Barooshian (1921-2022)
WILMINGTON, Mass. — It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Martin Barooshian, age 92, who passed away peacefully while taking a nap on January 25, 2022. Martin was a groundbreaking...
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Armen Agop’s Minimalist Approach to Sculpture and Painting in Italy and Egypt
By Maydaa Nadar Special to the Mirror-Spectator CAIRO — His latest exhibition of sculptures and paintings is called Taking Time, which took place at the Flora Bigai Arte Contemporanea gallery in...
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Istanbul’s Hrant Dink School Continues to Educate Students from Armenia
By Talar Hisarlı Horozoğlu Special to the Mirror-Spectator ISTANBUL — The Hrant Dink School in the Gedikpasa neighborhood of Istanbul currently has about 80 students (26 in kindergarten, 29 in primary...
View ArticlePost-Election Vardenis Political Divisions Continue
VARDENIS — In the enlarged community of Vardenis (35 villages plus the town of Vardenis), post-election passions are not calming down, despite the fact that the community is in a border area and has...
View ArticleMinister Khachatryan Set to Become Armenia’s New President
By Naira Nalbandian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — High-Tech Industry Minister Vahagn Khachatryan on January 31 effectively confirmed reports that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has offered him to become Armenia’s...
View ArticleAni Petrosyan – Hackathon Founder and IT Extraordinaire
YEREVAN — Not many people can say they’ve created and led their own hackathon. And even fewer can say they did so at just 16, but Ani Petrosyan is an exception. Petrosyan born and raised in Armenia is...
View ArticleIn Virtual Press Conference Pashinyan Says ‘Peace on Agenda’
YEREVAN (JAM News) — Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on January 24 answered a wide-ranging series of questions from journalists and representatives of civil society, on the air, and spoke...
View ArticleArmenia Pays Down before Negotiations
Within the context of Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, Ankara is in the driver’s seat; the first news about the appointment of the representatives of the two countries was announced by Mevlut Çavusoglu,...
View ArticleArmenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan to Visit Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) — Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan is to visit Turkey in March, his Turkish counterpart said on Thursday, January 27, as the neighbors work to mend ties after decades of...
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New Book by Journalist Yegavian Takes on Armenian Geopolitics
By Éric Denécé Journalist and essayist Tigran Yegavian has just published in French a new book, Géopolitique de l’Arménie [Geopolitics of Armenia], published by Bibliomonde (2022), which is a reference...
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Fountain Memorial to Armenian Painter Gorky Damaged in Turkey
ISTANBUL (PanARMENIAN.Net) — A fountain built in the memory of famed Armenian painter Arshile Gorky in his birthplace, Turkey’s eastern Van province, has been damaged by unknown persons, Ahval said...
View ArticleAdele Manuelian Estate Bequests $100,000 to St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary...
WATERTOWN — St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School, New England’s only Armenian elementary school, has received a $100,000 bequest from the Adele F. Manuelian 2013 Revocable Trust. Matthew Der...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Vandalizes Another Church in Karabakh
STEPANAKERT (PanARMENIAN.Net) — Azerbaijan is continuing its policy of destruction of cultural values and the erasure of Armenian traces in the occupied territories of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). A...
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Armenian Army Day Marked With Low-Key Ceremonies
By Astghik Bedevian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Citing a coronavirus outbreak within its ranks, Armenia’s political and military leadership on Friday avoided holding festive events to mark the 30th anniversary...
View ArticleUCI Professor, Wife Fund $100,000 Endowment for Armenian Studies Graduate...
IRVINE, Calif. — Diran Apelian, University of California, Irvine (UCI) Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering, and his wife, Seta, a retired orthodontist, recently funded a...
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