Erdogan Accuses Paylan of Treason for Genocide Comments
ISTANBUL (Azatutyun) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned Turkish-Armenian Member of Parliament Garo Paylan for demanding that Ankara officially recognize the 1915 Armenian...
View ArticleGenocide Anniversary Marked by Contradictory Signals from Turkey
As negotiations between Armenia and Turkey for establishing relations enter a very sensitive and critical stage, one would assume that the two sides would use extreme caution and restraint if they are...
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Armenia Marks Genocide Anniversary
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stressed the importance of normalizing Armenia’s relations with Turkey on Sunday as tens of thousands of people marched to the Tsitsernakabert memorial...
View ArticleA Death in the Family: Maral Serce Dechkounian
NEW YORK (Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America) — For nearly 30 years she was the beautiful face that greeted visitors to the St. Vartan Cathedral complex; the sweet, Armenian voice...
View ArticleThe Use of Robots in Medical Surgery
By Kevork Keushkerian PASADENA, Calif. — St. Gregory Church Deacon Andy Ylitalo was invited as a guest speaker at St. Gregory’s Mens Forum to give a talk titletd “The Future of Operating Rooms and...
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Officer in Pashinyan Motorcade Charged Over Fatal Crash Involving Pregnant Woman
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — An Armenian law-enforcement agency formally indicted on Friday, April 29, a police officer whose car hit and killed a young woman while escorting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s...
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More American Schools Expected to Teach about Armenian Genocide: Video Report
WASHINGTON – On April 24, Cammi Rood from Chevy Chase, MD, was among the protestors at Sheridan Circle, Washington, D.C., demanding that the Turkish government recognizes the Armenian Genocide. Though...
View ArticleARF Hosts Event in Support of Artsakh
WATERTOWN — The Boston Sardarabad Gomideh of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation is hosting an event in solidarity with the Armenians of Artsakh and their struggle for the right to...
View ArticleUS Armenian Embassy Statement on Reputed News
WASHINGTON (Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the United States) — Information is circulating in the press that supposedly the ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States demanded...
View ArticleProtest Movement in Armenia and the Current Stage of the Nagorno Karabakh...
By Benyamin Poghosyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator The April 13 speech of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the parliament sent shock waves across the society in Armenia, the self-proclaimed Nagorno...
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Inaugural Bay Area Armenian Community Day with the Oakland Athletics Proves...
OAKLAND, Calif. — On Saturday, April 30, close to two hundred Armenians gathered for the inaugural Bay Area Armenian Community Day with the Oakland Athletics. Guests drove as far away as Los Angeles,...
View ArticleAram’s Café in Belmont Definitively Closes after Oil Spill
BELMONT, Mass. (Facebook) — According to an April 28 post on the Facebook page of Aram’s Café, the café has announced it is closed for good after 35 years. An accidental oil spill on January 19, 2022...
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Lav Eli Performs to Enthusiastic Audiences in Boston, with Guest Performer...
WATERTOWN, Mass. — The Armenian rock group Lav Eli on May 1 concluded an East Coast tour of five cities, including Watertown (for the metropolitan Boston area), for which the Armenian Mirror-Spectator...
View ArticleEditorial Notes: Armenia’s Ambassador Assaulted in a Congressional Building
We were among the skeptics who had reservations about Lilit Makunts’ appointment as ambassador in Washington. But once she assumed her position she became the symbol of the Republic of Armenia in this...
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Thousands Rally in Armenia Warning against Karabakh Concessions
YEREVAN (AFP) — Thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in Yerevan to warn the government against concessions to Azerbaijan regarding Karabakh. Opposition parties have accused Armenian Prime...
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Ghazaryan Accompanies Film ‘My Black Heart’ to Egypt’s Ismailia International...
By Maydaa Nadar Special to the Mirror-Spectator CAIRO — The Ismailia-Armenian community is one of the few that has succeeded in preserving its rich culture, coupled with integration into Egyptian...
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Marc Hairapetian: A True Devotee of Film
YEREVAN/HANOVER – Marc Hairapetian was born in 1968 in Frankfurt am Main to an Armenian father and a German mother. At the age of 16 Hairapetian founded Spirit – Ein Lächeln Im Sturm (Spirit – A Smile...
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Armenian Heritage Park Celebrates Decade with Gala Benefit Honoring...
BOSTON — The 10th anniversary of the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway is being celebrated with a series of events. The Armenian Heritage Park is a place that brings pride to all Armenians and...
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ACF Presents Syldason, Percussion-Voice Duo of Sylvie Zakarian and Daniela...
ARLINGTON, Mass. — “At the end of the day, it isn’t where I come from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before. “ These words of the British writer, poet, Warsan Shire of Somali...
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Mixing Education with the Homeland Is More Important than Ever
BOSTON — Members of the Armenian diaspora often face questions about how they will engage with their heritage, if at all. Research has shown that a specific generation (first, second, third etc.) has a...
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