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St. Hagop Armenian Church Annual Madagh Picnic in Racine, WI scheduled for...
RACINE, Wis. — This year’s annual St. Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church Madagh Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 26. Although the church will again only serve the Madagh and Bulghur Pilaf as a drive...
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Six Armenians Win Parliamentary Seats as Lebanese Elections Weaken Hezbollah
WATERTOWN (CNBC, Zartonk, Al Jazeera) — The first Lebanese parliamentary elections since 2018 took place on Sunday, May 15, with 718 candidates vying for 128 seats in 15 electoral districts. The...
View ArticlePashinyan Again Criticizes Russian-Led Military Bloc
By Aza Babayan MOSCOW (RFE/RL) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan again criticized the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Monday, May 16, for not openly siding with Armenia in...
View ArticleHundreds Arrested As Armenian Opposition Keeps Up Protests
By Artak Khulian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenian police arrested more than 400 people on Tuesday, May 17, as opposition supporters again blocked roads across Yerevan in continuing protests aimed at forcing...
View ArticleBlinken Raises Armenian POWs in Call with Aliyev
WASHINGTON (PanARMENIAN.Net) — US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken raised the return of all Armenian prisoners of war from Baku in a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on May 12....
View ArticleNew Amnesty International Report Documents Azerbaijani Crimes against Older...
LONDON — A new report by Amnesty International, Last to Flee: Older People’s Experience of War Crimes and Displacement in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, documents how older ethnic Armenians were...
View ArticleOfficer in Pashinyan Motorcade Freed after Second Arrest
By Naira Bughadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — A traffic police officer whose car hit and killed a young woman while escorting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s motorcade was released from custody early on...
View ArticleArmenia’s Opposition is Running Out of Steam
The devastating effects of the 44-Day War and the turmoil in the Caucasus region dictate some necessary measures for Armenia: internal unity and independent and objective evaluations of the country’s...
View ArticleEyeCare Founder Ohanesian Receives Humanitarian Award During 30th Anniversary...
LOS ANGELES — Thirty years ago, in 1992, Armenian-American ophthalmologist Dr. Roger Ohanesian took a trip to Armenia for the first time and subsequently founded the Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP), a...
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‘Dreams on Fire’: PTSD Meets the Armenian Genocide in Jan Balakian’s Stirring...
NEW YORK — “Dreams on Fire” starts off from a controversial scientific hypothesis that has gained momentum in recent years. According to the emerging field of epigenetics, trauma can not only be passed...
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On the Importance of Curating
NEW YORK — To many people, the word curate evokes images of priests in religious garb since curate is also a synonym for a man of the cloth, or else it’s easily confused with the verb “to cater.” So...
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Pierre Koulak: Acting with Great French Film Stars
YEREVAN/PARIS — Pierre Koulak (Koulaksezian) is a French TV and cinema actor, director and author. He was born in 1942 in Saint-Chamond, Loire. Very early on, his talent was noticed. He studied at the...
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Barbara Adishian’s Chorag with Golden Raisins
FRESNO — Chorag, sometimes spelled choroeg, cheoreg, or chorek in English is a traditional Armenian sweet bread made around Easter and often at Christmas. This is the late Barbara Theresa Adishian’s...
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Dr. Hovannisian Lectures at Altadena Tekeyan Center on Ramgavar Party...
By Kevork Keushkerian ALTADENA, Calif. — The Tekeyan Cultural Association Metro Los Angeles Chapter on May 1 hosted a very informative lecture titled “Arms for Armenia: The Matter of Airplanes – The...
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Fate or Future: Time to Save Istanbul’s Jamanak Newspaper
By Naneh Hovhannisyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator Ever since the 2020 Karabakh War, there has been a pervasive stench of doom, defeat and despondency threatening to envelope us Armenians. A piece...
View ArticleReflections Upon Reading Tamar Asadourian
By Lilit Keheyan Translated from Armenian to English by Ishkhan Jinbashian Tamar Asadourian (1980-2020) was diversely talented as an accomplished pianist, author and fine artist. At the age of 16 she...
View ArticleArmenians Must Mobilize Against Dr. Oz
Let us put aside the matter of whether cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz promoted questionable medical products and information on his television show, or his ideology in the context of...
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Balakian Brings New Poetry to the Boston Area and Dialogues with Writer...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Peter Balakian is one of the most masterful English-language poets Armenians have as a voice in the contemporary world. The Boston area had a rare opportunity on May 17 to hear him...
View ArticleMooradian to Challenge for New York State Assembly Seat in 145th District
NIAGRA FALLS, N.Y. (wnypapers.com) — For the first time since 2016, residents of the 145th District (Western New York) will have a choice when they go to vote in November for New York State Assembly,...
View ArticleNoubar Afeyan Receives Honorary Degree from McGill University
MONTREAL (McGill.ca) — Armenian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Noubar Afeyan received an honorary degree at McGill University on May 25 along with two others as part of the installation of a...
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