President’s Chief of Staff Named New Defense Minister
YEREVAN (PanARMENIAN.Net) — President Serzh Sargsyan named his chief of staff, Vigen Sargsyan (no relations), as the country’s new defense minister, replacing Seyran Ohanyan. President Serzh Sargsyan...
View ArticleAuthor Dawn Anahid MacKeen Continues to Raise Awareness for Armenians
DARTMOUTH, N.H.—Award-winning investigative reporter and author Dawn Anahid MacKeen will deliver a public lecture on the Dartmouth University campus on Wednesday, October 12, starting at 5:00p.m....
View ArticleAuthor Dawn MacKeen Talk Helps Raise Funds for Aleppo Armenians
Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Southern Californian award-winning author Dawn Anahid MacKeen is continuing her campaign to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide. She is giving an...
View ArticlePeter Balakian Reads with 13 Pulitzer Prize Poets, October 27
NEW YORK — In a special celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes, The Poetry Society of America is a hosting a night of readings by 13 recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry....
View ArticleA Common Tragedy in Aleppo Kills Young Swim Star and Brother
ALEPPO (AFP) — On the day she was killed, Syrian star swimmer Mireille Hindoyan had decided to skip her daily swim at an Aleppo pool to work a shift at her family’s supermarket near the frontline. Not...
View ArticleAvraam Russo Brings Pop Panache to Tenafly Perfomance
By MaryLynda Bozian-Cruickshank Special to the Mirror-Spectator TENAFLY, N.J. — On Saturday, October 8, the Cultural Committee of St. Thomas Armenian Church, chaired by Talar Sarafian, presented the...
View ArticleAkçam Confirms Authenticity of Andonian Papers in Explosive Talk about New Book
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — Prof. Taner Akçam delivered an explosive talk on October 10, on his findings which quelled any doubts about the veracity of one of the...
View ArticleArmenian MP from Turkey Garo Paylan Speaks to Overflow Crowd in Belmont
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — Member of Parliament in Turkey Garo Paylan received a hero’s welcome for a standing-room-only talk at the First Armenian Church on Tuesday,...
View ArticleDemoyan Warns of Dire Situation in Armenia
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — On October 13, Hayk Demoyan delivered a lecture ominously entitled “The End of the Third Republic? Or, What to Expect for Armenia’s Future” at the...
View ArticleArmenian Community Extends Warm Welcome to New US Citizens at Heritage Park
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — About 100 brand-new US citizens spent their first hours as Americans at the Armenian Heritage Park on Thursday, October 13, where they were welcomed...
View ArticleFriendship Between the Rhine and the Arax
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator DRESDEN — Germans celebrated national unity on October 3, not only in Dresden but also in Yerevan. Most appropriately at the center of the...
View ArticleAn Evening of Romantic Songs and Poems in New Jersey
By MaryLynda Bozian-Cruikshank Special to the Mirror-Spectator ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.- The Mher Mergerdchian Theatrical Group (MMTG) and the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) hosted actor and singer,...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Greek Chicken Salad Pitas with Red Pepper Hummus
Ingredients: 2 medium skinless rotisserie chicken breasts, diced 1/2 medium red onion, thinly sliced 1/2 cup Greek-style vinaigrette dressing 1/4 cup each celery and cucumber, diced 1/4 cup Italian...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Spicy Pasta with Chicken, Garlic and Cucumbers
By Christine Vartanian Datian Ingredients 3/4 pound linguini or angel hair pasta (or favorite pasta) 2 teaspoons rice vinegar 2 cups shredded or diced skinless chicken breast 4 large cloves garlic,...
View ArticleDetroit Welcomes Shoah Foundation Leader
DETROIT — On Tuesday, October 18, St. John Church of Southfield hosted Dr. Stephen Smith of the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation. Smith is the UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education; he...
View ArticleErdogan’s Ottoman Empire Strikes Back
By Edmond Y. Azadian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist AKP party has turned Turkey into a fascist state terrorizing its domestic population and murdering the Kurdish minority. The US, Europe...
View ArticlePhilippe Kalfayan: At the Intersection of Law, Justice and Rebellion
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff PARIS — For the past century, the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the subsequent and appropriate punitive measures have been debated in various...
View ArticleDawn MacKeen Honors Her Grandfather’s Legacy While Helping Syrian Relief
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The talk by Dawn Anahid MacKeen, author of The Hundred Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey, at Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Greater Boston,...
View ArticleA New Global Approach to an Armenian Problem
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — On Friday, October 28, a new movement was launched in the Armenian world, one that aims to reshape how Armenians think of themselves and one in...
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