EU, Armenia Sign Landmark Agreement
BRUSSELS (Combined Sources) — The European Union and Armenia signed an agreement aimed at significantly deepening their relations at a ceremony here on Friday, November 24, held on the sidelines of the...
View ArticleUpcoming Candlelit Labyrinth Walk Tops off Year of Original Programs
BOSTON — Lucas Cowan, public art curator of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, spoke recently at a HUBweek event and had the following to say about the Armenian Heritage Park on The Greenway:...
View ArticleMartin Luther and the Armenians
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BOCHUM-LINDEN, Germany — This year 2017 Germans celebrated the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Dubbed as...
View ArticleObituary: Rose (Varjian) Muggeridge, Former Volunteer at Armenian...
WATERTOWN — Rose (Varjian) Muggeridge, 91, originally from Franklin, then Watertown, passed away on November 19 at Carlton Willard Village in Bedford. She was born and raised in Franklin,...
View ArticleArmenian Soprano Haroutounian Makes Sumptuous Recital Debut in SF
By Joshua Kosman SAN FRANCISCO (San Francisco Chronicle) — Lianna Haroutounian’s back-to-back Puccini performances with the San Francisco Opera in recent years — a formidable 2014 company debut as...
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Armenia’s Submission for Academy Awards Imagines a World without War
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Armenia’s foreign-language film submission to the Academy Awards for this year invites viewers to imagine a world without war, according to its director. Director Anahid Abad Anahid...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Bulgur, Beef, and Vegetable Burgers
Ingredients: 1 cup fine grain bulgur 1 pound lean ground beef or lamb 1 medium red or white onion, minced 1 medium egg, beaten 2 large cloves garlic, minced 2 cups water or low sodium chicken or...
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Tribute to Old Watertown: Bob Sanasarian Walks Down Memory Lane
By Nancy Kalajian Special to the Mirror-Spectator WATERTOWN — At 88, Bob Sanasarian jauntily walks through the streets and byways of East Watertown to recollect the shops that once were, in many...
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Aurora Dialogues on Global Refugee Crisis to Be Held in Berlin
BERLIN — “Millions on The Move: Need for Development and Integration,” a conference spearheaded by Aurora Dialogues Berlin, is intended to explore how the European Union, and Germany, can contribute to...
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National Center of Armenian Memory in Décines, France Promotes Armenian...
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff DÉCINES, France – One of the largest centers of Armenian population in France is in Décines, a suburb of Lyon in the Rhônes-Alpes region. Here along with other...
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Lasers Provide Ray of Light for Children and Adults Suffering in Armenia
BOSTON — A parent will do anything to help his or her child live a normal life. But, what if your child were born with life altering birthmark on their face? There is technology to treat your child,...
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Scholae Mundi Foundation and Mahindra Group Announce Major UWC Scholarship...
MUMBAI and YEREVAN — Russian-Armenian impact investors and social entrepreneurs Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend have collaborated with Anand Mahindra, chairman of the Mahindra Group, a global...
View ArticleAmbassador Samantha Power Joins the Aurora Prize Selection Committee
NEW YORK — The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative announced this week that Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is the newest member of the Aurora Prize for Awakening...
View ArticleAni Kassian-Howard Joins Boston Ballet’s Production of ‘Nutcracker’
BOSTON — Ani Kassian-Howard of Belmont is performing in Boston Ballet’s production of Mikko Nissinen’s “The Nutcracker” in the lead children’s role of Clara. Kassian-Howard has been a student at Boston...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Easy Tortilla Lahmajoons
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds ground lamb or beef 1 medium onion, minced 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced 2-3 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped fine 1/2 bunch flat-leaf parsley,...
View ArticleChristopher Atamian Poetry Collection A Poet in Washington Heights Wins...
BOSTON — The Regional Executive Committee of Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of Eastern United States announces the winner of the 4th Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary...
View ArticleVahe Berberian Premieres ‘Ooremn’ Monologue in Greater Boston
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff ARLINGTON, Mass. — Los Angeles-based comedian Vahe Berberian presented the Boston premiere of his latest show, “Ooremn,” on December 3 at the Regent Theatre in...
View ArticleSend Off Loved Ones with Services from the Heart
By Harut Akopyan I’m writing this as a personal manifesto intended first and foremost for myself, but also for the sake and memory of the dead and the eulogy of the living ignorant. To clarify, I am...
View ArticleAronian Ranked Second in World
PARIS (Public Radio of Armenia) — Armenia’s leading grandmaster Levon Aronian has retained his second place ranking in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) December raking of the world’s top 100...
View ArticleSmall Town Politics in Germany Raise Diplomatic Fuss
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator POHLHEIM, Germany — Pohlheim is a small town in Germany, near Giessen in the state of Hessen, with just under 20,000 inhabitants. But a local...
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