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Erdogan’s New Year’s Resolutions
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — January 1 is always a good time for pledging better behavior. It is a time for political leaders to reflect on the outgoing year and...
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210th Street in Bayside, NYC, to be Symbolically Co-Named Armenia Way
By Fr. Abraham Malkhasyan Pastor, Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs, Bayside, NY BAYSIDE, N. Y. — Three years ago, in January 2015, as the Holy Martyrs Genocide Centennial Committee began plans for...
View ArticleArmenia Question on ‘Jeopardy’ TV Show
CULVER CITY, Calif. – Every once in a while, questions pertaining to Armenia pop up in the daily television game show “Jeopardy!” produced by Sony Pictures Studios. On January 9, host Alex Trebek gave...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Araxe Cherishian
NEW YORK – Araxe Cherishian, born in New York, NY on February 28, 1930 to John and Nazenig Cherishian, passed away on December 19, 2017 in Oradell, NJ. Araxie lived in Manhattan’s Murray Hill...
View ArticleArmenia Recognizes Genocide Against Iraq’s Yazidis
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia’s parliament unanimously passed on Tuesday, January 16, a resolution recognizing as genocide the 2014 mass killings of Yazidis in Iraq which were committed by the Islamic...
View ArticleTCA Tekeyan-Shake Ghazarian Awards Contest Accepting Submissions
YEREVAN — The Central Board of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of Armenia has announced the following categories for awards in various creative categories for 2017, all through the TCA Shake...
View ArticleJapanese Helped Save Armenians and Greeks During 1922 Genocide
By Philip Chrysopoulos YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — Researcher Vicken Babkenian wrote how a Japanese ship saved the lives of hundreds Armenians and Greeks from genocide in Smyrna in 1922, and...
View ArticleArmenia in Transition
By Edmond Y. Azadian Armenia cannot entertain or exercise any political culture which is alien to the region, just as it cannot isolate itself from the corruption and cronyism which have defined the...
View ArticleSargysan Drops First Hint on Next Armenian President
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia’s next president must be a renowned but politically inexperienced individual who speaks foreign languages, President Serzh Sargysan said on Tuesday, January 16. Sargysan...
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From a Scary Delivery to a Happy Ending
LOS ANGELES (People) — Alexis Ohanian is reflecting on the moment he almost lost his wife, Serena Williams, and their daughter. The Reddit co-founder shared a photo from Williams’ Vogue photo shoot on...
View ArticleEighth-Century Settlement Discovered in Lernagog
YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — An 8th century B.C. settlement has been discovered at “Lernagog-1” site near the village of Lernagog in Armenia’s Armavir Province. For the first time in the region...
View ArticleNadia Murad and Yazda Welcome Recognition of Yazidi Genocide by Armenia
YEREVAN (Armenpress) —The Yazda organization and the UN Goodwill Ambassador for dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking Nadia Murad have welcomed the adoption of the resolution recognizing the...
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Inside Markarian Designer Alexandra O’Neill’s Greenwich Village Aerie
NEW YORK (Vogue) — During the day, Alexandra O’Neill’s Greenwich Village apartment doubles as her brand’s headquarters. The Markarian team of four taps away at their laptops on the Bertoia dining...
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Influential Middle Eastern Intellectual Simon Simonian’s Legacy Described in...
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff Simon Simonian was a prolific author, editor, publisher and teacher who played an influential role in Armenian diasporan life. An initial attempt at presenting his...
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Armenian Christmas Eve in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Armenian Christmas Eve was celebrated on January 18 by the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Bethlehem, with Rami Hamdallah, Prime Minister of Palestine, in attendance....
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Papken Janjigian
WATERTOWN – Papken V. Janjigian, known as “Pappy” to his friends, passed away on January 16. He was born on January 1, 1929 in Beirut, Lebanon to Vahan and Loussia (née Yacoubian) who were originally...
View ArticleCarrying On Hrant Dink’s Legacy
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator COLOGNE, Germany — On the 11th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink in front of his Agos office in Istanbul, Turks and Armenians and Germans...
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Victoria Bedrossian Wilson Appointed LA Superior Court Judge by Gov. Brown
LOS ANGELES – California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Victoria Bedrossian Wilson, 48, of Los Angeles, to a judgeship in the Los Angeles Superior Court, according to his December 22, 2017...
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Garo Armen Trains Steely Focus On Rural Armenia
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff NEW YORK — For Dr. Garo Armen, time is running out for rural Armenia and therefore he is focusing on reviving it as quickly and efficiently as...
View ArticleArmenia Speaks up for Yazidi Brethren in Pain
By Edmond Y. Azadian The former president of the Committee of Cultural Relations with Armenians Abroad, Vartkes Hamazaspian, a historian in his own right, once said, “Look at the irony of destiny;...
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