AGBU’s Musical Armenia Program Launches Young Artists’ Careers
NEW YORK — In just one year, the AGBU Musical Armenia Program (MAP), which was launched last summer to connect talented young artists with their cultural heritage, has given participants even more:...
View ArticleAnarchy in the Hierarchy
Armenians have become citizens of the global village, living in different countries and subject to different — at times contradictory — laws. Numerically, Armenians living in dispersion far surpass...
View ArticleArmenia Condemns Treatment of Armenian Captive in Azerbaijan
YEREVAN (ARKA) — Deputy Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan slammed international humanitarian organizations and human rights activists for their failure to respond to what he described as...
View ArticleThe Arab Spring and the Armenian Winter
By Edmond Y. Azadian The political turmoil artificially created in the Arab and Muslim world has come to be named euphemistically as the Arab Spring, as if promising a better future for the citizens of...
View ArticleGroup Appeals for Support for Syrian Armenians
LOS ANGELES — The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund released the following statement this week, appealing for continued support for Armenians in Syria: For the past two years, Syria and our Armenian...
View ArticleSyrian Armenians Concerned about Negative Effect of Possible US Air Strikes
By Gohar Abrahamyan ArmeniaNow reporter YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — Ethnic Armenians who have fled Syria during the last two years of conflict and took refuge in Armenia consider that possible US strikes...
View ArticleThe Historic Price of Individualism
By Edmond Y. Azadian Why do Armenians gravitate away from their native land and live in far-away countries, overwhelmed with the nostalgia of the ancestral homeland? We seldom pose the question to...
View ArticleArmenia’s U-turn — for Better or Worse
By Edmond Y. Azadian For the last three and a half years, Armenia had been negotiating with the European Union (EU) to sign the Association Agreement, yet on September 3, at the conclusion of the...
View ArticleArmenia Stuns Czechs with Injury-Time Win
PRAGUE (Reuters) — Armenia scored in injury time to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in their World Cup Group B qualifier on Friday, severely denting the home side’s chances of making the finals. The Czechs...
View ArticleParliament Discusses Armenia’s Entrance into Customs Union
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia’s parliament is currently discussing President Serge Sargisian’s announcement last week that Armenia intends to join the Russia-led Customs Union. Foreign Minister Eduard...
View ArticleManaging Director Tom Garabedian Continues ATP’s Mission
By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — In early 2012, Tom Garabedian was named the new managing director of the Armenian Tree Project (ATP), a non-profit organization founded to promote...
View ArticleDavid Kherdian: A Life Saved by Writing
By Armen Festekjian Special to the Mirror-Spectator NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — A recent interview with David Kherdian felt more like an educational journey through human development than a discussion focused...
View ArticleIndependence at What Price?
By Edmond Azadian It is a delightful autumn night in Yerevan. Streets are bustling with people. Families are strolling along boulevards and the city lights create an idyllic atmosphere. The illuminated...
View ArticleDink Murder Trial Restarts, Arrest Warrant for Ex-informant Issued
ISTANBUL (PanArmenian.net) — The trial for the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist, Agos weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink restarted on September 17, following an overturn of the first verdict due...
View ArticleA Blüthner Grand Piano for Gumri
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator POTSDAM, Germany — On September 20, the Gumri music school (“Octet”) will officially celebrate its reopening. And, if all goes as planned, a...
View ArticleLebanon ADL District Committee, Tekeyan Founders Meet
BEIRUT — ADL Lebanon’s District Committee initiated a meeting with Lebanon’s Tekeyan Founders’ Committee on Monday, September 16. Both committees were represented by former deputy Hagop Kassardjian,...
View ArticleAlan Semerdjian: Exploring Universal Truths through Art
By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff NEW YORK — Musician Alan Semerdjian’s recently released his album, “Quiet Songs for Loud Times,” represents a fresh, personal take on the challenges that affect...
View ArticleAnnual Najarian Human Rights Lecture Sheds Light on Human Trafficking Epidemic
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — Tea, hand-woven rugs and prostitutes, on the surface, seem to have very little in common. However, according to speakers at the K. George and...
View ArticleSix-Hundred-Year-Old Dream Fading
By Edmond Y. Azadian “Am I the last poet? Am I the last singer [singing the praise] of my country?” wondered the poet Vahan Teryan in the aftermath of the Genocide. It was a doomsday situation which...
View ArticleMusic, Literature and Religion in German-Armenian Cultural Dialogue
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — The Armenian community had much to celebrate in Germany at the end of October: in Berlin it was the 90th anniversary of the founding...
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