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Pashinyan Visits Germany
COLOGNE, Germany — When Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Annas Hakobyan paid an official visit to Germany last week, their first stop was not the capital city but Cologne. This may...
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Michelle Ekizian Paints Emotional Portrait of Gorky in New Opera
By Corbett Charles McCarthy NEW YORK — I believe the spirit of Arshile Gorky lives on, and that in this time of continued turmoil — whether it be of walls that divide or protect—what’s of most...
View ArticleUncovering a Century-Old Armenian Refugee Crisis
By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — The displacement of refugees has been an international concern in recent years. A talk at the Eastern Diocese’s Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center looked at a...
View ArticleWhy Russia Needs Armenia and Vice Versa
By David Boyajian Astute observers know that Russia needs Armenia as much as Armenia needs Russia. Russia’s dependence on Armenia explains the Kremlin’s extra pressure on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan...
View ArticleIsraeli Military Drone Firm Banned for Attacking Artsakh Cleared for Business...
YEREVAN (Armenpress, RFE/RL) — The Armenian Foreign Ministry is planning to raise the issue of Israel’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or military drone supply to Azerbaijan in different bilateral and...
View ArticleMacron Declares April 24 as Day of Remembrance of Armenian Genocide
PARIS (Combined Sources) — French President Emmanuel Macron declared April 24 as “a national day of remembrance of the Armenian genocide” on Tuesday, February 5. Macron, in keeping with a 2017 campaign...
View ArticleRussell Pollard: Instrumental in Armenian Genocide Recognition in Derby
By Dr. Hratch Kouyoumjian DERBY, UK — Russel Pollard is a photojournalist with close ties to the British-Armenian community since the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. He...
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Marianne Auricoste: ‘I Grew Up with Armenia in My Heart’
by Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN/PARIS — Marianne Auricoste started as an actress, but then devoted herself to poetry and reciting. She founded the association Le Chant des...
View ArticleArmenian Parliament Debates Government’s ‘Revolutionary’ Program
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The National Assembly began debating on Tuesday, February 12, the Armenian government’s five-year program which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan again portrayed as a policy framework...
View ArticleHealth Ministry Seeks Indoor Smoking Ban in Armenia
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia’s Ministry of Health has called for a blanket ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and all other indoor public places in the country. A relevant bill drafted by the ministry...
View ArticleAkçam to Speak on Talat Pasha’s Killing Orders and Denial of the Armenian...
LOS ANGELES — On Friday, March 22, Professor Taner Akçam (Clark University), will deliver a public lecture at noon at the University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced...
View ArticleCouples’ Night out at Holy Trinity
By Rev. Dr. Avedis Boynerian & Dr. Yn. Arpi Boynerian CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Back when we were still engaged, we ran into a certain man at a market. As soon as he learned about our engagement, he said,...
View ArticleKazarian Bill Would Put End to Legislators Treating LGBTQ Marriages Separately
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Uprise RI) — State Rep. Katherine Kazarian (Democrat, District 63, East Providence) introduced a bill on February 5, H5238, that would take away the power of some Rhode Island General...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Apricot Brandy Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) 2 1/2 cups sugar 5 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon baking soda...
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Questing for the Origins of Mer Hayrenik
By Haykaram Nahapetyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator The recent initiative of Armenia’s Parliament’s deputy-chair Alen Manukyan aiming to change Mer Hayrenik (Our Motherland), the national anthem of...
View ArticleArmenian American Veterans of Greater Boston Host Holiday Meal for Frontline...
BOSTON and BERD, Armenia — On January 28, Armenia’s Army Day holiday, the Armenian American Veterans of Greater Boston (formerly AMVETS POST 41 of Watertown, MA), hosted a holiday meal for 350...
View ArticleDr. Ara Sanjian to Speak on ‘Armenia’s Road to and Since the Velvet Revolution’
FRESNO — Dr. Ara Sanjian, director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, will give a presentation on “Armenia’s Road to and Since the ‘Velvet Revolution’” at 7:30...
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Dr. Mihran Agbabian, Community Activist, Co-Founder of American University of...
LOS ANGELES — A founding member of the American University of Armenia, where he was President Emeritus, and life-long community activist and educator, Dr. Mihran Agbabian, died on Tuesday, February 12,...
View ArticleEgypt Implicitly Recognizes Armenian Genocide
CAIRO (Egypt Today) —In his speech at the 2019 Munich Security Conference on February 18, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi stated that Egypt had hosted Armenians following the genocide against them 100...
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Colin Kaepernick Settles Collusion Case against NFL
By Jake Russell LOS ANGELES (Washington Post) — On Friday, February 15, the collusion case between the NFL and former teammates Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid was settled, the two sides announced. The...
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