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Kansas-Armenia Partnership Day, with Topeka Visit of Armenian Defense...
By Haykaram Nahapetyan TOPEKA, Kansas – Armenia’s Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan is visiting the US and on March 27 he and his military delegation visited Topeka, Kansas. The National Guard of Kansas...
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Memorializing the Joy of Diana
By Sonia I. Ketchian It was cousin Leo Sarkisian who invited this neophyte graduate student of the Harvard Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures to the reception by the National Association...
View ArticlePashinyan Meets with Artists Protesting Sacking of Opera Chief
YEREVAN (RFE/RL, Opera Wire) — Amid continuing angry protests against the sacking of the acclaimed Armenian-American director of Armenia’s national opera theater, the government pledged to at least...
View ArticleHoly Week at St. Vartan Cathedral to be Observed April 13 Through April 21,...
NEW YORK — St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral will observe Holy Week, April 13 through 20, with a series of special services culminating in the Easter Sunday celebration on April 21. Holy Week is the sacred...
View ArticlePremier Congratulates Assyrian Community on New Year
YEREVAN — On Monday, April 1, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s office issued a statement congratulation the country’s Assyrian minority on Hab-nsan, the Assyrian New Year. “I cordially congratulate you...
View ArticleJohn Mirak Foundation Supports ‘Yes, Armenian Women Can!’ Campaign
BOSTON — John and Artemis Mirak met each other and were married in the Boston area after having lost their respective families and becoming orphans of the Armenian Genocide. “They were rescued in...
View ArticleUS Senators Introduce Bill to Prohibit Transfer of F-35 Jets to Turkey
WASHINGTON — On March 28, Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced S.922, a bipartisan bill also known as the “Protecting NATO...
View ArticleSalpi Ghazarian to Speak at Connecticut Armenian Genocide Commemoration
HARTFORD, Conn.— The Connecticut Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee has announced that the commemoration of the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will take place on Saturday, April 27...
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St. Stephen’s Elementary School Teams Shine at Watertown Spelling Bee
WATERTOWN — Thirteen students from St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) participated in the ninth Annual Watertown Spelling Bee for Grades 1-5, on Sunday, March 31. They were Georgette...
View ArticleKurkjian to Be Keynote Speaker at Rhode Island Commemoration
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Armenian Martyrs’ Memorial Committee of Rhode Island will commemorate the 104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Sunday, April 28, starting at 12:45 p.m. at the Martyrs...
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Taron Simonyan Finds Humanity in Far-Flung Locales
By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN – The 39-year-old painter and photographer Taron Simonyan is a citizen of the world. He says he has a home and family in different...
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The Debate about Culture and the Culture of Debate
By Archi Galentz BERLIN — The website of Aravot reported on February 21 on the visit of Anna Hakobyan, the wife of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, to Switzerland and the surprise that she...
View ArticleArmenian President Visits Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan (Armenpress) — President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian arrived in Amman, on April 5. On April 6, the Armenian president will participate in the World Economic Forum meeting on the Middle...
View ArticlePower Experts from Armenia, Russia, Iran and Georgia to Consider Electricity...
YEREVAN (Arka) — Power engineering experts from Armenia, Russia, Iran and Georgia are scheduled to convene in Tehran to discuss the creation of the North-South electricity corridor, Rima Yeganyan, a...
View ArticleArmenia Aid Reaches Iran
YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Armenian humanitarian aid sent to flood-hit Iran has already reached the country. Now, the humanitarian group will be escorted by the Iranian Red Crescent Society to Tabriz, the...
View ArticlePresident Sarkissian Visits Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon
LISBON, Portugal (Armenpress) — President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who is in Portugal on a working visit, visited Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation on April 9. Noting that he last visited that place...
View ArticleForeign Minister Visits Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Armenpress) — Foreign minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, during an official visit to Ethiopia, met with the representatives of the local Armenian community on April 4. The...
View ArticleOpposition Prosperous Armenia Introduces Bill Against Animal Cruelty
YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The opposition Prosperous Armenia faction of the Armenian parliament has introduced a bill seeking to criminalize animal abuse. “As we promised, minutes ago we introduced the...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Guest Recipe: Heart-Healthy Kufteh
Contributed by Robyn and Douglas Kalajian at https://www.thearmeniankitchen.com/ The Kalajians at www.thearmeniankitchen.com have been experimenting with some of their favorite traditional recipes to...
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VEM Ensemble Tour to Detroit, Montreal and Boston Is a Triumph
WATERTOWN — The VEM Ensemble of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music inspired and moved large audiences in the hundreds in Detroit, Montreal and Boston as it completed the first part of its spring 2019...
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