Merrimack Valley Armenian Community Commemorates Armenian Genocide
By Ara Jeknavorian LOWELL, Mass. — The 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in Lowell, MA on Saturday, April 20 with the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall and by a...
View ArticleArmenian Genocide Commemoration and Protest Held in Washington D. C.
By Haykaram Nahapetyan WASHINGTON – On April 24, 2019, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the Armenian community of the greater Washington area held a protest at Sheridan Circle of Washington, D.C., in...
View ArticlePashinyan Welcomes Russian Premier, Eurasian Union Leaders
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia remains committed to its continued membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and broader alliance with Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told his visiting Russian...
View ArticleArmenian Tycoon to Remain Under Arrest
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The owner of Armenia’s largest food exporting company accused of tax evasion warned through his lawyer of “severe consequences” for the domestic economy after the Court of Appeals...
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Solemn Ceremonies Mark April 24 Anniversary
YEREVAN — Tens of thousands of people marched to the Tsitsernakabert memorial in Yerevan and laid flowers there on Wednesday as Armenia marked the 104th anniversary of the 1915 genocide of Armenians in...
View ArticleAlexander Brincken: ‘Armenian Language Is a Great Treasure for Me’
By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN/LUCERNE, Switzerland — In the intellectual and musical circles of Yerevan many know Swiss musician Alexander Brincken due to his...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Celery, Avocado and Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: 6 cups sliced celery, tender leaves included, sliced on an angle 2 large avocado, cut into pieces or sliced 2 medium cucumbers, peeled, seeded, diced 2 cups fresh tomatoes, diced or 2 cups...
View ArticleColorado Senate Recognizes Artsakh, Commemorates Armenian Genocide
DENVER, Colo. — Colorado’s State Senate unanimously voted on April 24 to designate the day as “Colorado Day of the Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” through a strongly-worded resolution that also...
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Young Talents Honor the Memory of Genocide Victims
BERLIN — The date was, as always, April 24, and the venue had not changed: the French Cathedral in Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin. But the organizers were many, the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, the...
View ArticleImproper Bostonian’s Closing ‘Was a Family Decision’
By Mark Shanahan BOSTON (Boston Globe) — For nearly three decades, The Improper Bostonian has showcased smiling faces: stars from near and far, athletes, and the city’s bright young things. “I’d look...
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2019 Aurora Humanitarians Announced in Yerevan
YEREVAN — The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity’s Selection Committee has named three outstanding 2019 Aurora Humanitarians, recognized for performing acts of exceptional courage and their commitment...
View ArticleBook Review: Turkey’s Killing Fields
The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924 By Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi Illustrated. 656 pp. Harvard University Press. $35. By Bruce Clark Using the word...
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Armenian Night at Pops to Feature Debut Appearances by Cellist Navasardian,...
BOSTON — The Friends of Armenian Culture Society (FACS) will present the 68th annual Armenian Night at the Pops on Friday, June 14 at 8 p.m. The featured soloist will be the young and enormously...
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Future Generations Carry Memories of the Past
NEW YORK — As the world commemorated the Armenian Genocide throughout the month of April, families reflected on the struggles and survival of their parents and grandparents, keeping the memory of their...
View ArticleBipartisan Group Expresses Disappointment, Asks Trump to Affirm Armenian...
WASHINGTON — On Monday, May 6, a bipartisan group of legislators sent a letter to President Donald Trump expressing their disappointment in his April 24th statement, and asked him to directly affirm...
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Archaeology’s Genocide Problem: Forgetting on the Armenian Highlands
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On Friday, March 15, Vanderbilt University’s Anthropology Department hosted a lecture by Cornell University Prof. Adam T. Smith. His lecture was titled “Archaeology’s Genocide...
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Lord Ara Darzi Helps with Release of Two Reuters Reporters Jailed in Myanmar
YANGON — The Director of Imperial’s Institute of Global Health Innovation saw the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar on Tuesday, May 7. Professor the Lord (Ara) Darzi of...
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Young Filmmaker Wants to Explore Differences to Create Universal Themes
BELMONT, Mass. — Filmmaker Sharisse Zeroonian wants to explore the space between identities: Are you Armenian? Geeky? Disabled? Different? “The Mouse in the Bread,” the short film that Zeroonian wrote,...
View ArticleMichael Zildjian to Speak on Zilosophy at St. James Men’s Club Dinner Meeting
WATERTOWN — On Monday, June 3, there will be a St. James Armenian Church Men’s Club dinner meeting at the church’s Charles Mosesian Cultural and Youth Center. The guest will be Michael Zildjian,...
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Philanthropist Vartan Nazerian Receives St. Nerses the Gracious Medal
BURBANK, Calif. — Philanthropist Vartan Nazerian, a member of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party Supreme Council, was given the St. Nerses the Gracious Medal from Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin...
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