News
‘Bad’ Beads
One cannot begin to understand today’s Armenian Diaspora without addressing the Armenian massacres and genocide that took place towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. While an Armenian […]
Month: April 2009
News
Thousands to Rally at Turkish Consulate in LA on April 24
As Obama seeks to stop genocide in Darfur, calls intensify for affirmation of Turkey’s genocide of Armenians LOS ANGELES—The United States has the best chance in a generation to help end the cycle of genocide […]
Interviews
Papazian Speaks Out on Armenian Genocide Recognition
The following interview was sent by Dr. Dennis Papazian to the Armenian American press earlier this month. Question: When he was a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to reaffirm American acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide […]
News
Armenian Genocide Resolution Co-Sponsors Top 100
WASHINGTON—With only days remaining until President Barack Obama’s long anticipated April 24th remarks this Friday, the lead sponsors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution have announced that the number of co-sponsors for this human rights measure […]
News
Armenia, Turkey, and Switzerland Issue Joint Statement on ‘Road Map’
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Turkey and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs issued a joined statement on April 22 announcing that a road-map of normalizing relations […]
News
Markarian: Armenia Has Been Defeated
YEREVAN—Armenia has been defeated in the Turkish-Armenian dialogue process because of key concessions made by Yerevan, declared Armenian Revolutionary Federation Bureau chairman Hrant Markarian, who urged Armenia to pull out of the talks immediately, reported […]
Opinion
Commentary on the Turkish Apology Campaign
The Armenian Weekly April 2009 Magazine “My conscience does not accept the insensitivity showed to and the denial of the Great Catastrophe that the Ottoman Armenians were subjected to in 1915. I reject this injustice […]
Obituaries
In Memoriam: A Tribute to Armen Haghnazarian
What began in 1961 as a modest student life in the historic city of Aachen, the resting place of Charlemagne and German kings, came full circle almost half a century later. Thousands of miles from […]
My Turn
Think Tank Report on Armenia: You Get What You Pay For
Several pro-establishment Washington think tanks, such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brookings Institution, Heritage Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations, and American […]
Opinion
Aliyev Eyes Lachin as Erdogan Says No Deal Without Karabagh
On April 18, following meetings with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev told the Russian state-run television that while he understood the importance of a land link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, he […]