This year the annual hantes at Kirikian Armenian School was like none other. Not only did it mark the school’s end-of-the-year cultural program, but it was also a time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of […]
YEREVAN, BAKU (Combined Sources)—Photojournalist Diana Markosian, who works for the Bloomberg News Agency, was deported from Baku for being Armenian when she arrived there on assignment from Istanbul. “I’m very surprised over the incident,” Markosian […]
It’s really heartening. Though it might sound hokey, there is something romantic and symbolically important about people taking to, and over, the streets of Athens, the birthplace of democracy. Two decades ago, the old “Eastern […]
Azeri War Rhetoric, Violations Continue Unhindered Two days after the talks in Kazan, Russia, between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan failed to produce tangible results, the latter, Ilham Aliyev, renewed his war rhetoric, promising […]
WASHINGTON–Armenian American community leaders and grassroots activists from across the United States converged in the nation’s capital for a long weekend of inter-active advocacy training, networking, and Congressional visits as part of the Armenian National […]
Armenians this month mourn the loss of Elena Bonner, a great humanist and a leading combatant against the injustices of the Soviet era. She will forever remain relevant and inspirational to people worldwide, and to […]
On May 11, at the annual meeting of the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA), former mayor and longtime city councilor Frank Duehay recounted the origins of the association, which was founded 25 years ago. Duehay […]
OCT. 20, 2011 * K. GEORGE AND CAROLANN S. NAJARIAN LECTURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS. The endowed public program of the Armenian Heritage Foundation, sponsor of the Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway […]
LEXINGTON, Mass.—On June 13, the Armenian Sisters’ Academy (ASA) of Lexington completed its spring 2011 Visiting Speakers Series with a presentation on colonial New England. Guests from the Billerica Historical Society visited the school and […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (A.W.)—Legendary Armenian singer Paul Baghdadlian passed away on June 28 after a long illness. Baghdadlian began his career in the Middle East in the 1970’s, later broadening his reach to the U.S., […]
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