DIYARBAKIR, Turkey—The Armenian Weekly welcomes its new correspondent, Gulisor Akkum, who will regularly file reports from Diyarbakir/Dikranagerd. Akkum is a journalist based in Diyarbakir. She received her sociology degree in 2003 from Dicle University. Her […]
LOS ANGELES—Legendary Armenian singer Flora Martirosyan, 55, passed away on Tues., Nov. 20, in Burbank, Calif., following complications resulting from an earlier gall-bladder surgery. Martirosyan was born on Feb. 5, 1957 in Gyumri, Soviet Armenia, […]
Calls Armenia ‘a country of no value’ Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took to Twitter this week to unleash an anti-Armenian tirade after calling the Armenian lobby the number one enemy of Azerbaijan over the weekend, […]
The Armenian Weekly correspondent Gulisor Akkum’s camera was confiscated during the protests in Diyarbakir on Nov 17. When the police returned the camera, all photographs were erased. The photo in this report is from an […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Mer Doon (or “Our Home”) NGO has been providing care for 18- 23-year-old “aged-out” female orphans in Armenia for the past 8 years. On Sat., Nov. 10, the organization held a benefit dance […]
BOSTON, Mass.—On Fri., Nov. 2, the Armenian Student Organization (ASO) of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) hosted a reception for the Armenian student organizations of the Greater Boston area. The evening […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Following their presentation at the 54thannual Eurovision Song Contest, sister duo Inga and Anush Arshakyan have been releasing new music and amassing new fans through their tours in Europe, the Middle East, and the […]
In a month that’s known for food bringing people together, I can’t help but think of the power of a meal and how the simple act of sharing food with another human being makes you […]
Like a good football rivalry, Thanksgiving around my house was always predicated around teamwork. As children, our job was to stay out of the way, keep the living room orderly, bring our appetites to the […]
Experts to Assess Armenia’s Socio-economic Policy Choices YEREVAN—National and international experts will gather in Armenia’s capital on Nov. 30 for a one-day conference examining mining and socio-economic policy in Armenia. Organized by the American University […]
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