Month: July 2014

ARF, ARS Hold Reception in Honor of Amb. Mnatsakanyan

NEW YORK (A.W.)—On Thurs., June 26, community leaders gathered at a reception hosted by Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor to…

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Building Bridges: From Kayseri to Kigali

Special for the Armenian Weekly Nothing makes genocide more real than looking into the eyes of someone who has survived…

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Bedrosyan: The Genocide of the Pontic Greeks

The annihilation of the non-Turk/non-Muslim peoples from Anatolia started on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals…

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‘Sixty Minutes’ Lifts Chertavian into National Prominence

BOSTON, Mass.—He grew up in nearby Lowell, the son of a dentist and dental hygienist, bent on cutting his own…

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Sassounian: Turkey’s Support Declines in Congress after Blunders at Home and Abroad

Due to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s widespread human rights abuses of his own citizens and foreign policy blunders vis-a-vis…

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Camp Haiastan to Kick Off Tribute Weekend with Gala at Gillette Stadium

Gala Sponsored by Alex and Ani, Rafaelian Family FRANKLIN, Mass.—Camp Haiastan will host a Tribute Weekend on Sat., July 26…

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Armenian Mass Graves Revisited: A Photo-Essay

Special for the Armenian Weekly April 2014 magazine It began in Yerevan, while I was photographing the National Geographic story…

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Armenologist Peter Cowe Honored at UCLA Banquet

LOS ANGELES—On the evening of June 1, a banquet honoring the 30th anniversary of Prof. S. Peter Cowe’s scholarly career…

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New Highway to Connect Armenia to Martakert

The reconstruction of the 116-kilometer Vardenis-Martakert Highway, which includes the renovation and incorporation of the Vardenis-Drmbon route, is currently under…

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Will Host Detroit Retaliate at AYF Olympics?

That seems to be the big question as AYF pundits gear up for another Olympic showdown in the Motor City…

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