Month: December 2014

Civil Society in Armenia: Challenges and Opportunities

Special for the Armenian Weekly Civil society is a system of public mechanisms and relations that is self-contained and independent…

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HDIF: Empowering Women in Rural Armenia

The Homeland Development Initiative Foundation (HDIF) launched a campaign to empower women in rural Armenia through the creation of jobs…

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‘Depop2Repop’ Repopulation Project Launched for Gyumri, Shirak Region

More than a quarter century has passed since the earthquake in Armenia’s Gyumri. On Dec. 7, Gyumri marked the 26th…

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One Armenian Name that Backfires

What’s in a name? Plenty! Especially if it’s Appo or Apo, however you wish to interpret it. For the life…

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Land-Locked: The Necessity of Open Borders in Armenia

Special for the Armenian Weekly The historically positive relationship between Israel and the Republic of Turkey has been strained since…

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The Survival of Armenia: Dangers and Opportunities

This article is an edited version of a presentation given by Boyajian before Massachusetts Armenian Americans in December 2014. Before…

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Armenian Weekly Featured at Newseum Exhibit

WASHINGTON (A.W)—The Armenian Weekly’s front page will be featured at the Newseum’s “One Nation with News for All” exhibit until…

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Boyamian to Speak at Men’s Club Dinner

WATERTOWN, Mass.—On Mon., Jan. 12, 2015, Avedis (Avo) Boyamian will speak about the Middle East at the dinner meeting of…

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Obituary: Onnig Hachigian (1924-2014)

On the afternoon of Dec. 13, the Detroit-Armenian community lost one of its most prominent elders, Onnig Hachigian. Onnig was…

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Sassounian: Amal Clooney to Represent Armenia in European Court

Here is a surprising news item being disclosed for the first time in this column—Amal Ramzi Alamuddin, wife of prominent…

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