The presidents of the Republics of Armenia and Artsakh (Karabagh), along with leaders of major diasporan organizations, issued an unprecedented joint declaration last week, announcing the preparation of a comprehensive dossier of “legal claims” from […]
NEW YORK (A.W.)—Author Matthew Karanian, filmmaker Eric Nazarian, and photojournalist Scout Tufankjian will speak at the 2015 Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Youth Connect Program (YCP), to be held at New York University (NYU) on Feb. […]
ISTANBUL (A.W.)—The Armenian community of Istanbul has regained ownership of a historic cemetery located in the Şişli district, Turkey’s Daily Sabah reported on Feb. 2. The news comes in the wake of new legal amendments […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly 2014 was the bloodiest year in the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict since the 1990’s. Here, Emil Sanamyan reviews the casualty data for the year and looks at the factors driving the escalation. […]
I remember them all so fondly, those elderly Armenian bachelors back in the 1950’s when I was a teenager. They were survivors of the Armenian Genocide who had found a home and social acceptance at […]
By Andrew Devedjian 76 DAYS. It is February 7, 2015, and there are only 76 days until April 24, when we mark 100 years of injustice. Plans from all over have flooded our communities […]
Raffi Nerses Yessayan has begun serving as a justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court. Nominated by then-Governor Deval Patrick in September 2014, he was unanimously approved two months later by the eight-member, elected Governor’s Council. […]
KINGSTON, R.I.—The University of Rhode Island (URI) is offering the course, “The Armenian Experience: History and Culture,” at its Kingston campus for the spring 2015 semester, on Mondays from 4-6:45 p.m. As part of the “GenEd-HigherEd” […]
STEPANAKERT (A.W.) — Nagorno Karabagh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan held a meeting on Feb. 3 regarding the police blockade and assault on members of an opposition group that took place near Berdzor in the […]
NEW YORK—Major scholars from around the world will participate in a timely and thought-provoking conference at Columbia University titled, “Monuments and Memory: Material Culture and the Aftermath of Histories of Mass Violence,” on Fri., Feb. […]
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