PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Three Armenian Churches came together to celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the North Burial Ground in Providence on April 24. The event, which was sponsored by the Armenian Martyrs’ Memorial Committee of Rhode Island on […]
VIENNA, Austria (A.W.)–Armenia, represented by the group “Genealogy,” has moved forward to the final stage of the Eurovision 2015 contest. Armenia was one of 16 countries taking part in the first semi-finals in Vienna on […]
ISTANBUL (A.W.)—Protesters entered day 14 of a live-in demonstration at Camp Armen, the former Armenian summer camp located in the Tuzla district of Istanbul. The camp had been marked for demolition to make room for […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonian) (1869-1935) Soghomon was born to Kevork and Takoohi Soghomonian, a young Armenian Turkish-speaking couple, in Kutahya, Ottoman Turkey. Takoohi composed music, which the couple sang. Soghomon was […]
In a lengthy article titled, “10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government,” the Washington Post disclosed last week the scandalous details of an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference in Azerbaijan by […]
PARAMUS, N.J.—In response to recent news of the partial demolition of Camp Armen in the Tuzla district near Istanbul, the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) has written to the Turkish president, prime minister, and […]
BRUSSELS—The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD/ANC Europe) has called on Turkish citizens living in Europe to vote for the leading pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi, HDP) in the June 7 parliamentary elections […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly It was the evening of April 24, 2015, and I was sitting on the street in Istanbul, right near where Istiklal Avenue starts off from Taksim Square. The area had […]
LEXINGTON, Mass.—On Wed., May 27, at 7 p.m., acclaimed author Eric Bogosian will speak in connection with his recently published book, Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot That Avenged the Armenian Genocide, at the National Heritage […]
By Assadour Guzelian Sponsored by Ambassador of Armenia to the United Kingdom Dr. Armen Sarkissian, a concert was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Sun., May 3, dedicated to the Centennial of the […]
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