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Month: June 2015

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Activists Reject Armenian President Plan on Energy Price Hike

June 28, 2015 at 1:56 am Guest Contributor 3

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Bowing to pressure from thousands of protesters blocking a central Yerevan avenue for the sixth consecutive day, President Serge Sarkisian announced on Saturday that his government will effectively suspend a controversial rise in electricity […]

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Kathleen Gasparian Fights for the Rights of Immigrant Kids

June 26, 2015 at 12:29 pm Karine Armen 3

  Special for the Armenian Weekly This was my second time participating in the Annual Conference of the National Organization for Women. Once again, I was the only Armenian in the audience, but this time […]

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Reflections on Turkey’s Parliamentary Election

June 26, 2015 at 12:21 pm Raffi Bedrosyan 2

On June 7, Turkish citizens went to the polls to elect 550 members of the Turkish Parliament. What did the election mean for the Armenians of Turkey, of Armenia, and of the diaspora? First, a […]

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Vehapar’s Historic Visit a Holy Chrism

June 26, 2015 at 12:10 pm Tom Vartabedian 2

All but lost in a “Holy See” of emotion was an anniversary that should be applauded. HH Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, can look upon his month-long visit to New England […]

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CYSCA Holds Annual Meeting

June 26, 2015 at 12:08 pm Guest Contributor 0

Ghazaryan Presents ‘Dasaran’ Educational Program CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—On May 20, the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) held its 29th annual meeting at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston. President Alisa Stepanian and other Board […]

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ARF Eastern US Central Committee Chair: Armenian Authorities Must Be Held Accountable

June 25, 2015 at 3:41 pm Weekly Staff 8

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of concerned citizens have continued their protests on the streets of Yerevan, against the government’s adoption of a 17 percent rise in electricity rates. The Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of Armenia unanimously […]

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Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX Passes Away

June 25, 2015 at 1:04 pm Weekly Staff 3

BEIRUT, Lebanon—The Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX, passed away on June 25 after suffering a heart attack, reported Lebanon’s the Daily Star. Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1940, His Beatitude […]

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It’s ‘No to Plunder’, Not an Armenian ‘Maidan’

June 25, 2015 at 11:34 am Houry Mayissian 45

Special to the Armenian Weekly When I shared some of the early photos of the protests by the “No to Plunder” movement on Facebook, one of my friends contacted me to privately protest that I […]

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Armenian PM Defends Energy Price Hike, Urges End to Protests

June 25, 2015 at 11:17 am Guest Contributor 2

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian on Thursday defended state regulators’ decision to raise electricity prices and urged thousands of protesters to unblock a major street in Yerevan on the fourth day of their non-stop demonstrations against […]

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Koomruian Armenian Education Fund Announces Scholarship Recipients

June 25, 2015 at 8:32 am Guest Contributor 0

The Selection Committee of the Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund recently announced the award of scholarships to the following students for the academic year 2015-16: Alexander Bedrosyan (international law, $3,000); Alison Boghosian (communications, […]

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