Month: June 2015
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Jun- 2015 -28 JuneNews
Activists Reject Armenian President Plan on Energy Price Hike
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Bowing to pressure from thousands of protesters blocking a central Yerevan avenue for the sixth consecutive day, President Serge…
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26 JuneOp-Eds
Kathleen Gasparian Fights for the Rights of Immigrant Kids
Special for the Armenian Weekly This was my second time participating in the Annual Conference of the National Organization…
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26 JuneOp-Eds
Reflections on Turkey’s Parliamentary Election
On June 7, Turkish citizens went to the polls to elect 550 members of the Turkish Parliament. What did the…
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26 JuneTom Vartabedian
Vehapar’s Historic Visit a Holy Chrism
All but lost in a “Holy See” of emotion was an anniversary that should be applauded. HH Aram I, Catholicos…
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26 JuneNews
CYSCA Holds Annual Meeting
Ghazaryan Presents ‘Dasaran’ Educational Program CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—On May 20, the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) held its 29th annual meeting…
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25 JuneNews
ARF Eastern US Central Committee Chair: Armenian Authorities Must Be Held Accountable
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of concerned citizens have continued their protests on the streets of Yerevan, against the government’s adoption of a…
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25 JuneNews
Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX Passes Away
BEIRUT, Lebanon—The Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX, passed away on June 25 after suffering a…
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25 JuneOp-Eds
It’s ‘No to Plunder’, Not an Armenian ‘Maidan’
Special to the Armenian Weekly When I shared some of the early photos of the protests by the “No to…
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25 JuneNews
Armenian PM Defends Energy Price Hike, Urges End to Protests
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian on Thursday defended state regulators’ decision to raise electricity prices and urged thousands of protesters to…
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25 JuneNews
Koomruian Armenian Education Fund Announces Scholarship Recipients
The Selection Committee of the Peter and Alice Koomruian Armenian Education Fund recently announced the award of scholarships to the…
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