Month: July 2016

Focus Should Remain on Governance Rather Than Regime Change

An armed group called “Sasna Tser” (Daredevils of Sassoon) recently seized the Erebuni police station in Yerevan, taking several policemen…

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I am the Messenger

By Ani Arzoumanian I am the messenger, the historian, the speaker for the dead. I roam the Earth, endlessly seeking…

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Armenian EyeCare Project Launches New Website

Launches New Website in Anticipation of 25th Anniversary Celebration Dedicated to the prevention of avoidable blindness and to providing quality…

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Twelve Vanadzor Families Move into a Decent Home 

The construction of the multi-apartment building for the 12 families currently living in metal containers in Vanadzor city, Taron 3rd…

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Sheriff Koutoujian Discusses Mental Health, Incarceration at White House Forum

WASHINGTON—Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian discussed the issue of mental health and incarceration at a White House Forum on Disability…

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Making Sense of Senselessness: The Lessons of Lisbon

“We know what we are doing. We know also what we shall do in the future.” It is with these…

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Armed Group Takes Medics Hostage at Seized Yerevan Police Station

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Gunmen affiliated with a radical opposition group have taken medical personnel hostage in their continuing standoff with the Armenian…

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Job Opportunity: Assistant Editor (English)

The Hairenik Association is seeking a full-time Assistant Editor for the Armenian Weekly English-language newspaper. Responsibilities include providing editorial assistance,…

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Political Violence Through a Different Lens

By Aram Ghoogasian The 20th century, violent as it was, saw the rise of nonviolence as a prominent strategy. Consequently,…

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Camp Javakhk: Uniting Diasporan Armenians

Our first jampar of 2016 is in full throttle in Akhalkalak, a historically Armenian town in Georgia since Armenians resettled…

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