On Aug. 1, President Serge Sarkisian held a meeting in the Presidential Palace, during which he responded to the take-over of a district police station in Yerevan by a group of activists or terrorists—depending on […]
Purchase Your HyePass for Only $90! (You Save $45!) The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) New Jersey “Arsen” Chapter and the 2016 AYF Olympics Steering Committee have put together an exciting package of amazingly talented Armenian […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly If you’ve watched the last season of “House of Cards,” you have an appreciation for the role that data and social media can play in elections. Few know, however, that […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (A.W.)— Gor Minasyan won Armenia’s third silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in men’s Weightlifting (+105 kg) on Aug. 16. Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze and Irakli […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (A.W.)—Artur Aleksanyan won Armenia’s first gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after defeating Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera of Cuba in the Greco-Roman Wrestling 98 kg […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (A.W.)—Armenia’s Migran Arutyunyan (b. 1989) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after falling to Davor Štefanek of Serbia in the Greco-Roman Wrestling 66 kg final […]
Martirosyan Wins Silver in Weightlifting (105 kg) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (A.W.)—Simon Martirosyan (b. 1997) became Armenia’s first medal winner at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after winning a silver in men’s […]
At a recent meeting where the structure of an (Armenian) organization was under discussion, what struck me as a strange comment was made. “Dictatorship (prnabedootiun) is not necessarily bad,” contended one person. The notion arose […]
The Knights of Vartan is a national fraternal organization with 25 local lodges in the United States. The Brotherhood is dedicated to the preservation of the Republic of Armenia and the perpetuation of the cultural […]
Bedros Sevadjian was an Armenian who was born in Aintab, Ottoman Empire, on 21st May 1918. His father, Avedis Sevadjian, had been a successfully established merchant and industrialist in Ethiopia from 1900 having settled […]
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