Year: 2016

Thomas (Tom) M. Vartabedian (1940-2016)

Longtime Haverhill Journalist, Armenian Activist Passes Away at 76 Thomas (Tom) M. Vartabedian, an award-winning Haverhill Gazette writer-photographer for 50…

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UN Committee Review Unmasks Serious Violations of Women’s Rights in Armenia

Special for the Armenian Weekly The Armenian government ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against…

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PicsArt Chosen Best iPhone Photo App of 2016

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (A.W.)—Yerevan based  photo-editing, collage, and drawing app PicsArt, was chosen as one of the best photo application…

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Mouradian to Present Final Public Lecture in Series at Fresno State

‘A Tale of Two Midwives: The Notebooks of Siphora and Nuritza Shnorhokian of Aintab, 1890-1930’ Dr. Khatchig Mouradian (Clark University),…

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Lawyer, LGBT Activist Arrested in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—LGBT activist and lawyer Levent Pişkin was arrested on the morning of Nov. 14 in his Istanbul home.…

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Letter to My Unger Tom

My good unger Tom, I received the news on Sunday morning—a peculiarly sunny, warm mid-November morning I will not soon…

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Putin Approves Proposal to Create Joint Russian-Armenian Military Forces

MOSCOW, Russia (A.W.)—Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a government proposal on creating joint Russian and Armenian forces, reported the…

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Vartabedian: My Final Column

After a courageous battle with liver cancer, longtime Armenian Weekly columnist Tom Vartabedian passed away last night. Vartabedian’s name is…

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Twenty-One-Year-Old Armenian Serviceman Killed in Artsakh

STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—Twenty-one-year-old Armenian serviceman Vardan Arakelyan (b. 1995) was killed at a protection area of a military unit located…

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Armenian Youth Move Mountains at MIT

ARS Youth Connect Program Takes Place on Nov. 5 Special for the Armenian Weekly CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (A.W.)—Following the overwhelming success…

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