Month: January 2017

TUMO Army: 21st Century Learning with a Buzz Cut

  YEREVAN (TUMO)—A world of technology and creativity is awaiting the young men serving in Armenia’s military. A new partnership…

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Armenia Artsakh Fund Sent $22 Million of Aid To Armenia and Artsakh in 2016

Glendale, Calif.—The Armenia Artsakh Fund delivered over $22 million of humanitarian assistance to Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) from Dec. 1,…

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Javakhk: Historical Overview, Current Issues

  Special for the Armenian Weekly Javakhk (called Samstekh-Javakheti by Georgians)—a historically Armenian region in the southern part of the…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 21, 2017)

A Modern Aphorism Weakness of character is often mistaken for modesty.   Freudian Slip A district attorney with a reputation…

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Deciphering Trump and Trumpism

  If you read the New York Times piece titled “Why Rural America Voted for Trump” and a response to…

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Sassounian: Improved Russian-U.S. Relations May Be Helpful to Armenia

Last November, Americans elected the unlikeliest presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump. He is not your typical politician. As a successful…

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Garo Paylan Appeals to Constitutional Court Over Suspension

ANKARA, Turkey (A.W.)—Armenian member of Turkish Parliament Garo Paylan of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) appealed to the Constitutional Court…

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California-Based Golden State Bank and Armenia’s Ameriabank Announce Collaboration

Collaboration is the First Between an Armenia-Based Bank and a U.S.-Based Commercial Banking Institution Golden State Bank and Ameriabank announced…

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Twenty-Year-Old Armenian Serviceman Killed by Azerbaijani Fire

STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—Armenian serviceman Andranik Musikyan (b. 1997) was killed by Azerbaijani fire on the southern direction of the Nagorno-Karabagh…

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Former Head of Turkey’s Police Intelligence: ‘Dink’s Murder Was Deliberately Not Prevented’

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—Just days before the 10th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination, Ali Fuat Yılmazer—the former head of Turkey’s police…

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