Special for the Armenian Weekly On April 2, Armenia will go to the polls to elect a new National Assembly (Parliament). These elections will be the first conducted since the adoption of a new […]
Artsakh Defense Ministry Says There are no Armenian Casualties STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Azerbaijani armed forces fired a SPIKE anti-tank guided missile in the southeastern (Martuni) direction of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Kararbagh)-Azerbaijan Line of Contact (LoC) at around […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (A.W.)—On Feb. 27, the European Union (EU) and Armenia finalized a new agreement, which seeks to deepen political and economic ties between the two. “I am very pleased to announce today the […]
Jailed Activist’s Heath Continues to Decline YEREVAN (A.W.)—Member of Armenia’s National Assembly Edmon Marukyan has filed a Parliamentary petition to Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office demanding a change in the precautionary measures regarding jailed activist Arthur […]
Armenian-American writer, lecturer, activist, politician, and Armenian Weekly contributor Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte recently penned an op-ed in the Washington D.C.-based political newspaper The Hill, in response to an article entitled “Time for Peace in […]
Neery Melkonian was a groundbreaking contemporary art curator, critic, and writer. After her sad passing in July 2016, she leaves behind an important legacy of critical discourse and community building among diasporan Middle Eastern and […]
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—On Feb. 27, the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) and Azerbaijani Defense Ministries both confirmed that Azerbaijani forces had retrieved the five bodies of Azerbaijani servicemen who were killed during the Azerbaijani infiltration attempt at the […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)— Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Parliamentary Faction secretary Aghvan Vardanyan has sharply criticized Member of Armenia’s Parliament and Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections Bazmaser Arakelyan, who has been […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON—Armenian Americans protested escalating Azerbaijani aggression against the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) and Armenia in New York City and Washington, D.C. in recent days, in the wake of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s largest attacks […]
Artsakh Defense Ministry Reports Several Azerbaijani Casualties, No Armenian Servicemen Killed STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Azerbaijani forces made two major offensive attempts early on Feb. 25, in what is being described as the most intense fighting along […]
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