Largest ANCA Intern Class Leaves Its Mark on Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Leo Sarkisian Internship (LSI) and Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program (CGP) summer class have returned to […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Mich.—More than 100 young dancers converged on Warner Camp in Grand Junction on Aug. 26 for a weekend of music, dance, and fun at the first Hamazkayin Eastern Region Dance Retreat. “The powerful […]
If the Suspects Are Convicted, Hate-Crime Charges Can Extend Their Prison Terms to 15 Years WASHINGTON—A grand jury in the U.S. capital issued indictments against 19 people, including 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
LOS ANGELES—Poet Peter Balakian and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen will grapple with the shifting place of the humanities in a postmodern and possibly “post-book” world. Their conversation, which will take place on Sept. 23, […]
On Wednesday night, during a heated discussion at the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) Board of Directors meeting, the board president, Brooke Ashjian, equated the LGBT community to Ottoman Turks who perpetrated the Armenian […]
My First Armenian Songbook to Serve as a Cross-Cultural Bridge and Learning Tool for Children Growing Up with English and Armenian LOS ANGELES—Dr. Karenn Chutjian Presti, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Herb Alpert School […]
WASHINGTON (A.W.)—Andrew Schofer was officially named the new United States Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group on Aug. 28. Outgoing U.S. Co-Chair Richard Hoagland first announced Schofer’s appointment […]
YEREVAN—A massive fire that erupted in a Soviet-era chemical plant in the Armenian capital on Aug. 28 is now contained, sources report. The fire engulfed storage tanks filled with combustible chemical waste, according to […]
Friedrich Parrot of the University of Dortmund, Germany, accompanied by his translator and author, Khachatur Abovian, made the first documented ascent of Mount Ararat in October 1829. Parrot visited Akori before the earthquake, writing that […]
Last month, I wrote about Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva’s revelations that Azerbaijan’s state-run Silk Way Airlines had shipped 350 planeloads of heavy weapons and ammunition to terrorist groups in Syria and many other countries […]
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