Month: August 2017

ANCA Interns Wrap Up Memorable Summer of Advocacy and Education

  Largest ANCA Intern Class Leaves Its Mark on Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Leo Sarkisian…

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Hamazkayin Dance Retreat Rocks the Great Lakes State

GRAND JUNCTION, Mich.—More than 100 young dancers converged on Warner Camp in Grand Junction on Aug. 26 for a weekend…

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Nineteen People Indicted for Turkish Attack on Peaceful Protesters in Washington

If the Suspects Are Convicted, Hate-Crime Charges Can Extend Their Prison Terms to 15 Years WASHINGTON—A grand jury in the…

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Pulitzer Prize Winners Balakian and Nguyen and Renowned Journalists David and Adi Ignatius to Headline Innovate Armenia

  LOS ANGELES—Poet Peter Balakian and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen will grapple with the shifting place of the humanities in…

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Fresno’s Unified School Board President Brooke Ashjian Needs Lessons in History and Tolerance

  On Wednesday night, during a heated discussion at the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) Board of Directors meeting, the…

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Third-Generation Armenian-American Uses Song to Help Teach Armenian

My First Armenian Songbook to Serve as a Cross-Cultural Bridge and Learning Tool for Children Growing Up with English and…

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Andrew Schofer Officially Announced as OSCE Minsk Group U.S. Co-Chair

WASHINGTON (A.W.)—Andrew Schofer was officially named the new United States Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe…

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Massive Fire at Yerevan Chemical Plant Contained

  YEREVAN—A massive fire that erupted in a Soviet-era chemical plant in the Armenian capital on Aug. 28 is now…

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Unseen Armenia: Kamaris and Akori (Part II)

Friedrich Parrot of the University of Dortmund, Germany, accompanied by his translator and author, Khachatur Abovian, made the first documented…

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Azerbaijan Forces Bulgaria to Fire Reporter Who Exposed Arms Shipments to Terrorists

  Last month, I wrote about Bulgarian journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva’s revelations that Azerbaijan’s state-run Silk Way Airlines had shipped 350…

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