LOS ANGELES (A.W.)—The Recording Academy on Tuesday announced its list of nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards, including nominees composer Tigran Mansurian and conductor Constantine Orbelian. Awards will be given in 84 categories, across 29 […]
WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) praised Central California Congressman Jim Costa (D-Calif.) on Thursday, for bringing onto his Washington D.C. and California staffs three talented Armenian-American participants in the ANCA’s Hovig Apo Saghdejian […]
YEREVAN—Criminal charges against a 32-year-old woman, who admitted killing her reportedly abusive husband earlier this year, have been dropped. Armenia’s Investigative Committee made the announcement on Wednesday that Liana Kirakosyan would not be charged and […]
BOSTON—A limited number of tickets are still available for the 2017 Armenian National Committee of America-Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) Gala, to be held Saturday, Dec. 2, in downtown Boston. Armenian Americans throughout the Eastern United States […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Two events featuring Armenian art and culture will take place at the Armenian Museum of America on Nov. 30. Dr. Helen C. Evans of the Metropolitan Museum of Art will present “Armenia,” a major […]
YEREVAN—Armenia’s Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday that the Armenian Armed Forces had repatriated a body of an Azerbaijani soldier found dead on the Armenia-Nakhichevan border on Nov. 23. The delivery was facilitated by the […]
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The late American musician, singer, and songwriter Chris Cornell was nominated on Tuesday for a 2018 Grammy Award for his original song “The Promise.” The song, which is nominated in the Best Rock Performance category, […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly Mother Armenia is arguably the biggest statue in Yerevan and stands watchfully over the Turkish border. This nationalist symbol replaced the statue of the brutal dictator Joseph Stalin on the […]
There has always been speculation among us Diasporan Armenians about what it means to truly “be” Armenian. Is it the mastery of the language? The involvement in every aspect of the community, or a specific […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a “blessing” to all those who are opposed to Turkish autocratic rule and massive violations of human rights. Not a day passes without the Turkish government’s behaving brutally against […]
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