Month: January 2018

UEFA Nations League, Armenia’s Additional Path to Euro 2020

Special to the Armenian Weekly The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Nations League is a new competition for European…

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Artsakh Soldier Dies in Apparent Accidental Firearm Discharge

STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Artsakh serviceman Hovsep Grigoryan (b. 1998) was shot and killed on Jan. 27 in what is believed to…

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Turkish Shelling Destroys 3,000-Year-Old Temple in Afrin; Armenian Possibly Killed as Offensive Continues

AIN DARA, Syria (A.W.)—Both the Syrian government and the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor confirmed on Sunday…

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Vahe Gregorian Named Best Missouri Sportswriter for Fifth Time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (A.W.)—Kansas City Star sports columnist Vahe Gregorian was recently named the National Sports Media Association’s Missouri Sportswriter…

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‘No Anesthesia for Armenian Spies’: Lapshin’s Encounters with Azerbaijani Prison Dentists

YEREVAN (A.W.)—In a recent interview with an Azerbaijani television station, Turan TV, Israeli blogger and traveler Alexander Lapshin talked about…

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Teghut Tailings Travesty; Glendale Gas Grift; More Mining Mania

Surprise, surprise, surprise… Not! I was shocked, shocked, to learn from a very brief news item a few days ago…

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Garegin Nzhdeh’s Statue to Be Erected in Bulgaria

PLISKA, Bulgaria (A.W.)—A statue of revered Armenian statesman and military strategist Garegin Nzhdeh (also spelled Karekin Nejdeh and Njdeh) will be…

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New Book: ‘The Darker Shadow’ by R. P. Sevadjian

The Darker Shadow by R. P. Sevadjian Publication date: Nov. 23, 2017 ISBN:Hardback 978-0-9931339-2-3 Paperback 978-0-9931339-3-0 215 pp.   Written…

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Will New Sanitary Landfills Solve Armenia’s Waste Woes?

It’s 2018, and among the many items on its agenda, the Armenian government is preparing to finalize a new initiative…

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Artsakh Army Quells Azerbaijani Infiltration Attempt at Line of Contact

STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Members of Artsakh’s armed forces detected and prevented an Azerbaijani infiltration attempt at a military outpost in the…

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