WASHINGTON—In testimony submitted today to the Senate panel drafting the Fiscal Year 2019 foreign aid bill, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) called for a targeted $70 million aid package that would fund de-mining […]
BRUSSELS—European Parliament deputies Michèle Rivasi (Verts/A LE) and Lars Adaktusson (EPP) hosted a public debate featuring prominent international scholars and diplomats, who examined developments in international law, the status of the negotiations, and recommendations for […]
NEWTON, Mass. (A.W.)—Looking for Armenian language books? The Newton Free Library has recently added a collection of titles by prominent Armenian novelists. “Located in the third floor Language and Literacy Center, we invite you to […]
Inside a modestly-sized café on Amiryan Street in downtown Yerevan, Westerners tinker away on tiny laptops. Workers from a local non-profit hash out the morning gossip. Young people from the city’s bearded creative class dash […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a serious danger not only to his own nation, but to many others as well. His actions and statements in recent years should seriously worry his neighbors and […]
Note: The following event, which was scheduled to take place on March 22, has been postponed due to an impending storm. NAASR will be releasing the event’s new date in the coming days. *** BELMONT, […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) recently published a statement decrying the recent physical assaults upon two female members of Yerevan City Council. On Feb. 13, city councilor Marina Khachatryan, along with her colleague […]
LOS ANGELES—United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, during a World Affairs Council event in Los Angeles this past Monday, had a constructive exchange with ANCA Chairman Raffi Hamparian about the mutual benefits of a U.S.-Armenia […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly Feb. 27 marks the 30th anniversary of the Sumgait pogrom—the targeted attacks on the Armenian population of the seaside town in Azerbaijan, during which widespread looting, rape, and murders ravaged […]
The Lebanese-Armenian Election Committee (Eastern United States) issued a statement this week, urging members of the Armenian community of the Eastern U.S. to attend public events featuring Lebanon’s Minister of Tourism Avedis Guidanian, ahead of […]
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