DETROIT (A.W.)—Emmy-award winning television host and activist Montel Williams joined over 500 metro Detroit Armenians to commemorate the Armenian Genocide’s 103rd anniversary on April 21 at Edsel Ford High School, Dearborn. The Armenian Genocide Commemoration […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) has “no expectations” in terms of ministerial portfolios in the new government, which is likely to be formed by opposition Member of Parliament and leader of the protests that […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Challenges and successes in advancing equal rights for Armenian women drew an attentive audience at a recent reception on “Empowering Armenian Women” at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the National Association […]
BETHESDA, Md.—The Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of the Eastern United States held its 42nd Regional Convention on April 14, at the Soorp Khatch Armenian Apostolic Church in Bethesda. Around 40 delegates from nine […]
Note: National Nurses Week (May 6-12) in the United States and Canadaends on May 12, International Nurses Day. As a special salute, Wendy Elliott, daughter and aunt of nurses, remembers Lillian Cole Sewny, an extraordinary […]
Do you have opinions that you think will resonate with the members of our community? Do you scrupulously check your facts and gather the evidence to make a persuasive and compelling, research-based argument? Are you […]
Colombosian, Robert “Bob” 92, a longtime resident of Andover, Mass. passed away peacefully at home with his loving family by his side on April 30, 2018. Born on Dec. 8, 1925, Bob was the son […]
Yesterday, President Armen Sarkissian gave a statement praising the “logical conclusion” of “democratic developments evolving in the country,” an apparent euphemism for the Velvet Revolution that has transpired the in the last several weeks in […]
A new prime minister, snap (and clean) elections, and an immediate mining moratorium—these, and in this order, are the top three things that the Republic of Armenia needs, urgently. When I started writing this piece, […]
YEREVAN—The body of Armenian Army serviceman Artur Gasparyan (b. 1998) with a gunshot wound to his head, was discovered on Friday at around 1:10 a.m. According to the Armenia’s Ministry of Defense, the soldier was […]
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