Month: July 2019

Armenia’s Unhealthy Legal Crisis

The Kocharian trial case has become a very confusing distraction for the legal system and the political environment in Armenia…

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The Making of ‘The Missing Pages’

The Missing Pages The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript From Genocide to Justice Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh 2019 436 pp.…

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Unseen Armenia: From Avarayr to Getikvank

Vayots Dzor Traveling south from Yerevan towards Artsakh, after passing through Ararat province, the main highway enters Vayots Dzor. Shortly…

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Here’s to the Emerging Generation…

Every generation leads with dedication and commitment. Likewise every generation is accused by the younger “emerging” generation of holding on…

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FAR’s Scholarship Program in Armenia: A Lifeline to the Future

YEREVAN—Education has been called the bedrock for a country’s future. For Benjamin Franklin, it was “an investment in knowledge that…

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US Warship Commissioned in Honor of Armenian-American, Paul Ignatius

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The United States Navy has commissioned its newest, state-of-the-art destroyer—the USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), named after the…

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Trump Administration Attacks U.S. Aid Program to Artsakh

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump Administration – caving in to pressure from Azerbaijan’s authoritarian Aliyev regime – is targeting the…

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5 simple ways to immediately tackle Yerevan’s traffic nightmare

If Yerevan’s roads seem more congested lately, it’s because they are. Over the past two decades, the number of privately-owned…

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Yerevan Municipality Under Pressure to Take Out the Trash

YEREVAN—Garbage continues to pile up in bins across the Armenian capital, many of which have not been emptied in weeks.…

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ARS UN Summer Internship Commences

The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) UN Summer Internship program has begun with the arrival of two of the four interns…

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