With recent news reports about renewed efforts to have official resolutions recognizing the genocide passed by the U.S. Congress—with the support of Jewish interest groups—and even in the Knesset, Yerevan Armenians are trying to make […]
YEREVAN—The vernissage is an open market that mainly caters to tourists, where they roam to purchase arts and crafts as souvenirs. It is on the location of a dilapidated park where a series of water […]
I first met Peter Bilezikian at the home of his daughter, Bethel, in Newton, Mass. That was in 2004, when he was in his early 90s. He physically looked and moved about like a man […]
Significant, highly controversial steps towards the formation of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were taken during 2009. Roadmaps and protocols On April 23, an agreement of “mutual understanding,” defined as a “roadmap,” had been […]
It’s hard not to find “ethnic jazz” being played in clubs and on the radio these days. But what is difficult is being able to hear something that actually gels the improvisational music form with […]
High along the grassy mountain slopes above the resort town of Jermuk, completely out of sight from day tourists longing for a cup of warm source mineral water, shepherds tend to their flocks of sheep […]
YEREVAN—On the surface, Armenian citizens seem to be divided into two camps—those who enthusiastically support the government and those in sheer defiance, regardless of whether those opinions are made public or held secret. There are […]
YEREVAN—The summer sun bakes the bare back of the farmer, who tends to his irrigation channels in the fields by blocking tributaries with mud in areas where the water should not flow. Meanwhile, the city […]
Gagik Beglaryan Will Be Mayor YEREVAN (A.W.)—In the first-ever municipal elections that were held in Armenia’s capital, the Republican Party won the overwhelming majority of votes, it was revealed on June 1. The Republican Party, […]
Winning Party to Appoint City’s Mayor YEREVAN (A.W.)—On May 31, Yerevan residents turned out at the polls to vote in the first-ever city municipal assembly elections. As of 11:25 p.m., approximately 53 percent of 771,477 […]
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