Articles by Weekly Staff

ARF Bureau Member Hagop Der Khatchadourian, German MP Cem Özdemir Receive Mkhitar Gosh Medal

YEREVAN—Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau Hagop Der Khatchadourian and co-chair of the Green Party of Germany Cem Özdemir were awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal by Armenian President Serge Sarkisian on the 26th anniversary of Armenia’s second independence. ARF Bureau [more...]

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

President Sarkisian at UN: Armenia to Declare Protocols with Turkey ‘Null and Void,’ Azerbaijan Has No Legal Claim on Artsakh

‘We Will Enter the Spring of 2018 Without Those—as Our Experience Has Demonstrated, Futile—Protocols’ ‘Artsakh Has Never Been Part of Independent Azerbaijan’ NEW YORK (A.W.)—Armenian President Serge Sarkisian announced in his address to the 72nd session of the United Nations General [more...]

September 20, 2017 // 9 Comments

Family Members, Supporters of Imprisoned Garo Yegnukian Detained, Later Released in Yerevan

YEREVAN—Supporters and family members of imprisoned Armenian American Garo Yegnukian were detained early on Sept. 19 in Yerevan’s city center for holding a demonstration and distributing flyers urging for his release. Yegnukian’s wife Rouzanna, his children Hagop, Hripsimeh, and Elmon, as [more...]

September 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

Catholicos Aram I Highlights Problems of Emigration, Lack of Confidence; Urges National Unity

Aram I at Sixth Armenia-Diaspora Conference: ‘Armenia Is Not Merely a Tourist Attraction, a Market for Business, or a Passport. Shame on Us If That Is the Only Way We Approach Armenia.’ YEREVAN (A.W.)—His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, stressed the [more...]

September 18, 2017 // 15 Comments

Lapshin Clears Up Azerbaijani Misinformation, Appeals to Armenian People to ‘Hold Firm’

‘Armenians, Hold Firm! These People Want to See You Dead, Full Stop’ Alexander Lapshin has taken to his blog and social media outlets to dismiss the Azerbaijani narrative on his reported suicide attempt and eventual pardon and release from prison. Lapshin being detained in Baku (Photo: [more...]

September 18, 2017 // 2 Comments

Shooting in Central Yerevan Leaves One Dead, One Injured

YEREVAN—A shooting took place on Thursday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. in Vernissage, the open-air flea market in central Yerevan. According to a News.am report, 43-year-old Garik Mosinyan was found lying in the grass, shot and killed. He was pronounced dead upon police arrival. A shooting took [more...]

September 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Members of European Parliament Call for Investigation into the ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’

BRUSSELS—The recent “Azerbaijani Laundromat” revelations should be investigated and the “Magnitsky” sanctions list adopted by the EU, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) urged on Sept. 15. The European Parliament’s debating chamber (Photo: David Illif) MEPs condemn the recent [more...]

September 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

Georgian Citizen Anna Sarafyan Killed in Turkey

DEMRE, Turkey—The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Sept. 12 that a 51-year-old Georgian citizen named Anna Sarafyan was killed in downtown Demre, a town in the Turkish province of Antalya, on Sept. 10. The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Sept. 12 that a [more...]

September 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Artsakh’s Human Rights Defender Says Azerbaijan’s Lapshin Plan Has Failed

STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) Ombudsman (human rights defender) Ruben Melikyan said Azerbaijan has failed in its plan of limiting international coverage and activity in Artsakh since the arrest of Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin. Lapshin behind bars (Photo: [more...]

September 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

Imprisoned Russian-Israeli Blogger Alexander Lapshin Pardoned by Baku

Russian-Israeli Blogger Reportedly Attempted Suicide Before Being Pardoned by Azerbaijani President BAKU, Azerbaijan (A.W.)—Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, who was arrested last December and sentenced to three years in prison on a charge related to his 2011 and 2012 visits to [more...]

September 11, 2017 // 8 Comments

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