Taxist Blues: Public Transport in Yerevan
I hate the taxis in Yerevan. Oh, all right, that’s not quite accurate. I dislike taking taxis in Yerevan, despite all the advantages they have to offer. Really, the best way to explore and get […]
I hate the taxis in Yerevan. Oh, all right, that’s not quite accurate. I dislike taking taxis in Yerevan, despite all the advantages they have to offer. Really, the best way to explore and get […]
GYUMRI, Armenia (A.W.)—On July 17, around 30 people gathered near the Russian Consulate in Gyumri, the second largest city in Armenia, with two messages for the Russian representative: First, they wished to honor the memory […]
Once considered the “glory of our nation” by King Trdat III, the Armenian goddess Anahit has recently been revived through the continuing struggle to “bring her back home” to Armenia. Historians and scribes have identified […]
By Shushan Yegoyan BOSTON, Mass.—Over the past 27 years, many young women and men have passed through the doors of the Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston (SNDC). On any given Sunday, one can hear […]
“Memorials are tricky,” wrote Karen Cord Taylor in “Downtown View” (June 18, 2013). “The most successful examples are, of course, Lincoln’s, Washington’s…The Armenian Genocide Memorial on the Greenway, is another success. I was skeptical…[but] Armenian […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Winners of the annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival were announced on Sat., July 13 at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia. The Golden and Silver Apricots awards were given to […]
WASHINGTON— Armenian American civic, church, and charitable organization leaders from across the United States took part today in a U.S. government briefing on Syria humanitarian assistance efforts by the State Department and U.S. Agency for […]
Zaruhi Petrosyan, Mariam Gevorgyan, Maro Gulyan. Many of us have heard their names and their stories. They have become the public faces of domestic violence in Armenia, Zaruhi and Maro with their untimely and tragic […]
Ever since independence in 1991, Armenia’s leaders have been reluctant to make any concrete demands from Turkey beyond recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Only in recent years, Armenian officials have begun to speak about “the […]
ALBANY, N.Y.—On April 13, the Homenetmen of Albany organized a fundraiser to help distraught Syrian Armenians. Monetary donations from the Albany Armenian and non-Armenian community totaled $8,888. All monies donated were combined at a regional level and […]
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