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By Hoory Minoyan

YEREVAN — In the tense weeks leading up to Armenia’s June elections — and just ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s closely watched visit to Yerevan — a brief exchange in Gyumri revealed far more than perhaps intended about the government’s stance toward...

From the Party

Editor’s note: The following is a message from Davit Ishkhanyan, delivered from a Baku prison during a phone conversation with his family. “Greetings to everyone. Yesterday, a preliminary court hearing…

Hairenik Media
Moscow Escalates Pressure: Armenia Faces Trade and Energy Restrictions | HM Newscast 6.1.2026

AMERICA AT 250

By Marc Mamigonian

The power of images to tell stories and connect us with past events is well known to the point of being a cliché: a picture is worth a thousand words and so forth. But sometimes a cliché endures because it expresses a deep truth: and sometimes a...

DIASPORA

Statements

Produced by the Armenian National Committee-International, the “Framework Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the United States of America on Strategic Cooperation Concerning the Trump Route for International Peace...

Diaspora, Community News

WATERTOWN, Mass. — On Monday, May 25, the annual Memorial Day Parade took place, featuring Watertown veterans, youth sports teams and various community organizations, including members of the local Armenian...

VOICES

Opinion, Op-Eds
By Vera Yacoubian

A major transformation is underway in the geopolitical configuration of the Middle East and South Asia with closer cooperation among Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. This emergent alignment — dubbed by some analysts a...

Opinion, Op-Eds
By Ara Nazarian, PhD

For nearly a decade, Armenians have been subjected to a political communication strategy that follows a recognizable and deeply damaging pattern: first, emphatic denial; second, ridicule of concern; third, gradual normalization of the previously denied...

Columns, In Sight
By Stepan Piligian

I grew up in a small Armenian parish in Indian Orchard that required our limited resources to work together to function as a community. There was no time or tolerance for long-term disagreements. When you live in...

Columns, We, the Armenians
By Milena Baghdasaryan

Independent outlets rarely get the chance to cover a once-in-a-lifetime sporting event at the White House. Yet, that is exactly where journalists Andre Khatchaturian and Jason Takhtadjian are taking Armenian Sports News (ASN). What began in 2021...

COMMUNITY NEWS

Anyone — especially lovers of classical music — who was unable to attend the final concert of the inaugural season of Massachusetts Chamber Music Artists on Sunday, May 17, at Follen Church in Lexington, Massachusetts,...

WATERTOWN, Mass. — The Armenian Museum of America is pleased to present “Music in Color: Oudflections” on Thursday, June 11, at 7 p.m., an intimate and dynamic evening celebrating the rich traditions and contemporary evolution of Armenian...

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