BEDFORD, Mass.—More than a hundred people from the local Armenian community and abroad supported this summer’s Camp Javakhk during a benefit concert held over the weekend. Called “Towards Our Dreams” (Դէպի Մեր Երազանքները), Sunday evening’s […]
ATLANTA, Ga – The Armenian National Committee of Georgia commemorated the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Georgia State Capitol on April 24, 2019. ANC Georgia’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Chair Dr. Vardoui […]
With apologies to Ray Charles for using the title of his song, I have to confess that I, too, have Georgia on my mind. Of course, it’s a different Georgia, not the one in the […]
After church on Sunday, the local Armenian community joined the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Greater Boston ‘Nejdeh’ Chapter for a traditional fool and mamounia breakfast. About 100 members of the community attended Sunday’s breakfast fundraiser […]
THE CAUCASUS An Introduction By Thomas de Waal 259 pp. Oxford University Press, Second Edition Two years ago, I arrived in Yerevan, Armenia as part of a five-month-long research and internship experience. Upon landing at […]
TBILISI, Georgia—In Tbilisi’s Havlabar neighborhood, a historically Armenian enclave in the Georgian city, polling stations resemble street markets. Buses unload voters surrounded by stacked boxes displaying food and other goods. Women are checking off voter […]
Just off Tbilisi’s Marjanishvili Street lies the beautiful Saint Peter & Paul church. This Catholic house of worship, built in the Baroque style as part of a Zubalashvili Brothers initiative, was completed in 1877. The […]
This was a very exciting U.S. election season, in its own way, even more so than the 2016 presidential cycle that brought to unchecked power the worst president in the country’s history. I’ve been asked […]
TBILISI—An Armenian female Mixed Martial Arts fighter honored the life of a slain Armenian officer with her most recent victory in the ring. Karine Karapetyan defeated Azeri Rena Safarova in the Tbilisi International Mixed Martial […]
TIBILISI (OC Media)—The Georgian government is considering lifting restrictions on ‘producing cannabis for pharmaceutical and cosmetic purposes for export.’ According to Georgian news agency InterPressNews, the potential draft law was discussed within the ruling Georgian Dream Party on […]
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