- + Irritants XXIII— This round of irritants is all about food. The first and most obnoxious is mayonnaise. It is an utterly repulsive substance. I don’t know how I us...
- + NAASR Expands Worldwide Reach While Building New Headquarters—NAASR Academic Director Marc Mamigonian speaking at Columbia Univ. in April. In the midst of constructing its new state-of-the-art headquarters in...
- + In Search Of Role Models and Humble Servants—(Photo: Mark Phillips, Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Church, March 31, 2015) They are in our midst in every community and every day. They may not be vi...
- + One-Thousand Choristers Honor Aznavour Legacy in Cannes— CANNES, France — One thousand choristers paid tribute to French Armenian performer and international icon Charles Aznavour with concerts on the Fr...
- + Cyclists, Pedestrians Welcome Yerevan’s First Ever Bike Path—(Photo: Viktor Mnatsakanyan) YEREVAN—The Armenian capital unveiled its latest urban development project over the weekend—the city’s first de...
- + The Making of ‘The Stateless Diplomat’—Diana circa 1925 The seed that spurred the making of The Stateless Diplomat was the discovery of a box of papers in my uncle’s closet in 200...
- + International Co-Living Builds Bridges on the Shore of Lake Sevan— With a cello in hand and an appetite for adventure, Anna Boding Kildetoft traveled to Armenia this past spring to learn Armenian music. Coming to...
- + Meet the Three Armigos—Left to Right: Armen Saryan, Raffi Mahdasian and David Mahdasian Who are the Three Armigos in the Midwest and what do they do? Are they Armenians...
- + Growing New Ideas at the EcoFarm School in Armenia—Arthur Grigoryan visits Drumlin Farm, Lincoln, Mass. (July 2019) ICARE, the International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education, plans to...
- + Homesick—Martuni, Artsakh, AYF Youth Corps 2014 They say, “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” I have to admit that’s true. For the past five years, I ha...
- + U.S. Appeals Court Makes a Wrong Decision on Armenian Demands— On August 8, 2019 the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made a decision to deny the appeal of two lawsuits brought by several Arme...
- + The Summer in My Shoes— By Daron Pogharian ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship – 2019 Merrimack College – Class of 2020 When most people think of an internshi...
- + Nur and the Quest to Reconnect with Nature—Nur’s “The Fly” is a life-size sculpture “The Fly” is touring the world. The massive — i.e., human-size — sculpture made its debut at the 2017 Flo...
- + 22 US Senators Join 89 Representatives to Reverse Trump Attempt to De-Fund Artsakh Aid—22 U.S. Senators representing 16 states and over 143 million Americans called for continued U.S. aid for Artsakh de-mining. The Senate initiative was ...
- + In the Courts— This is great stuff! I’m referring to the lawsuit by Barkev and Garo Ghazarian reported just a few days ago. It is a new, incremental portion of...
- + Coming Together on Common Ground—Photo: Peter Vanderwarker BOSTON, Mass. — Many who work and live nearby and beyond visit Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, Boston often. T...
- + Empowering the Emerging Generation: A Practical Guide— In last week’s column, the message focused on the importance of enabling the new generation in community responsibility. Most would agree that it...
- + Making ‘The Armenian Highland’— Eight or nine soldiers, or maybe they were ten, greeted me with cold stares as I got off the Turkish Airlines plane and walked across the tarmac. ...
- + Techies, Entrepreneurs Talk Business at Seaside Startup Summit—Photo: Seaside Startup Summit SEVAN—Residual smoke billowed in the air from newly extinguished campfires, as the last tents collapsed along the sh...
- + Camp Haiastan Celebrates Summer Renovations—The Guzelian family pictured during the ribbon cutting ceremony at Camp Haiastan on August, 4, 2019 (Photo: Berge Zobian) FRANKLIN, Mass.— Camp H...
- + DC Crash Course: Three Days on Capitol Hill—Wesleyan University Senior Lucine Poturyan is the inaugural ANCA Maral Melkonian Avetisyan Summer Fellow. By Lucine Poturyan ANCA Maral Melko...
- + Bari Mama: There’s a Mother Out There for Every Child—Two mothers with children staying at Bari Doon, physical therapist in back Bari Mama is a non-profit organization which supports disabled, underp...
- + Armenian Community Grieving Genocide Scholar Vahakn Dadrian—Vahakn N. Dadrian (1926-2019) The Armenian scholarly community is grieving the loss of renowned genocide researcher and author Vahakn Dadrian, who...
- + Pan-Armenian Games Open in Show of Unity— STEPANAKERT—A historic ceremony marked the official opening of the 2019 Pan-Armenian Games in Stepanakert on Monday evening. Celebrations contin...
- + ARS-Eastern Region Hosts 99th Convention— WALTHAM, Mass. —The Armenian Relief Society Eastern Region (ARS-ER) recently hosted its 99th convention from July 18 to July 21 at the Hilton Ga...
- + PODCAST: Exploring the Gray Area in Armenian Politics— Journalism can be a polarizing industry. Stories featuring clear villains and protagonists vie for our attention and our eyeballs. But reality isn...
- + Turkish and Armenian Prisoners of War Held in India and Burma During WWI—Turkish prisoners captured at Ramadi, being marched to a concentration camp (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, 1914-1918) When the Ottoman Empire entered ...
- + 89 US Reps Join ANCA in Fight Against Trump, Defunding Artsakh Aid— WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives sent a swift and powerful rebuke to the Trump Administration’s efforts to cut U.S. aid for ...
- + Amo Sits Down with Onnik Dinkjian Ahead of AYF Olympics 2019— Labor Day weekend would be incomplete without a fan favorite: the seamless sounds of the legendary Onnik Dinkjian. Onnik and an All Star lineup will ...
- + In Memoriam: Maestro Krikor Pidedjian—Maestro Krikor Pidedjian (1935-2019) Musicologist Krikor Pidedjian died on July 30, 2019. Maestro Pidedjian was internationally recognized as a ta...
- + P&P4P – 2— The goofy-looking “acronym” of this title refers to a previous piece of mine “Preening and Primping for President” which seemed a bit long. As we are...
- + Armenia’s Unhealthy Legal Crisis—Robert Kocharyan pictured in court, May 2019 (Photo: ARMENPRESS) The Kocharian trial case has become a very confusing distraction for the legal sy...
- + The Making of ‘The Missing Pages’— The Missing Pages The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript From Genocide to Justice Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh 2019 436 pp. Stanford U...
- + Unseen Armenia: From Avarayr to Getikvank— Vayots Dzor Traveling south from Yerevan towards Artsakh, after passing through Ararat province, the main highway enters Vayots Dzor. Shortly ther...
- + Here’s to the Emerging Generation…—AYF protest at Harvard Square, April 23, 2019 (Photo: Knar Bedian) Every generation leads with dedication and commitment. Likewise every generatio...
- + FAR’s Scholarship Program in Armenia: A Lifeline to the Future— YEREVAN—Education has been called the bedrock for a country’s future. For Benjamin Franklin, it was “an investment in knowledge that pays the best in...
- + US Warship Commissioned in Honor of Armenian-American, Paul Ignatius—A saluting battery from Navy Station Norfolk renders honors during the commissioning ceremony for the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius. Port...
- + Camp Haiastan Made Me an Entrepreneur—Elizabeth Tikoyan at Camp Haiastan, 2010 Camp Haiastan has been the meeting grounds for countless marriages, lifelong friendships and memories. Lo...
- + Trump Administration Attacks U.S. Aid Program to Artsakh—The ANCA has issued a nationwide call to action to encourage Members of Congress to cosign the Sherman-Cox Letter in support of continued Artsakh aid....
- + 5 simple ways to immediately tackle Yerevan’s traffic nightmare—Click to view slideshow. If Yerevan’s roads seem more congested lately, it’s because they are. Over the past two decades, the number of ...
- + Yerevan Municipality Under Pressure to Take Out the Trash—Amiryan 4/6 (Photo: Facebook/Kima Abrahamyan) YEREVAN—Garbage continues to pile up in bins across the Armenian capital, many of which have not bee...
- + ARS UN Summer Internship Commences— The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) UN Summer Internship program has begun with the arrival of two of the four interns to the United Nations (UN). Al...
- + US Places Sanctions on Turkish Firm for its Corrupt Trade with Venezuela—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pictured with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during an official visit to Venezuela, April 4, 2018 (Photo: ...
- + Chicago Honors “Sacrifice at the Altar of Freedom”— GLENVIEW, Ill.—The Chicago Armenian community marked the 36 th anniversary of the Lisbon Five on Sunday during an event organized by the Armenian ...
- + 2019 Homenetmen Eastern USA Navasartian Games— From July 4 through July 7, the Homenetmen New York chapter hosted the 29th annual Homenetmen Eastern United States Navasartian Games in Long Island...
- + Zoravik: In Solidarity with Asylum Seekers—Original illustration by Alik Arzoumanian Zoravik stands in solidarity with the refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers currently being targeted b...
- + Zoravik: In Solidarity with Refugees—Original illustration by Alik Arzoumanian Zoravik stands in solidarity with the refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers currently being targeted b...
- + Cyprus + Gas + Turkey = BOOM?— You may have encountered some reporting about the latest example of Turkey’s destabilizing, even warmongering, actions in the Mediterranean Sea. Oste...
- + American Armenians and Western Armenia: Rebuilding the Connection— For many decades, generations in this country have uttered, “We are Vanetzi ” or “Our family is Kharpetzi .” Another popular one is, “We are proud ...
- + Hamazkayin ArtLinks 2019: Where Art and Authenticity Create a New Armenian Experience— It’s hard to believe that there ever was a time when the Hamazkayin Art Links retreat program didn’t exist. Since 2015, for just three whir...
- + Susan Kadian’s Armenian Delray— DETROIT—Susan Kadian-Gopigian was born and raised in Delray – a sprawling “neighborhood” of European immigrants with a large Armenian communit...
- + Racine Hosts Junior Olympics— A Series of Interviews by Karoon Krikorian Chicago “Ararat” Junior Chapter What is your favorite memory of Junior Olympics? “My favorite...
- + Alen Simonyan’s Social Media Spat Brings Up Questions About Decorum— Armenia’s Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan probably didn’t expect that an Instagram post would trigger such a ruckus. The photo...
- + Book Review: Feast of Ashes— Feast of Ashes The Life and Art of David Ohannessian By Sato Moughalian 2019 440 pp., Redwood Press $21.88 hardcover The Fea...
- + Washington Excludes Ankara from F-35 Program with Regional Implications—F-35A Lightning II aircraft receiving fuel during a flight from England to the United States, July 13, 2016. (Photo: US Dept. of Defense) Followin...
- + NA Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan Visits Boston Area, ARF Archives—Ararat Mirzoyan touring the ARF archives with Eastern Region Central Committee Chair George Aghjayan WATERTOWN, Mass.—Armenia’s National Assembly ...
- + Armenian American Museum: Planting Seeds for the Future—Click to view slideshow. When a seed is planted, both in actuality and metaphorically, nothing is more rewarding than watching it grow and be fruitf...
- + Armenian Officials Cracking Down on Illegal Logging in Ijevan—Click to view slideshow. IJEVAN—Officials in Armenia are hoping the enforcement of new legislation designed to criminalize illegal logging will help...
- + Are We Shaping a New Armenia?—The author (first from the right) with fellow interns Last year, I spent the summer in Hayastan, researching the effects of the Velvet Revolution....
- + US Politicians, Religious Leaders, ANCA Discuss Plight of Middle East Christians—Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian speaking with Fr. Patrick Conroy, Chaplain of the US House of Representatives and the ANCA’s Aram Hamparian after offe...
- + EU, US Punish Turkey for Separate Violations— After months of uncertainty and controversy, both the European Union (EU) and the United States decided to punish Turkey in the same week for two dif...
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