ARF Joins Party of European Socialists as Observer Member
BUDAPEST (A.W.)—The 10th Congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES) approved the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) membership in the organization as an observer member. The Congress,...
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The Armenian Key to the Homeland
The Armenian Weekly Magazine April 2015: A Century of Resistance The last saddle-maker of Mezereh, whose grandmothers were Armenian Approximately 65,000 people identified Armenian as their mother...
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Why the 2015 Baku Games Should Turn into a Stage for Protests
Special for the Armenian Weekly “This is the proudest moment in the history of the European Olympic Committees.” European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Patrick Hickey’s remarks at the opening...
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Hamazkayin Holds 39th Regional Meeting in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The 39th Regional Meeting of the Hamazkayin Cultural and Educational Society of the Eastern United States took place on June 6 at the Armenian Community Center of Providence. Eight...
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Writing as Exorcism: An Interview with Aline Ohanesian
Special for the Armenian Weekly In a year that saw the publication of a large number of books that deal with the Armenian Genocide, Aline Ohanesian’s Orhan’s Inheritance has generated much praise and...
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Visiting Armenian Venice
Special for the Armenian Weekly Dolma. I was not expecting that. Nearly 80 percent of the restaurants listed in Trip Advisor in Venice are categorized as Italian. After gobbling pizza and pasta ad...
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Electricity Price Hike Sparks Sit-In Protest in Yerevan
Demonstrators Vow to Remain in Liberty Square until June 22 YEREVAN (A.W.)—Thousands of people gathered in Yerevan’s Liberty Square Friday evening to protest the government’s adoption of a 17 percent...
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Writing ‘The Legacy of Lost Things’
Special for the Armenian Weekly It has been several months since the release of my debut novel, The Legacy of Lost Things. I wrote it during a time in my life when an avalanche of difficulties was...
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Resistance and Resilience
The Armenian Weekly Magazine April 2015: A Century of Resistance I am the product of two divergent familial coping strategies. My maternal grandmother’s family, the Der Melkonians, included resisters...
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Two Armenians Killed in Aleppo Shelling
ALEPPO (A.W.)—Two Armenians were killed in a blast in the Qasser al-Baladi region of central Aleppo on June 20, according to the Syrian-Armenian Kantsasar news site. Pastor Eduard Petrosyan, a...
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Scores Arrested as Police Break Up Yerevan Protest
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—More than 230 people were arrested in downtown Yerevan early on Tuesday as riot police broke up an overnight demonstration against rising electricity prices in Armenia on a...
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ARF Demands Release of Protesters
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Press Office on June 23 issued the following statement regarding the recent assault on and arrest of protesters for demanding the reversal of the decision to...
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Electricity Fare Hike Protests Continue in Yerevan, Detainees Released
Aghvan Vardanyan: Police Must Be Held Accountable YEREVAN (A.W.)—Hours after the assault on and arrest of protesters demanding the annulment of the decision to increase electricity tariffs in Armenia,...
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Sassounian: A Personal Tribute on the Passing of Kirk Kerkorian: an...
Since his passing on June 15, thousands of journalists have highlighted Kirk Kerkorian’s amazing business accomplishments and substantial charitable contributions. However, these journalists had never...
View ArticleOur Failed Dream of Our Failed State
Special for the Armenian Weekly Did we dream a bit too much, a bit too soon? After 25 years of not achieving this dream, do we go on romanticizing something that is still not—and may not ever—be? We...
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High Voltage: Yerevan Protest Ignites New Wave of Social Change
Special for the Armenian Weekly Residents living on Yerevan’s Baghramyan Avenue awoke to the sounds of water cannons and police wagons on Tuesday morning as police violently dispersed an overnight...
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ANCA Marks 30th Anniversary of ‘Leo Sarkisian’ Summer Internship Program
Advocate Training Program Empowers Future Leaders of the Armenian Cause ANCA Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian, Esq. (center back) with the 2015 ANCA Leo Sarkisian interns. (Back row, L-R)...
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ANCA Presses Administration for Action on Syrian Armenians
Calls for Relief Aid in Syria; Resettlement Assistance in Armenia WASHINGTON—Armenian Americans are calling on the Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress to take urgent action to address the...
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It’s ‘No to Plunder’, Not an Armenian ‘Maidan’
Special to the Armenian Weekly When I shared some of the early photos of the protests by the “No to Plunder” movement on Facebook, one of my friends contacted me to privately protest that I shouldn’t...
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Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Bedros XIX Passes Away
BEIRUT, Lebanon—The Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX passed away on June 25 after suffering a heart attack, reported Lebanon’s The Daily Star. Armenian Catholic...
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