Artsakh Retaliates, Reports Azeri Casualties
Minsk Group: We Urge Azerbaijan to Accept Mechanism to Investigate Ceasefire Violations STEPANAKERT (A.W.)—The Nagorno Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Ministry on Sept. 28 announced that its...
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2015 AYF Olympics: Providence Wins Cup #40
By Bob Tutunjian EAST GREENWICH, R.I.—In New England when someone speaks of dynasties, they are usually referring to a certain NFL team that has won four Super Bowls. But after this past Labor Day, you...
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Davutoglu: We Expect Turkish Americans to Counter Armenian, Jewish, Greek...
NEW YORK (Asbarez/Combined Sources)—Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who has previously stated that the Armenian Diaspora is also the diaspora of Turkey, recently urged Turks living in the...
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Sarkisian Addresses UN General Assembly, Highlights Baku’s Aggression
NEW YORK, N.Y. (A.W.)—Armenia’s President Serge Sarkisian addressed the 70th Session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29. The president took...
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$7,500 Raised for ARS Eastern Region’s Syrian Armenian Relief
On Sat., Sept. 19, a fundraising event was held at GrandTen Distilling in South Boston to raise funds for the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA Syrian Armenian Relief. The event included a...
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Fethiye Çetin: An Inevitable Journey
Lawyer and human rights activist Fethiye Çetin delivered the following speech (translated by A. Bolcakan) at the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region (ER) Banquet on Nov. 14,...
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Aleppo Community Leader Tours East Coast, Discusses Syria
WORCESTER, Mass. (A.W.)—Dr. Nerses Sarkissian, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Central Committee of Syria and the Syrian Armenian Committee for Urgent Relief and Rehabilitation,...
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Demonstrations against Constitutional Reforms Held in Yerevan
ARF: Reforms Will Change the System, Not Just Those in Power YEREVAN (A.W.)—Rallies continued on the streets of Yerevan today urging Armenian citizens not to vote in favor of the proposed...
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Spotlight on ‘Spotlight’: Two Armenians Who Took On the Catholic Church
Special for the Armenian Weekly Theatrical poster for ‘Spotlight’ (Photo: Open Road Films) It’s no secret by now that Boston has been Hollywood’s darling for the past few years. Just this fall, two...
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Minsk Group Calls NKR Status Quo ‘Unsustainable’
BELGRADE, Serbia (A.W.)—The heads of delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group countries expressed concern about the ongoing of escalation in violence...
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STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—An Armenian serviceman was killed by Azerbaijani fire a day after the heads of delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group countries...
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‘Who Killed the Armenians?’: Egyptian Filmmakers Tackle the Genocide
Special for the Armenian Weekly Last month, both Egyptians and the Armenian community in Egypt had the chance to watch the first screening of “Who Killed the Armenians?”—the first documentary film of...
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Polls Close in Constitutional Referendum
Opposition Takes to the Streets YEREVAN (A.W.)—A total of 1,296,368 people, around 50.51 percent of eligible voters, participated in today’s referendum on constitutional reforms according to...
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Constitutional Amendments Approved in Armenia’s Referendum
Election Observers Share Preliminary Assessments YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced today that 825,622 citizens, around 63.4 percent of eligible voters, voted in...
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Yes, but No: How the Rights of 677 Citizens Were Trampled
By Ivan Ardhaldjian Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced yesterday that 825,622 citizens, around 63.4 percent of eligible voters, voted in favor of constitutional amendments....
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Welcome to Azerbaijan’s House of Cards
“Mehriban Aliyeva has been appointed First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan by President Ilham Aliyev’s order.” No, you are not tuned into the Netflix original political drama House of...
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Artsakh Votes for New Constitution, Officially Renames the Republic
NKR Renamed ‘Artsakh Republic’ as it Adopts New Constitution, Moves to a Fully-Presidential System of Government STEPANAKERT, Artsakh— Following the constitutional referendum in the Nagorno-Karabagh...
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Armenia’s New Strategy to Help Those in Pain
Urgent Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need By Giorgi Gogia About 8,000 people die from cancer in Armenia every year, many spending their last days in excruciating pain. But...
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Destruction at Tadem: The Purge of the Armenians
Special for the Armenian Weekly Yet another plague has recently shaken Turkey: the purges of academics from Turkish universities. According to the BIA news network, 4,811 academics from 112...
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EAFJD Observation Mission Releases Initial Report on Artsakh Referendum
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh—The referendum on the draft constitution of the Artsakh Republic took place on Feb. 20. The European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) deployed a mission of...
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