NKR Serviceman Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
STEPANAKERT, NKK (A.W.)— Nagorno-Karabagh (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army serviceman Garegin Argamanyan (b. 1997) died on Feb. 17 after being accidentally poisoned by carbon monoxide. According to the NKR...
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OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Meet with Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
MUNICH, Germany (A.W.)—On Feb. 16, the Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group—Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of...
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Former Canadian Parliamentarian Jim Karygiannis to Serve as Referendum...
OTTAWA, Canada—Despite continuous efforts by Azerbaijani authorities to discourage foreign diplomats, parliamentarians, and observers from visiting the Republic of Nagorno-Karabagh (NKR/Artsakh),...
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Black History Month Has Me Thinking
February focuses attention on Black history, since it is designated for that celebration. As a result, the soaring rhetoric of Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. gets heard. And that set my thoughts...
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Egoyan Invested as Companion of the Order of Canada
OTTAWA, Canada (A.W.)—On Feb. 17, world-renowned Canadian-Armenian film director Atom Egoyan was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada—one of the highest honors the Canadian government bestows...
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Darbinyan to Lecture at Ararat-Eskijian on Russian Response to Armenian Genocide
MISSION HILLS, Calif.—Asya Darbinyan, a PhD Candidate at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., will give a talk entitled “Russia’s Response to...
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Nineteen-Year-Old Armenian Serviceman Killed Under Unclear Circumstances
STEPANAKERT, NKR (A.W.)—Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Defense Army serviceman Lernik Osyan (b. 1998) sustained a fatal gunshot wound at around 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 18, under still-unclear...
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Aliyev Appoints Wife as Azerbaijan’s Vice-President
BAKU, Azerbaijan (A.W.)—Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appointed his wife Mehriban Aliyeva as the country’s Vice-President on Feb. 21, in a move that has been widely criticized as way for Aliyev to...
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Speaker of Artsakh’s Parliament Meets with U.S., Canadian Observers
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh—The Speaker of the Republic of Artsakh’s parliament Ashot Ghoulyan received referendum observers Andreas Borgeas (U.S.), Gail Pellerin (U.S.), Karin MacDonald (U.S.), and Jim...
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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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Trouble in the Heritage Party as Members Quit
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Kapan regional chapter of Raffi Hovhannisian’s Heritage Party (Zharangutyun) has demanded that its candidates be excluded from running for parliament, RFE/RL’s Armenian service...
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Armenian MFA Praises Artsakh Referendum
YEREVAN—Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian commended the constitutional referendum, which took place in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR) on Feb. 20, calling the vote further evidence...
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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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Elton John to Introduce Armenian Genocide Film ‘The Promise’ at Oscars...
The Elton John AIDS Foundation to Host Special Viewing/Awareness/Fundraising Venture at its 25th Oscar-Night Party HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)’s 25th annual Academy Awards...
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Nerses Nalbandian’s Legacy Honored in Watertown Tribute Concert
WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—Hundreds packed into the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Theatre for the Arts in Watertown on Feb. 19 to take in the sold-out tribute concert “The Emperor, the Nalbandians and the...
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Azerbaijan Continues to Fire at Artsakh Positions
Artsakh Ministry of Defense Refutes Azerbaijani Claims of an Infiltration Attempt STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire regime on the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) Line of...
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ARF Youth Participate in Regional Meeting in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (A.W.)—Representatives of Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) student and youth associations participated in a regional meeting entitled “The Armenian Youth and the Envisioned Future...
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