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Azerbaijan Continues to Violate Ceasefire; Moves Tanks Towards Talish
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)— The Artsakh Defense Ministry reported that Azerbaijani forces violated the ceasefire more than 65 times on May 10-11, firing over 1,700 shots in the direction of Armenian...
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Shant TV Cameraman Wounded After Azerbaijani Forces Fire at Armenian TV Crew
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Shant TV cameraman Davit Atoyan was wounded after his crew was fired at by Azerbaijani forces at the northern direction of the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact (LoC) at...
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ARF, RPA Enter Political Coalition
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) signed a memorandum on the formation of a political coalition on May 11. The memorandum was signed...
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Artsakh Addressed in U.S. Intelligence Community Report
WASHINGTON (A.W.)— On May 11, the United States Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats published the U.S. Intelligence Community’s (IC) 2017 “Statement for the Record” entitled “Worldwide...
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Experience: The Armenian Parliamentary Elections Through the Eyes of a...
Special for the Armenian Weekly My name is Ardavasd Ardhaldjian and I am a high school junior. I moved to Armenia from Massachusetts when I was nine years old. My passions include outdoor individual...
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Hamazkayin Eastern U.S. Holds 41st Regional Convention; Elects Regional...
QUEENS, N.Y. (A.W.)— On May 6, the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of the Eastern United States held its 41st Regional Convention at the Armenian Center in Queens, with the...
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Katnaghbyur: An Awaited Visit that Turned into a Surprise
One of the families having a half-built house in Katnaghbyur village of Aragatsotn region has been selected for assistance for the 2017 housing project financed by VivaCell-MTS and implemented by...
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ARF, RPA Coalition Memorandum (Full Text)
YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) signed a memorandum on the formation of a political coalition on May 11. The memorandum was signed...
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The ANCA Op-Ed the Washington Examiner Refused to Publish
The following op-ed was submitted to the Washington Examiner by Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Executive Director Aram Hamparian, in response to Alexander Murinson’s May 9 article “With...
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ARS of New Jersey’s ‘Walk Armenia’ Takes Place in Paramus
PARAMUS, N.J. (A.W.)—On May 7, ungerouhis from all four New Jersey Armenian Relief Society (ARS) chapters (“Agnouni,” “Bergen County,” “Shakeh,” and “Spitak”), the Homenetmen Scouts of N.J., members...
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‘The Ottoman Lieutenant’: Another Denialist ‘Water Diviner’
From the Armenian Weekly 2017 Magazine Dedicated to the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide By Vicken Babkenian and Dr. Panayiotis Diamadis On the eve of the First World War, approximately 170...
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Turkish Police Detain Opposition Newspaper Editor
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)— On May 12, Turkish police detained the editor of a leading opposition newspaper for questioning over an article he penned. Cumhuriyet newspaper (Photo: HRW) Oguz Guven, the...
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Shiraz: My Mother
My Mother My mother—gate to our hopes, She is the chapel of our homes, She is our cradle, my mother, The fort of our home, my mother, My mother is both mother and father, She is both slave and master,...
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Equal Parts Love and Butter: To All Armenian Moms
By Arev Dinkjian To all Armenian moms on Mother’s Day, Thank you. To all Armenian moms on Mother’s Day. Thank you. Thank you for showing strength like I’ve never seen before. For dragging me to...
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Commemorating an Ongoing Genocide as an Event of the Past…
From the Armenian Weekly 2017 Magazine Dedicated to the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide In these troubled times of change and transformation, it can be safely stated that humanity,...
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Cambridge University Linguistics Professor Conducts Research on Salmast Dialect
GLENDALE, Calif.—Cambridge Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux, in collaboration with the Salmast Heritage Association (SHA), conducted a week-long research project on the dialect of Salmast, also...
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Ultramarathoner Telma Altoon to Run the Janapar Trail to Raise Funds for...
There is a reason the marathon is the last event held at the Olympics—that’s because it’s regarded as the pinnacle of all races. During those arduous 26.2 miles, the body is subjected to so much...
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RPA Claims Landslide Victory in Yerevan Mayoral Elections Marred by Controversy
Allegations of Vote Buying, Irregularities, and Violations YEREVAN—Despite making allegations of large scale vote buying in favor of the Yerevan’s incumbent mayor before and during the March 14 Yerevan...
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Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund Announces Successful Deployment of...
Two Strategic Border Regions in Artsakh are Fully Operational; Three More Will Receive Military-Grade First Aid Kits this Summer Since its inception in May 2016, through the generous contributions of...
View ArticleAzerbaijani Guided Missile Hits Armenian Military Equipment
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—On May 15, the Azerbaijani forces fired a guided missile towards Armenian military equipment in the eastern direction of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani border, reported the...
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