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AMAA Life Member, Activist, and Benefactor Elizabeth Agbabian Receives...
PARAMUS, N.J.—Elizabeth Agbabian, past Board member, benefactor, Life Member of the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA), and respected longtime activist in the Armenian Evangelical...
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Ararat Khandoyan Sentenced Over ‘Sasna Tsrer’ Unrest
YEREVAN (A.W.)—On June 27, a Yerevan court found Ararat Khandoyan guilty of assaulting police officers during clashes between riot police and supporters of the ‘Sasna Tsrer’ armed group occupying a...
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Letter to Yerevan (Part II)
Letter to Yerevan (Part II) The Armenian Weekly is periodically publishing the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s epic 1945 poem ‘Tught ar Yerevan’ (‘Letter to Yerevan’). Alas! Behold, I am...
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Armenian Ambassador Says Meeting Between Armenian, U.S. Presidents in the Works
WASHINGTON—A meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and the Unites States may take place in the near future, according to Armenia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Grigor Hovhannissian. Diplomats from both...
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2017 AYF Olympics: Walkable
2017 Armenian Youth Federation Senior Olympic Games, Hosted by the AYF-YOARF Racine “Armen Garo” Chapter, to Take Place in Downtown Milwaukee Another factor that helped the first Downtown Milwaukee...
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AYF Summer 2017: See You Soon, Javakhk!
The “AYF Summer 2017” section of the Armenian Weekly’s Youth page will highlight the 2017 summer programs of the Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
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Armenia’s Defense Minister Says Full-Scale War in Artsakh Unlikely
YEREVAN (A.W.)— Azerbaijan is unlikely to initiative any full scale war in Artsakh because of the heavy losses the country would suffer, said Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan as he criticized...
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Unpaid Workers Protest Chemical Plant in Vanadzor
VANADZOR, Armenia—On June 27, over 100 former employees of a chemical plant in Vanadzor, Armenia’s third largest city, blocked its main entrance to demand several months’ worth of back pay, reported...
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My Name is Shamiram
Special for the Armenian Weekly Hundreds of people in a well-lit room dotted with tables, and somehow I’m discovered amidst it all. I’m the shy, 14-year-old being approached by a short, stubby, eager...
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California State Senators Portantino and Wilk Urge Senate Support for Turkey...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California State Senators Anthony Portantino and Scott Wilk sent a letter to their colleagues in the California State Senate on June 27, urging them to support AB 1597, which calls...
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ASA Announces Silver and Gold Medal Award Winners
This year the Armenian Students’ Association is pleased to announce that the following students were awarded this highly coveted award, which was instituted to encourage academic achievement. The...
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Miracle: A Der Hayr’s Reflections on the 2016 April War
Special for the Armenian Weekly What happened in Artsakh in the month of April of last year contains a historical mystery—it was not merely a limited war. If we dig deeper, we may uncover an important...
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More Russian Weapons Supplied to Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan— Russia has delivered a new batch of anti-tank missiles to Azerbaijan as a part of a lucrative arms deal with Baku that has been strongly criticized by Armenia in the past year. On...
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Germany to Prohibit Erdogan Rally in Hamburg
BERLIN, Germany (A.W)— Germany says that it would be inappropriate for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold a rally in front of his supporters in Germany on the sidelines of the G20 summit....
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Five Arrested ‘Sasna Tsrer’ Members Claim to Have Been Beaten by Police
YEREVAN— On June 28, five arrested members of “Sasna Tsrer” claimed to have been brutally beaten by police after the latest court hearing in their ongoing trial, reported RFE/RL’s Armenian service....
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Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Publishes Ad Hoc Public Report on Azerbaijani...
The cover of the report (Photo: Office of the Human Rights Defender of Armenia) YEREVAN—Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Arman Tatoyan and members of his staff were recently in Baghanis,...
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‘Tsavt Tanem’: Untranslatable and Universal
Special for the Armenian Weekly It was a busy, bustling day in the Cascade—a communal square in the heart of ancient Yerevan. Accessed by steep stairs, the Cascade was full of vendors, tourists, and...
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The Armenian Weekly, Hairenik Weekly Announce New Print Format
WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—The Armenian Weekly and Hairenik Weekly are pleased to announce that the two newspapers will be adopting a new format in the coming month. The Armenian Weekly and the Hairenik...
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Over 35 U.S. Representatives Call on State Department to Stop Controversial...
Trott and Pallone Lead Congressional Letter Calling on State Department to Reject Deal Following May 16 Beatings by Turkish President Erdogan’s Security Detail WASHINGTON—Congressional Armenian Caucus...
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AYF Summer 2017: Lost In Revelation
The “AYF Summer 2017” section of the Armenian Weekly’s Youth page will highlight the 2017 summer programs of the Armenian Youth Federation – Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
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