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Two Armenians Injured in Egypt Knife Attack
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Two Armenian citizens were wounded in a knife attack at a hotel in the Egyptian city of Hurghada. According to several reports, an unknown assailant attacked tourists in the Hurghada...
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Reject Turkish Arms Deal, U.S. House Declares
Rep. Trott: ‘Strategic Location Does Not Place Turkey Above the Law’ WASHINGTON—On July 14, U.S. Representative Dave Trott (R-Mich.) issued the following statement after his amendment to reject the...
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On Lemkin: An Interview with Professor Steven L. Jacobs
Special for the Armenian Weekly Dr. Steven Leonard Jacobs holds the Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa....
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Football Follies
For clarity, I’ll state that the discussion is about soccer, known as football to all the world except in the U.S. I’ve never been a fan of watching sports. My eyes glaze over when people start...
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Breaking: Reports Indicate Sevan Nişanyan Has Escaped Prison and Fled Turkey
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—According to reports, jailed Turkish-Armenian intellectual, travel writer, entrepreneur, and researcher Sevan Nişanyan has escaped prison and fled Turkey. Sevan Nişanyan...
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ARF Participates in Socialist International Council Meeting; Stands up to...
NEW YORK (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) delegation at the Socialist International Council conference, held on July 11 and 12 at the United Nations in New York, effectively...
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Op-ed: It’s About Time the U.S. Tells Erdogan That Turkey is Not Above the Law
Rep. Dave Trott (R-Mich.) Pens Op-ed for the Armenian Weekly: ‘We have let Turkey off the hook for too long…’ Special for the Armenian Weekly In May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s henchmen...
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Armenia Looks to Buy More Russian Arms
YEREVAN (A.W.)— According to Armenia’s Finance Minister Vardan Aramyan, Armenia is discussing the possibility of receiving another loan, which would be spent on buying Russian weapons, reported...
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Letter to Yerevan (Part III)
Letter to Yerevan (Part III) The Armenian Weekly is periodically publishing the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s epic 1945 poem ‘Tught ar Yerevan’ (‘Letter to Yerevan’). If there was, in the...
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French-Armenian Georges Képénékian Elected Mayor of Lyon
LYON, France (A.W.)—According to preliminary reports, Georges Képénékian was elected Mayor of Lyon—France’s second-largest city—on July 17. Georges Képénékia Képénékian’s candidacy was proposed by...
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Turkey Says Activists, Amnesty International Director Must Remain in Jail
Amnesty Secretary General: ‘Today We Have Learned That Standing up for Human Rights has Become a Crime in Turkey’ ISTANBUL, Turkey—An Istanbul court ordered that six human rights activists detained on...
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The Story of a Silver Wreath: An Ethiopian Emperor, and an Armenian Jeweler
Special for the Armenian Weekly The Museum Resource Center in Washington D.C. hosted a reception on June 15 in honor of my father, Bedros Sevadjian, jeweler and silversmith “By Appointment to His...
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Aliyev Family’s Financial Role in Shipping Weapons to Terrorists
Last week I wrote about the sensational revelations by Bulgarian investigative journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva in Trud newspaper, who reported on leaked documents that Azerbaijan’s state-run Silk Way...
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Artsakh Foreign Minister Mirzoyan Meets with OSCE’s Andrzej Kasprzyk in...
OSCE to Conduct Monitoring of Line of Contact Tomorrow STEPANAKERT, Artsakh—Artsakh’s Minister of Foreign Affairs received the Personal Representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation...
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ARF to Hold Discussions with President Sarkisian on 2018 Government
YEREVAN— On July 18, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) said that it will hold discussions with Armenian President Serge Sarkisian soon on who will be Armenia’s next Prime Minister. A scene...
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Armenian Virtual College Expands Focus on Armenian Language Education
In April, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Armenian Virtual College (AVC) launched its Armenian language e-Hangouts as a way for e-learners to practice their language skills. Founded in...
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Armenia Places Third Out of 157 Teams at FIRST Global Youth Robotics Competition
Armenia’s TUMO Team Takes Bronze Medal Special for the Armenian Weekly “We are few, but they call us Armenians.” These words by Paruyr Sevak rang true at the FIRST Global youth robotics competition...
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Armenian Serviceman Wounded on July 7 Remains in Intensive Care
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenian serviceman Robert N. Gasparyan (b. 1969), who was wounded at the Artsakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact (LoC) on July 7 by Azerbaijani fire, remains in an intensive care unit in a...
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ARF Bureau, Supreme Council Hold a Joint Session in Yerevan
YEREVAN (A.W.)—A joint session of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau and the party’s Supreme Council of Armenia was held on July 17, during which a joint declaration was adopted and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Fails to Lead OSCE Mission to Frontlines During Monitoring
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)— On July 19, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh, an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)...
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