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Armenia Announces New Jet Deliveries, Emblem on Armed Forces Day
YEREVAN—Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan announced on Tuesday that the Air Force was expecting a second delivery of the state-of-the-art Russian-manufactured Sukhoi-30SM fighter jet. Russia...
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AYF Camp Haiastan Welcomes Returning Directors
FRANKLIN, Mass.—The Board of Directors of AYF Camp Haiastan has announced that Seran Tcholakian and Ani Changelian will return as directors of the 2020 camping season. Last year the two led an...
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Tourist Destination or the Homeland?
Mayor, principal and school staff of the secondary school in Paruyr Sevak (Photo: Stepan Piligian) Many of us in America grew up with at least one picture of eternal Ararat on the wall in our family...
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Echoes of Deir ez-Zor at Auschwitz
(Photo: Raffi Elliott) I’ve actually been to Hell – well, this Hell wasn’t located in the fiery depths of the afterlife, but in the countryside on the outskirts of the baroque Polish city of Krakow....
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Tourism: An Economic Tide That Can Lift All “Boats”
Boat on Lake Sevan. Photo: Astghik Babayan/Wikimedia Commons, August 2013 Bluntly stated, the geostrategic position of Armenia may properly be described as being between a rock and a hard place. Two of...
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Hamazkayin Announces Winner of 2019 Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature
Allan Arpajian and Susan Arpajian Jolley The Eastern Regional Executive of Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society announced the winners of the Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in...
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Book Review: Waiting for Sophia at Shutters on the Beach
Waiting for Sophia at Shutters on the Beach By Aris Janigian Regent Press Printers & Publishers, 2019 200 pp. $15.95 paperback Whether it’s Bloodvine (2003)—Aris Janigian’s first novel of...
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Suffolk Grad, Watertown Native Michael Hagopian Goes Pro in Armenia
Michael Hagopian was born to play basketball. “My dad put a ball in my hands when I was really young,” he fondly recalled during an interview with the Armenian Weekly late last summer. “They had to...
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Getting to Know Knarik Meneshian
The Armenian Weekly staff conducted the following interview with Knarik Meneshian, a longtime contributor to the Weekly and the author of the recently published book A Place Called Gyumri. Knarik O....
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Rep. Pallone Marks 30th Anniversary of Anti-Armenian Attacks in Baku
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ) condemned the January, 1990, anti-Armenian attacks in Baku and called on colleagues to join him in commemorating the 30th anniversary of the...
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The Istanbul Convention: A Peril or Prospect for Armenia?
Protesters against domestic violence during Mariam gevorgyan trial. (Photo: Society Without Violence in Armenia) Armenian society has been at loggerheads over the Istanbul Convention — the Convention...
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Not in Our Backyard
PROVIDENCE, RI—In the once affluent part of Cranston, RI which borders on the south side of Providence is the historic Oakland Cemetery. Years ago this privately owned cemetery was the burial place of...
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Anahid Literary Award Celebration to Honor Poet Susan Barba
NEW YORK, NY—Poet Susan Barba, the recent winner of the Anahid Literary Award, will be honored at the Anahid Literary Awards celebration on Thursday, March 5 at Columbia University. The award is given...
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Primary Time! Part One
On March 3rd (“Super Tuesday”), 16 primary elections will take place in the U.S. – Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Democrats Abroad, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North...
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‘Midwives on Stage’: An Interview with Chris Bohjalian
The Armenian Weekly staff conducted the following interview with novelist and playwright Chris Bohjalian, whose play “Midwives” opened at George Street Playhouse in January to rave reviews. Chris...
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“Time Out With Manouk Akopyan” Debuts Across Major Platforms
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A new radio show dedicated to shining a light on Armenian issues, as well as individuals and organizations that are making an impact throughout the diaspora, has debuted across...
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Peter Balakian, Aram Arkun to Present ‘The Ruins of Ani’
BELMONT, Mass.—The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host a presentation by Dr. Peter Balakian and Aram Arkun entitled “The Ruins of Ani: From Sacred Landscape to...
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Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian ‘Peace Plan’ is Recipe for a Prolonged War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House, January 27, 2020 (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Twitter @IsraeliPM) Pres. Trump unveiled in the White House...
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The Engel Angle
Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) speaking with ANCA Government Affairs Director Tereza Yerimyan following testimony before the House Rules Committee on H.Res.296. There is no shortage of U.S....
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Lydian Restructuring Amid Ongoing Amulsar Site Blockade
(Photo: Lydian Armenia/Facebook) YEREVAN—The Anglo-Canadian mining consortium Lydian International has confirmed that its stock ticker was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange earlier this year....
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