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Franklin has always been Haiastan
In this year of no summer camps, Franklin is still home to “the best place on earth” as generations have long described Camp Haiastan. What started in 1951 as a novel idea by the first generation of...
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Kidnapped Armenian officer faces life imprisonment in Azerbaijan
YEREVAN—Azerbaijan is reportedly preparing criminal proceedings against Armenian POW Gurgen Alaverdyan, who is currently under custody in Baku. If convicted, the junior officer who was abducted from...
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Ayinka
The following short story (Այինկա) by famed Armenian writer Krikor Zohrab was written back in 1892 and was included in his 1911 collection Կեանքը ինչպէս որ է [Life as it is]. It has been translated...
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Three Lessons to be Learned from the Treaty of Sèvres
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sèvres Sara Cohan at Day of Learning in San Francisco, 2018 August 10, 2020 marked the...
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Survey of 3000 Armenians provides a snapshot of opinions in the Diaspora
LONDON—The results of a major research on public opinion in Diaspora communities will be formally launched at an online event on September 5. The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS)—the first of a...
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ANC-Eastern Mass. meets with Congressional Candidate
(Photo: Twitter/@AndyTarsy) Members of the ANC of Eastern Massachusetts recently joined a video meeting with Jesse Mermell, a candidate in the Democratic primary in the fourth Congressional District of...
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Peter Ovian: A Son, A Rock, A Hero
Pvt Peter Ovian The story of Peter Ovian begins in 1923 in Whitinsville, a small village in Massachusetts, and ends 20 years later in Dinozé, a small village in northeastern France. It starts with an...
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UCLA Promise Armenian Institute to Present ‘When Was the Decision Made to...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— The UCLA Promise Armenian Institute, in collaboration with the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, the UCLA Richard...
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ANC of New Jersey representatives meet with Sen. Cory Booker
Pictured from left to right: ANC NJ activist Joseph Ariyan; Senator Cory Booker; ANC NJ activist James Sahagian; Senator Booker’s Foreign Affairs Staffer Sophia Lalani; ANCA Eastern Region Executive...
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UWC Dilijan starts 2020-2021 academic year
DILIJAN—The new academic year has officially started at UWC Dilijan. This year the college has welcomed 228 students from more than 80 countries – two more than the last year. The college’s teaching...
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ANC of Merrimack Valley Connects with Congresswoman Lori Trahan During August...
From left to right: ANCA Government Relations Director Tereza Yerimyan, ANCA Eastern Region Executive Director Tamar Gregorian, ANC of Merrimack Valley Member Armen Jeknavorian, ANC of Merrimack Valley...
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100 Years Later, Panel Discusses “Treaty of Sèvres: Unfinished Business”
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Panelists Vicken Sonentz Papazian, Esq., Steve Dadaian, Esq. and Armen K. Hovannisian, Esq. participated in the August 20 Facebook live discussion “Treaty of Sèvres: Unfinished...
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Arab World Finally Exposes Erdogan’s Hypocrisy as ‘Defender’ of Palestinians
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking at a meeting with the Justice and Development (AK) Party’s provincial heads. (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey) I have written in the past...
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Der Matossian’s The First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) on its Centenary:...
FRESNO, Calif.—An edited volume by Bedross Der Matossian, with a preface by Richard G. Hovannisian titled The First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) on its Centenary: Politics, Gender, and Diplomacy has...
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Diasporan Armenians, iGorts Participants Start Day One on the Job in Armenia
Two dozen professionals from the Armenian Diaspora have arrived in the homeland to participate in the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs’ iGorts program. The participants hail from...
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Commuters in Yerevan Still Waiting for New Transit System
Aging trolleybus tackles rush hour traffic in Yerevan (Photo: Raffi Elliott, September 2, 2020) YEREVAN—Almost two years since the launch of promised mass transit reform, the Yerevan Public Transport...
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Summer in lockdown compels Armenians to rediscover their own country
Lake Sevan (Photo: Raffi Elliott) On the far shore of Lake Sevan, a crew prepares a small sailing rig as one shouts instructions in German. A grey curly-haired gentleman, dressed in a pair of cropped...
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Wait…aren’t we supposed to be at Olympics?
For the first time in generations, thousands of Armenians in the US and Canada have an open date this weekend. Labor Day in America is synonymous with the end of summer and the beginning of a new...
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EyeSupport: Fighting for Humanity
EyeSupport team pictured left to right: Kristina Ayanian, Marie Bazarbarshian, Nina Vosbigian, Meghri Dervartanian and Nicole Keikian BOSTON, Mass. — Five best friends from St. Stephen’s Armenian...
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Rep. Titus Leading US House Drive Urging Library of Congress to Use Armenian...
Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus is leading a Congressional effort calling on the Library of Congress to properly categorize the Armenian Genocide in its subject heading list. WASHINGTON, DC –...
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