Living in Armenia

The Olive Tree and Armenia

The Olive Tree and Armenia

In 1974, Yasser Arafat, in a historic speech at...

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By Any Means

Whistle Blowers, Deep States, and Sunlight

Whistle Blowers, Deep States, and Sunlight

Daniel Ellsberg (The Pentagon Papaers), Sibel Edmonds (Turkish money...

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My Turn

Despite Internal Turmoil, Turkey Keeps up Genocide Denial Campaign

Despite Internal Turmoil, Turkey Keeps up Genocide Denial Campaign

Some may have expected that the recent mass protests...

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Community Links

New Mixed-Use Buildings in Glendale: Great Networking Venues

New Mixed-Use Buildings in Glendale: Great Networking Venues

Armenians Among Many Young Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs on Elevé...

June 7 2013 / 2 comments / Read More »

Critics' Forum

Repositioning Diaspora And The Role Of Its Intellectuals

Repositioning Diaspora And The Role Of Its Intellectuals

Over the last few decades, the term “diaspora” has...

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Three Apples

An Open Letter to Him

An Open Letter to Him

It wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. This...

May 17 2013 / 4 comments / Read More »

Op-Ed

Nagorno-Karabakh: Preventive and Remedial Recognition vs. Azerbaijani Threats

Nagorno-Karabakh: Preventive and Remedial Recognition vs. Azerbaijani Threats

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the longest-lasting conflicts in the region, seems to have passed into an essential phase of...

June 17 2013 / 1 comment / Read More »
LETTERS: Mirror Mirror On The Wall

LETTERS: Mirror Mirror On The Wall

This year, the Armenian people turned the corner on an outdated tradition in which their voices are not heard, their...

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Armenia Wants to Sell-Off More of its Infrastructure

Armenia Wants to Sell-Off More of its Infrastructure

Armenia’s Energy Minister Armen Movisisn on Thursday confirmed that the Armenian government was indeed in talks with a US-based energy...

June 13 2013 / 10 comments / Read More »

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Arts & Culture

Today is Aram Khachaturian’s 110th Birthday Anniversary

Today is Aram Khachaturian’s 110th Birthday Anniversary

June 6 is 110th birth anniversary of world-famous composer Aram Khachaturian. On this occasion an inauguration ceremony of the 9th Aram Khachaturian competition will take place at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall. The concert will feature...

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Entertainment Tonight Picks Capital Cities

Entertainment Tonight Picks Capital Cities

Capital Cities, the band fronted by Armenian-American artist Sebu Simonian was picked by etonline, Entertainment Tonight’s Web portal as “Artist You Should Know.”...

June 5 2013 / 2 comments / Read More »

In Memoriam

They Are Our children

They Are Our children

I am a mother of two young children and although my son...

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Requiem Services (Karasounk) for Allen and Sosé

Requiem Services (Karasounk) for Allen and Sosé

Requiem Services (Karasounk) for Allen Yekikian and his wife, Sosé Thomassian-Yekikian, who...

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Dear Sosé

Dear Sosé

This is one of many attempts to translate my thoughts and feelings into words. The first few attempts proved futile, like a toddler trying to force his cubic block through a cylindrical hole....

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International

European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Record

European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Record

The European Parliament on Thursday, adopted yet another resolution on the sorry Human Rights record of Azerbaijan, this time focusing on the case of Ilgar...

June 13 2013 / 3 comments / Read More »

Sourp Kevork Church in Mardin is ‘One of Most Threatened Landmarks in Europe’

Sourp Kevork Church in Mardin is ‘One of Most Threatened Landmarks in Europe’

The Sourp Kevork (St. George) Armenian Apostolic Church (Mardin,Turkey) has been selected as one of the seven most threatened landmarks in Europe by Europa Nostra,...

June 13 2013 / 5 comments / Read More »

Ankara Angry at Pope for Genocide Recognition

Ankara Angry at Pope for Genocide Recognition

Turkey reacted angrily to the Vatican following a statement from Pope Francis describing the mass killings of Armenians during World War I as “the first genocide of the twentieth century”...

June 7 2013 / 16 comments / Read More »