I’m no anthropologist, historian, linguist, or sociologist. I do know how to watch and listen, and have for over four decades (and longer if you count grandmother stories).
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Hovhannes Bachkov Becomes European Boxing Champion
Russia Supplies More Weapons to Azerbaijan
Arpine Hovhannisyan Elected PACE Vice President
Armenia Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Air Force
Germany Tells Erdogan Bodyguards to Stay Away from G-20 Summit
A Resurgent Monument to the Living Memory of Soseh Mairig
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Hovhannes Bachkov Becomes European Boxing Champion
Russia Supplies More Weapons to Azerbaijan
Arpine Hovhannisyan Elected PACE Vice President
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Survivor
I drive up the 395 like some new ageless nomad scouring the remnants of slick Silk Road IEDs, abstracting triangulations of fire, ambushing mile-high sniper squads and extraction teams
Speaking Armenian: Everyman’s History
I’m no anthropologist, historian, linguist, or sociologist. I do know how to watch and listen, and have for over four decades (and longer if you count grandmother stories).
A Substitute Grandma at an Armenian ‘Handess’
I received a text from my best friend—she wanted to know if I could attend her granddaughter’s (or “tornik’s” in Armenian) year end recital in place of her because she had to be at her work.
Turkey spends $2.6 Million to Hire Two New Lobbying and PR Firms
In recent weeks, the Republic of Turkey added two new such firms: Ballard Partners and Burson-Marsteller.
The Go Between and Ancient Voices that Beckon
The weather outside the basement-level Yerevan eatery is below zero, and I sit between friends, perspiring from the multiple layers I donned in the Arabian Desert.
With Our Soldiers
AYF Completes Funding Families of Fallen Heroes, Launches Online Fundraising for Soldiers
AYF’s ‘With Our Soldiers’ Campaign Visits Families of Fallen Soldiers from Shirak
South Bay Armenian Community Stands ‘With Our Soldiers’
‘With Our Soldiers’ Campaign Visits Fallen Heroes Families in Ararat, Aragatsotn, Armavir, Vayots Dzor
Arts and Culture
Sports
Hovhannes Bachkov Becomes European Boxing Champion
Armenia’s Hovhannes Bachkov on Saturday became the 64-kilogram European boxing champion
National
House Unanimously Condemns Erdogan-Ordered Attack on Protesters
The House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously passed H.Res.354, which condemns the May 16 attack by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bodyguards against peaceful protesters in Washington
International
Germany Tells Erdogan Bodyguards to Stay Away from G-20 Summit
The German government has warned that Turkish President’s bodyguards who were involved in violent clashes with protesters last month in Washington would not be welcome in Germany.
