LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian is spearheading the city’s sponsorship of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Krekorian, the first Armenian-American ever[...]
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a court has ordered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to pay 10,000 Turkish Lira ($4,000) in compensation to an artist for calling his sculpture[...]
WASHINGTON — After a lifetime of service to Armenia and the Armenian American community, Hirair Hovnanian is stepping down as Chairman of the Armenian Assembly of America. Last week,[...]
OAKLAND GARDENS, N.Y. — In 1994, an ambitious group of Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) supporters gathered to establish an all-volunteer fundraising committee known as Friends of HMADS. Under[...]
By Nancy Kalajian BOSTON — Montreal-based Ara Khanikian, visual effects supervisor for “Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” was in Boston in January as a guest speaker for a[...]
NEW YORK — On Friday, February 20, 2015, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) joined Columbia University, the Armenian Center at Columbia University and the World Monuments Fund in sponsoring[...]
By Florence Avakian WASHINGTON — The Centennial of the Armenian Genocide will be commemorated in a united manner during a three-day program in the nation’s capital, Thursday, May 7 to[...]
By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator NEW YORK — Armenia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Zohrab Mnatsakanian assumed his current position eight months ago, following several assignments in Armenia[...]
VATICAN CITY (AP) —Pope Francis has given a gift of sorts to Armenian Catholics commemorating the 100th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, declaring a revered[...]
LEXINGTON, Mass. — On Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m., the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) in partnership with the Near East Foundation will present a special[...]
WALTHAM, Mass. — Jamie Metzl, author of Genesis Code, a novel with an Armenian protagonist (see Mirror-Spectator, January 17, 2015), is speaking at Brandeis University at 5 pm on[...]
