YEREVAN (Combined Sources) — Karen Asrian, Armenia’s current national chess champion, died suddenly on Monday, June 9 at the age of 28. Asrian, born on April 24, 1980, won the[...]
YEREVAN (A1Plus) — According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry Department, Armenia’s Ambassador to China, 47-year-old Vahagn Movsisian, died on June 10 from a massive heart attack while in Beijing. No[...]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Marmara)— Recent surgery and subsequent health concerns have led to the de facto retirement of the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Mesrob Mutafyan. Mutafyan, 52, underwent a thyroid operation[...]
By Daphne Abeel Mirror-Spectator Staff MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — For Taner Akçam, his appointment to the Kaloosdian- Mugar Chair at Clark University’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is the[...]
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Georges der Parthogh, a veteran journalist, international news photographer and a leading member of the Armenian community, died here on Monday, June 2. He was 84. Born[...]
By Daphne Abeel Mirror-Spectator Staff WORCESTER, Mass. — Taner Akçam, a Turkish historian, author, sociologist and activist has been appointed to the Kaloosdian-Mugar chair at Clark University’s Strassler Center for[...]
Leaves Legislative Post May 30 By Daphne Abeel Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — On May 21, MassachusettsGov. Deval Patrick announced that he has appointed state Rep. Rachel Kaprielian (D-Watertown) Registrar of[...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Business Wire) — Noubar B. Afeyan, PhD, managing partner and CEO of Flagship Ventures, was among this year’s recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor given by[...]
By Daphne Abeel Mirror-Spectator Staff HOUSTON, Texas — “We started this program because of our belief that teachers prepare tomorrow’s leaders. That is the source of our inspiration and our[...]
By Daphne Abeel Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The misty, wet weather outside the windows of the Grand Hyatt Regency penthouse did nothing to dampen the spirits of Armenian Assembly[...]
NEW YORK — A monumental 12th-century khachkar— a 2,000-pound, nearly eight-foot-tall block of basalt, carved on its surface with symbols of the four evangelists, a massive cross, small birds at[...]
