Armenia & Karabakh

BURBANK, Calif. — Philanthropist Vartan Nazerian, a member of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party Supreme Council, was given the St. Nerses the Gracious Medal from Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin[...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On Friday, March 15, Vanderbilt University’s Anthropology Department hosted a lecture by Cornell University Prof. Adam T. Smith. His lecture was titled “Archaeology’s Genocide Problem: Violence, Heritage,[...]

LONDON — On May 1, Arman Kirakossian, the ambassador of Armenia to the United Kingdom, met with Stephen Pound, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom and head of the[...]

YEREVAN (news.am) — Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) on May 7 revealed a case of espionage committed by Azerbaijani intelligence agencies. According to the NSS statement, a person who has[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — The official owner of Armenia’s largest food exporting company accused of tax evasion has been released from custody after paying the government 1 billion drams ($2.1 million).[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on May 6 received Deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the US Department of State George Kent and his delegation.[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Ma. — The MIT Armenian Society is organizing an evening to celebrate the 150th birth anniversaries of Komitas, one of the forefathers of Armenian classical music, and Hovhannes Tumanyan,[...]

STEPANAKERT (RFE/RL) — Karabakh’s current and former leaders called on Armenian law-enforcement authorities on Tuesday, May 7, to release former President Robert Kocharyan from custody pending the outcome of his[...]

YEREVAN — The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity’s Selection Committee has named three outstanding 2019 Aurora Humanitarians, recognized for performing acts of exceptional courage and their commitment to saving human[...]

DENVER, Colo.  — Colorado’s State Senate unanimously voted on April 24 to designate the day as “Colorado Day of the Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” through a strongly-worded resolution that[...]

By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN/LUCERNE, Switzerland — In the intellectual and musical circles of Yerevan many know Swiss musician Alexander Brincken due to his exceptional connection with[...]