Armenian Genocide

By Elif Shafak Amid the political turmoil in Turkey this week, culminating in the prime minister’s announcement that he’ll stand down within days, it was Oscar Wilde who became the subject of[...]

WATERTOWN — On the weekend of April 9-10, for the first time an Armenian Genealogy Conference was held in Watertown, Massachusetts at the Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC). More[...]

SAN FRANCISCO — When a cousin of Diana Hekimian’s in San Francisco mentioned that she had found an old manuscript in the basement of her apartment building two months ago, Hekimian[...]

LOS ANGELES — The 2016-2017 Center Fellow at University of Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research will be Alexander Korb, PhD, director of the Stanley Burton Centre[...]

By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — Among the events in the German capital commemorating the 101st anniversary of the Armenian genocide was a special ceremony to dedicate[...]

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff HAMILTON, N.Y. – Peter Balakian won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in April of this year, and the reaction has been overwhelming for him. The[...]

ROME — In early April, Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press service, announced that Pope Francis plans to make two important trips to the Caucasus region over the[...]

By Taleen Babayan NEW YORK — The centennial of the Armenian Genocide last year reinvigorated worldwide efforts to not only commemorate the massacres of 1.5 million lost lives but a renewed[...]

By Sarah Parvini LOS ANGELES (LA Times) — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied outside the Turkish Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard on Sunday afternoon, waving flags and holding signs to[...]

By Aram Arkun Armenian Mirror-Spectator Staff PEABODY, Mass. — On the morning of April 25, Armenians of Peabody, Mass. and their friends assembled to commemorate the Armenian Genocide with the[...]

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (Agencia Prensa Armenia) — Uruguayan Deputy Daniel Radio asked the authorities of his country to recognize the Republic of Nagorno-Karabagh in the commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide[...]