By Ayda Erbal Special to the Mirror-Spectator BEIRUT — For the first time in nine years, after being deferred for five years for security reasons, Lebanese elections were held on[...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On May 23, the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) will be hosting its 32nd annual meeting. In addition to updates on programmatic activities, a panel discussion will[...]
WIESBADEN, Germany — It is well known that Germany has received the largest number of refugees in Europe over the last years. But few realize that in addition to those[...]
PETERSBURG, Russia (Public Radio of Armenia) — French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour was hospitalized in St. Petersburg on April 25, the Russian NTV channelreports. Aznavour, 93, felt ill right during the[...]
YEREVAN (Guardian, Washington Post, RFE/RL) – The Armenian parliament decided to hold a special session on May 1 to elect a new leader, as part of a three-step plan by[...]
TORONTO (BBC News, CNN, Telegraph) – Alek Minassian, a 25-year-old driver charged with killing 10 people and injuring 14 more by ploughing a rental van into pedestrians in Toronto on[...]
ANKARA (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s office has prepared a summary of proceedings against eight deputies of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including Turkish-Armenian lawmaker Garo Paylan, on[...]
BERLIN — In the current Cold War climate in East-West relations, exasperated by the British-Russian crisis around the Skripal affair, it has become increasingly difficult for smaller nations to maintain[...]
VATICAN CITY (Combined Sources) — Pope Francis on Thursday, April 5, consecrated the bronze statue of Saint Gregory of Narek (Grigor Narekatsi), a 10th-century poet and monk. The historic event[...]
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — “Wisdom is the art of considering things from all sides.” The saying is by Nerses Shnorhali and it was printed in[...]
BEIRUT – Baikar weekly’s executive editor Hagop Vartivarian’s visit to Beirut from the United States was the occasion for local Baikar writers, editors, and supporters to meet and discuss various[...]