By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan A recent column in the Armenian Mirror-Spectator (“Intolerance Toward ‘the Other’” by Raffi Bedrosyan) reported on a shocking event that happened in Turkey during the inhumation[...]
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — January 1 is always a good time for pledging better behavior. It is a time for political leaders to reflect on[...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On December 29, 2017, Kevork Atinizian received the Knights of Saints James Medal, a newly created award of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, in recognition for his[...]
CAIRO (Public Radio of Armenia) — Works by the late Egyptian Armenian cartoonist Alexander Saroukhan have gone on display in Cairo. The exhibition, titled “Echoes of Past Visions,” will run through[...]
YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — The Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs will consider a draft statement on condemning the genocide against the Yezidi people in the[...]
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (Agencia Prensa Armenia) — The Republic of Armenia Square was inaugurated on January 7 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with a sculpture of an Armenian woman[...]
TEL AVIV, Israel — The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) has formally recognized the Armenian Genocide at its 44th World Congress in Israel, after a Jewish-Australian advocate, Ariel Zohar[...]
By Artsvi Bakhchinyan YEREVAN — In the run-up to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, more and more incidents and details came to light, many touching on unexpected subjects and[...]
By Haykaram Nahapetyan Mirror-Spectator Video Correspondent “The Red Army was as multiethnic as the Soviet Union, but its generals were overwhelmingly Russian. Very few non-Slavs reached high rank and the[...]
By Tom Hawthorn TORONTO, Canada (Globe and Mail) – While playing for the Soviet Union in the gold-medal basketball game at the 1964 Olympics, point guard Armenak Alajajian contested a loose[...]
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey intends to open an embassy in East Jerusalem, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to[...]
