By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach While on tour in the South Caucasus last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was walking a tightrope, in an attempt to carefully balance geopolitical, economic and human[...]
One of prolific German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s most famous allegorical plays is called “The Caucasian Chalk Circle,” which takes place in Georgia. In “The Caucasian Circle,” the main characters are[...]
To the Editor: I am responding to Rebecca Bakalian Hachikian’s letter to the editor regarding the sale of the Diocesan air rights in last week’s Mirror-Spectator (8/18/18). She mentioned my[...]
By Garo Gumusyan, AIA “Less is More” is the famous quote the legendary German architect Mies Van der Rohe is known for. Be that as it may be, his lesser[...]
To the Editor: The calls for transparency today are now louder than they have ever been. The Diocesan Council of the Eastern Diocese must act in accordance to good faith,[...]
By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan The first 100 days of Nikol Pashinyan’s government are puzzling as to the political realism of his government, on the one hand, and the existing global[...]
By Edmond Y. Azadian Technology has been changing the world at a rapid pace. Once, the way to conquer a country was to invade and overrun it. Today, physical borders[...]
Armenia had hardly regained domestic peace as a result of the Velvet Revolution, when urgent foreign policy issues began amassing on its borders. Constant threat of war with Azerbaijan is[...]
(Issued by the Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) on August 11) This statement is addressed to fellow leaders of the Eastern Diocese, parishioners,[...]
By Monique Svazlian Tallon Special to the Mirror-Spectator Glendale, California, has grown into one of the largest Armenian communities outside of Yerevan. The Glendale City Council, which is four-fifths Armenian[...]
Common folks in Egypt have a very keen sense of humor. They can create anecdotes to render the most complex political issues into simple humorous stories. One such anecdote is[...]
