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By Thomas C . Nash Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — Armenian Americans and Massachusetts politicians filled the Great Hall of theMassachusetts StateHouse April 17 for a commemoration of the Armenian Genocide[...]

By Thomas C . Nash Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — The second annual Armenian film series at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) will begin with a screening of “The Blue[...]

ANKARA (BBC NEWS) — Turkish police have detained at least 12 people, including a university head, in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government, reports say. Police also[...]

WASHINGTON — The Turkish government has hired former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) to its team of lobbyists. The Armenian Assembly of America contends that the move is part of[...]

By Thomas C . Nash Mirror-Spectator Staff WASHINGTON — The 2009 Armenian Assembly of America’s National Advocacy Conference began with several community leaders imploring young people to take a more[...]

YEREVAN (BBC) — Thousands of opposition supporters in Armenia attended a rally on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of its worst political violence since independence. The protesters demanded early[...]

ISTANBUL (AFP) — Armenian and other rights groups called for action Saturday over Turkish school screenings of a documentary on the Ottoman mass killings of Armenians, charging that the film[...]

By Ruzanna Stepanian YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Residents of Yerevan will go to the polls on May 31 to elect a municipal assembly that will choose the city’s new mayor and[...]

LINARES, Spain — Armenian Grand Master Levon Aronian beat Viswanathan Anand of India in the second round of the Linares 2009 Chess Tournament. Aronian and Alexander Grishchuk (Russia) were tied[...]

By Thomas C . Nash Mirror-Spectator Staff NEW YORK — The quest for family and national history that Peter Balakian turned into a widely-acclaimed memoir has been re-published this month[...]

YEREVAN (Reuters/AFP) — French singer Charles Aznavour recently announced he has agreed to become ambassador to Switzerland for his ancestral homeland Armenia. Aznavour, 84, was born in France of Armenian[...]