Armenia

If the pundits thus far have believed that the Karabakh conflict is one of the most intractable problems of our time, now new elements have emerged to render the problem even more convoluted and therefore more dangerous, all under the[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Owners and employees of several cafes in Yerevan are protesting the decision of the city authorities to dismantle the property located in the vicinity of the Opera House that the municipality believes should be free[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Foreign minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan delivered remarks at a panel discussion titled “Women, Peace and Security: International and Armenian Practice” on March 15. During the address, on the final day[...]

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (Panorama.am) — Individual medals were awarded on Friday, March 15, at the FIDE World Team Championship, which had concluded the day before. As the Chess Federation of Armenia reports, a member of the Armenian[...]

By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN/NEW YORK — Torkom Movsesiyan is a dancer and cultural ambassador of the arts. His cultural organization, Torkomada, envisions dance to be an important but neglected diplomatic[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — International mediators brokering a peaceful solution to the protracted Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have urged the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to refrain from statements and actions “suggesting significant[...]

YEREVAN (Armenpress) — Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan received on March 11 James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia. Mnatsakanyan saluted the visit of the[...]

YEREVAN — The Aurora Forum announced this week that 111 person from political, academic, entertainment, and business sectors around the world have joined the Aurora Forum as Goodwill Ambassadors. Aurora Forum Co-Founders Noubar Afeyan,[...]

By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN/BRUSSELS — Dear Laurence, let’s start our conversation with your father. Before knowing you, I read much about Arpag Mekhitarian, the eminent Egyptologist, who was also[...]

WASHINGTON – During the hearings at the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 13, 2019, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) urged the Trump Administration to support the acknowledgment of the Armenian Genocide. Addressing Elliot[...]