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[...]
By Emil Danielyan MUNICH (RFE/RL) — The foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey reported further progress towards the normalization of bilateral relations after weekend talks in Munich that also involved[...]
By Emil Danielyan YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — President Serge Sargisian held what he called “very useful” talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Switzerland late Thursday that were aimed[...]