Topic: Politics

By Raffi Bedrosyan Only a few months after the long-delayed election and appointment of Archbishop Sahag Mashalian as the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul) in December 2019, the Istanbul Armenian[...]

Armenia is experiencing a crisis within a crisis. The global impact of the coronavirus has affected every nation, and Armenia is no exception. It has paralyzed the economy and turned[...]

By Philippe Raffi Kalfayan Special to the Mirror-Spectator Modern Armenia may be facing one of the most dangerous periods since its creation. This is due to the conjunction of concurrent[...]

By Chris Van Buskirk BOSTON (Boston Globe) — State Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian’s swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, March 25 was by all accounts a sign of the daily abnormalities brought on[...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Black lawmakers in South Carolina are calling on former Vice President Joe Biden to disavow statements from a longtime friend and campaign surrogate that they say[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has dismissed the director of the National Security Service. Pashinian told a news conference on September 16 he had signed a motion[...]

By Robert D. McFadden NEW YORK (New York Times) — Robert M. Morgenthau, a courtly Knickerbocker patrician who waged war on crime for more than four decades as the chief federal[...]

By Lila Seidman GLENDALE (Glendale News-Press) — Glendale City Council member Zareh Sinanyan is stepping down from his municipal post to accept a position with the Armenian government. Sinanyan, first[...]

By Michael Melkonian Special to the Mirror-Spectator LOS ANGELES — Johnny Nalbandian, a seafood industry baron and longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, is facing off against Rep. Adam Schiff[...]

By Taleen Babayan Special to the Mirror-Spectator UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — The seeds of political activism were planted in Nvair Beylerian at a young age. Waking up one Saturday[...]