Homenetmen Scouts Troup 51 Hold Annual ‘Panagoum’ (Photo Series)
Providence Homenetmen Scouts Troop 51 held their annual Panagoum Camping Trip the weekend of June 17-19 at Camp Buck Hill in Pascoag, R.I. This year, Boston Homenetmen Scouts Troop 290 attended as a joint effort to bring Armenian youth together for a weekend of scouting and fun. The 50 scouts participated in various activities, including […]
MV ‘Knights of Vartan’ Honor High School Graduates
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.—Class officers, athletes, honor students, musicians, and community volunteers. This year’s crop of high school graduates in Merrimack Valley (MV) certainly made the Armenian community quite proud of its achievements throughout local schools. As tradition has it, the Arakadz Lodge, Knights of Vartan, paid tribute to these fine students during a recognition night […]
Academic Conference on the Armenian Diaspora in Russia to Be Held in Yerevan
YEREVAN—The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is sponsoring an academic conference on the Armenian Diaspora in the Russian Federation, organized by the Department of Diaspora Studies of the Yerevan State University. It will be held on October 13-14, in Yerevan. Red Square, Moscow (Photo: Valerii Tkachenko) The aim of the conference is to […]
Syrian-Armenian Serviceman Killed in Aleppo Clashes
Panos Aghazarian (Photo: Kantsasar) ALEPPO, Syria (A.W.)—Panos Aghazarian (b. 1994), an ethnic Armenian member of the Syrian Armed Forces, was killed in military clashes in Aleppo on July 10, according to a report by Aleppo-based Kantsasar news. Fighting between the Syrian Army and rebel forces in Aleppo has intensified in recent days, with some reports […]
Sarkisian, Hollande Meet in Warsaw
Sarkisian Expresses Gratitude for Hollande’s “Consistent, Important Role and Support on all Issues, which are Vital for Armenia” WARSAW, Poland (A.W.)—Armenian President Serge Sarkisian met with the French President François Hollande in Warsaw on June 9. During their meeting, Sarkisian expressed gratitude for Hollande’s “consistent, important role and support on all issues, which are vital […]
Kerry, Sarkisian Meet in Poland; Discuss NKR Peace
WARSAW, Poland (A.W.)—Armenian President Serge Sarkisian met with United States Secretary of State John Kerry in Warsaw on July 8, to discuss the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh/NKR) conflict. Sarkisian met with United States Secretary of State John Kerry in Warsaw on July 8, to discuss the resolution of the NKR conflict. (Photo: president.am) Sarkisian, […]
Barsoumian: It Has Been an Honor Serving You
Nanore Barsoumian, the editor of the Armenian Weekly, announced this week that she has resigned from the editorship of the paper. Barsoumian speaking at the Armenian Genocide Centennial commemoration eventin Ankara on April 25, 2015 (Photo: Mehmet Özer) “It is with a heavy heart that I leave my job at the Armenian Weekly after seven […]
Armenia Fund USA Funds Akhtala Toxic Pollution Cleanup
PARAMUS, N.J.—The Armenian Apostolic Church monastery in Akhtala is a historic community site where children visit and families picnic. This beautiful monastery was built on land that was previously a 10th-century fortress and coppers mine. The main church of this monastery was built at the end of the 12th century and rebuilt during the 13th […]
Yegparian: Ps in the 43rd
Past events perforce drive us to review the outcome in the 43rd State Assembly District of the California Primary election held June 7. This is the district in which Ardy Kassakhian, with 24.28 percent of the vote, is in second place behind Laura Friedman, with 31.94 percent of the vote (figures as of June 30). […]
Oldest Street Discovered in Yerevan
The 2,700-Year-Old Street Discovered in the Erebuni Fortress YEREVAN (A.W)— A group of archaeologists hailing from Armenia, France, and Iran, discovered Yerevan’s most ancient street. On July 7, the group announced in a press conference, that it had found the 30-meter-long, tile-paved street in the Erebuni fortress, near the temple of Haldi, during its archaeological […]
