By Aram Sevanian As we approach the centenary of the Armenian genocide in April 2015, will governments, especially in Ankara, be up to the job? Will there be a government,

On the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, some people were putting together signs to hold outside of consulates or writing letters or calling their state or Congressional leaders while

  The heartbreaking news came quickly – the ethnic Armenian town of Kessab in Syria, one of immense historic significance to Armenians had been taken over by hardline Islamists as

By Melanie Vartabedian The fig tree in our backyard is a temperamental beast. Last year it decided to give hardly any fruit. The summer of 2011, the branches were practically

For some people the Lenten season passes without much thought, ending on Easter with family and friends and people move on, go and mark the next holiday on their calendar

The question on most people’s minds in Armenia since the Feb. 18 presidential elections, and the stream of protests that has followed, is what is Raffi Hovannisian going to do

The conflict, if it can be called that, between Turkey and Armenia, is an unusual one. It is more like a 100-year-old post-conflict that has been locked up and forgotten,

Լորքի Լիպարիտյան եվ Էդգար Մարտիրոսյան Վերջերս ադրբեջանցի լեյտենանտ Ռամիլ Սաֆարովի արտահանձնումն ու դրան հաջորդած ներումը զանգվածային աղմուկ բարձրացրեցին աշխարհով մեկ հայ ժողովրդի մեջ, և «Էկոնոմիստի» «Սայթաքում Բուդապեշտում» վերնագրված հոդվածով Բուդապեշտը հայտնվեց ուշադրության

By Lorky Libaridian and Edgar Martirosyan The recent extradition and subsequent pardon of Azerbaijani lieutenant Ramil Safarov sparked massive outcry across the Armenian diaspora throughout the world and even earned

I am reminded of the time when we took our cousins from California to tour Brighton Beach—the mini-Soviet Union of Brooklyn, New York. We stopped to get piroshki (Russian fried