WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—There was a heavy police and military presence in Watertown on Fri., April 19, as police searched for 19-year-old Dzokhar Tsarnaev. The suspect, a resident of Cambridge, had gone on a violent rampage the night of April 18, together with his 26-year-old brother …
Genocide Commemoration at State House Cancelled Police this morning on Arsenal Street near Armenian community centers and institutions. (Photo: Nanore Barsoumian, The Armenian Weekly) WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—On April 19, residents of Watertown woke up to a state of emergency, with SWAT teams going door to …
At 79, Tanganush Kostikyans, a grandmother of four from the village of Meghrashat in Armenia, decided it was time to own her small business—a cow she came to name Tsaghik (Flower). The cow came to her by way of Heifer Armenia in 2007, as part …
The U.S. Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks provide invaluable information and insight on how American diplomats assess the inner workings of Armenia’s politics in general, and key players like Raffi Hovannisian in particular. As embassy officials grappled to absorb the day-to-day politics of the country, …
YEREVAN (A.W.)—On Feb. 19, around 10 minutes into a press conference where the international election observation mission was presenting its assessment of the Feb. 18 Armenian presidential elections, a young woman marched to the front of the room, slipped away from the grip of the …
A draft law on domestic violence that was to specifically deal with violence within the home was turned away by the Armenian government on Jan. 21. Instead of approving the bill, the government recommended that other existing laws be amended to include clauses that would …
“It’s been 10 years that I’ve been out of the country. Life is very hard in Armenia; there are no jobs over there,” Lilit1, 53, told the Armenian Weekly. “Women worked very long hours—we worked more than men—but were paid very little. One person would …
Armenian Weekly Assistant Editor Nanore Barsoumian conducted a phone interview with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern on Dec. 17, as he was wrapping up his tour of Armenian communities in the U.S. Below is the full transcript of the interview. Amb. Heffern *** Nanore …
Jora Aleksanyan (Photo by Aaron Spagnolo) Jora Aleksanyan stood by the half-built hanging bridge and smiled. He was wearing a large straw hat, a jean jacket over a white button-up, and black pants. His dark tan suggested he’d been working in the sun for some …
A scene from the protest in Boston. (Photo by Nanore Barsoumian) BOSTON, Mass. (A.W.)—Around 100 protesters assembled at the Boston Common on Sept. 17 to protest the extradition of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani axe murderer, from Hungary, and his subsequent pardon by Azerbaijani president Ilham …
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