WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)–The March 6 and March 13 issues of the Armenian Weekly feature a series of articles dedicated to women’s issues.
March 8 is International Women's Day.
Published on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, these articles are “a testament to the Weekly’s continued insistence on shedding light on women’s issues,” according to Weekly editor [...]

The Armenian Weekly
January 2010 Magazine
A 2 kW photovoltaic station assembled and laminated by specialists at the State Engineering University of Armenia was installed on the roof of St. Sarkis Church in Yerevan (Photo source: EU-Armenia Web Portal on Renewable Energy)
Armenia relies on a diverse mix of energy resources, and renewables present a range of challenges, [...]

By Dr. Steven Leonard Jacobs
Abstract
According to Swiss-born Canadian conspiracy theorist Henry Makow, author of the antisemitic text Illuminati: The Cult that Hijacked the World (BookSurge Publishing, 2008), Chicagoan Christopher Jon Bjerkness is a “scholar who knows what plagues mankind and believes his knowledge is necessary to stop Armageddon” (www.savethemales.ca).  Bjerkness, who claims “Jewish descent” (?), is the [...]

Significant, highly controversial steps towards the formation of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were taken during 2009.
Roadmaps and protocols
On April 23, an agreement of “mutual understanding,” defined as a “roadmap,” had been agreed upon by Armenia and Turkey assuring the world that mutually beneficial relations between them were forthcoming. However, Turkey insisted that the [...]

By Rifat Bali
We publish below chapter IX of Rifat Bali’s book A Scapegoat for All Seasons: The Doenmes or Crypto-Jews of Turkey in its entirety.
Rifat Bali was born in Istanbul in 1948. Between the years 1970-1995 he worked first as a manager then as a managing partner in a private company. In 2001 he graduated [...]

The protocols signed by the Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers in Zurich on Oct. 10 contain a clause that states the two sides agree to “implement a dialogue on the historical dimension with the aim to restore mutual confidence between the two nations, including an impartial and scientific examination of the historical records and archives [...]

“The Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey” officially announced in Berne, Yerevan, and Ankara on Aug. 31, has been brought to center stage and not without controversy. In order to fully appreciate and rationally analyze this yet-to-be-ratified document that is meant to serve as [...]

By Ashot Melkonian
Translated by T. Sonentz-Papazian
Part II: The Tragic Page of Javakhq’s History (1918-21)
As early as before World War I, the administrative division of Trans-Caucasia became a subject of serious discussion among many national and political circles—a matter of great importance to Armenian, Georgian, and Tatar (Azerbaijani) activists who explained the Czarist-implemented divisions by the [...]

Three Saroyan Posters
Who is not familiar with the posters that have disseminated William Saroyan’s immortal words concerning the Armenian spirit? It is probable that very few persons have taken the trouble to compare them. I was compelled to do so when I was asked to address a gathering on a suitable Saroyan subject. I knew [...]

Map of Javakhk
By Ashot Melkonian
Translated by T. Sonentz-Papazian
The rights to the English translation and publication of this article—which will appear in this and next week’s issue of the Armenian Weekly—belong to the Hairenik Association.
Part I: From Javakhq’s Historical Past
Gugarq, the 13th of the 15 regions (ashkhars) of historical Armenia’s Metz Haiq (Greater Armenia) Kingdom, [...]