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LONDON (A.W.)—Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenia’s 29-year-old captain and star midfielder, officially signed with London-based English Premier League Soccer club Arsenal in a long-term contract on Monday.
Arsenal released this official photo of Mkhitaryan in his new jersey on Monday (Photo: Arsenal)
According to press release published by Mkhitaryan’s new club, the deal sees star Alexis Sanchez join Manchester United—a club with whom Mkhitaryan made 39 appearances, scoring five times. He was also part of Manchester United’s UEFA Europa League winning squad last season.
“I’m very happy that we could finish this deal and I’m very happy to be here. It’s a dream come true because I’ve always dreamed of playing for Arsenal. Now that I’m here, I’ll do my best for this club to create history,” Mkhitaryan said on the new deal.
Mkhitaryan is currently the captain of the Armenian national team and their all-time top scorer. He has received the Armenian Footballer of the…
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Artsakh War veteran, political commentator, and political activist Sarkis Hatspanian passed away on Jan. 20 in Lyon, France. He was only 55.
Born in Adiyaman in southeastern Turkey (former Cilicia), he had left for France in 1980 to avoid persecution of the military dictatorship in Turkey. In 1990, he moved to Armenia to join the Artsakh War effort. Sarkis participated in the liberation of the Karvajar (Kalbajar) region uniting Artsakh and Armenia. A photo of him with an elderly woman became a symbol of the war. This photo, taken by Zaven Khachikyan, had two stories—one very real, the other a complete lie.
A photo of Hatspanian with an elderly woman became a symbol of the war. the photo had two stories—one very real, the other a complete lie. (Photo: Zaven Khachikyan)
The real story was as reported by a French journalist, who accompanied the Armenian forces during the campaign, depicting Sarkis with an 80-year-old Azeri woman, Shaikha Hanum. She was left behind, along with…
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Letter to Yerevan (Part VIII)
The Armenian Weekly is periodically publishing the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s epic 1945 poem ‘Tught ar Yerevan’ (‘Letter to Yerevan’)
Do you recall, Abov? There was a rout elsewhere
And petrified panic of disintegration;
A riotous retreat, like a spooked and soused herd,
Of all the Russian conscripts;
Lenin had heralded his call—Homeward!
Greetings to the suffering land and men!
Greetings to the foe! Hail to the vanquished!
Greetings to all and a rush towards home…
Do you recall, Abov?
The same bloody-snouted monster
Was returning with sharpened fangs,
With a sweeping ultimate onslaught
To deliver the last blow to the last remnants…
Has there ever been throughout the ages
A darker, hopeless cataclysmic time,
When the bleeding moribund heart
Of the Armenian realm,
Hanging at the rim of eternity’s chasm,
Ceased to beat for an instant?
Do you recall,…
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STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—An Azerbaijani drone fired at Artsakh Army positions on Saturday afternoon, in the northern direction of the Line of Contact (LoC) between Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
The Artsakh MoD announced that the Artsakh Defense Army had uncovered that a hand grenade embedded in an ordinary drinking glass was used by the UAV instead of a mortar shell (Photo: Artsakh MoD)
According to the Artsakh Defense Ministry (MoD), an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) opened fire at around 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 20. The Artsakh Defense Army did not suffer losses as a result of the attack.
“Ignoring the commitments reached at meetings held in Krakow under the auspices of the OSCE [Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] Minsk Group, which called on the sides to take confidence-building measures, the adversary has made another provocation,” read a part of the MoD’s statement, which included photographs of the aftermath of the Azerbaijani operation.
The following day,…
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With the battles to eradicate the irremediable vermin known as Daesh/ISIS winding down in Iraq and Syria, other conflicts, subsumed and overshadowed by that effort are now coming to the fore. Here, I’ll try to summarize what’s going on with the Kurds in Syria, largely by way of the huge role of outside powers in this situation.
Map of Syria showing which forces control what parts of the country as of Jan. 19 (Map: syria.liveuamap.com)
The sources of this information are non-U.S., hence they might be biased in a direction that is not every-day, customary, for most readers of this piece.
Let’s cover this country by country, although some overlap is unavoidable. Please see the accompanying map for additional clarity.
Starting with the U.S. is most helpful because there is quite a hue and cry over its latest actions and pronouncements. A “new” plan touting a “security corridor” in northern Syria is being touted. These Kurdish parts of Syria are currently run by the SDF…
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YEREVAN (A.W.)—Armenia will officially submit Yerevan’s Blue Mosque for consideration for UNESCO’s (The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site List, according to the Deputy Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handcraft, and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) Mohammad Hossein Talebian.
Yerevan’s Blue Mosque (Photo: Travis Witt)
Talebian told reporters on Monday that Iran has officially discussed the matter with Armenia’s ambassador to Iran Artashes Tumanyan.
Speaking to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) Talebian explained that the mosque needs to be renovated and that the Islamic Republic has prepared a renovation plan in conjunction with the Iranian embassy in Yerevan.
Last August, it was announced that Iran has officially allotted some $427,000 to the restoration of UNESCO-designated churches that are located in northwest of the country. The announcement was made at Saint Thaddeus Monastery, an ancient Armenian monastery…
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LOS ANGELES—At a celebration luncheon held on Jan. 13 in Los Angeles, the Armenian community honored two Armenian musicians, Tigran Mansurian and Constantine Orbelian, on the occasion of their nomination for the prestigious Grammy Awards.
Maestro Orbelian with Mrs. Alice Navasargian, one of the sponsors of the luncheon (Photo courtesy of Sona Hamalian)
The luncheon, which took place at Bistro Garden in Studio City, was attended by a cross section of cultural leaders and music lovers. It was sponsored by Drs. Nazareth and Ani Darakjian, Mrs. Alice Navasargian, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Joyce Stein.
Maestro Orbelian with the Organizing Committee, Mrs. Flora Dunaiants, Mrs. Elizabeth Agbabian, and Mrs. Hermine Janoyan (Photo courtesy of Sona Hamalian)
In his opening remarks, the event’s Master of Ceremonies, Professor Peter Cowe, Narekatsi Chair of Armenian Studies at UCLA, formally introduced the honorees and encapsulated the achievements for which they have received Grammy Award…
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For every majestic photograph of Mount Ararat from Yerevan posted to Instagram, there is a far less-appealing view lurking just outside the edges of its neatly cropped frame.
Left: A view of Mount Ararat from a vantage point in Armenia’s capital, Right: A view of a garbage-strewn field, taken from from the same vantage point (Photo: Karine Vann)
Plastic bags, bottles, dirty diapers, used yogurt containers—all the disposable items that fuel the seemingly insatiable engine of single-use consumerism—are nestled in the nooks and crannies of Armenia’s countryside. The nation has not yet come to terms with the fact that it has fully embraced a throwaway society.
For many years following the collapse of the USSR, derelict garbage bins overflowing with trash were a sign of business as usual in the communal courtyards of Yerevan. Until recently, the infrastructure to manage the enormous, new streams of waste generated by a convenience-driven economy simply did not exist.
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