Special Report

The Selling of the Woodrow Wilson Center

Oct 9th, 2010 | Category: Special Report

By David Boyajian “Woodrow Wilson is looking down in horror at what the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC) is doing in his name.”   That’s as true today as when I wrote it back in May (see “The Woodrow Wilson Center Desecrates its Namesake’s Legacy and Violates its Congressional Mandate“). Since then, the DC-based [...]



Der Zor Diary: A Pilgrimage to the Killing Fields of the Armenian Genocide

Sep 17th, 2010 | Category: Featured News, Special Report

By Lucine Kasbarian “My heart is like shattered homes and broken pillars thrown asunder . . . Wild birds will nest in our ruins . . . Let me throw myself into the water and be food for the fish’s babies . . . White waves lap upon the black sea about us and do [...]



Armenian Church Will Open Without Cross

Sep 3rd, 2010 | Category: Special Report

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 3 — The cross on the dome of the Armenian church Surb Khach will not be put in place before the liturgy on September 19 because of technical problems. The governor of Van mentioned that installing the 200 kg cross is difficult enough, Archbishop Aram Ateshian, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch [...]



Turkish Map Depicts Historic Lands as Part of Armenian Republic

Sep 2nd, 2010 | Category: Special Report

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 2 — The poster of the Turkish film “The Wolves Valley Trap” represents the division of Turkey into three parts in 2023 in American, European and Israeli variants, the Armenian news agency News.am writes. According to a report published by News.am, a considerable part of historic Armenia is shown as [...]



Armenia Ranks Third Most Susceptible to Internet Threats

Aug 25th, 2010 | Category: Special Report

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 25 — According to research performed by specialists of AVG company, which develops anti-virus software, the Republic of Armenia ranks third in the list of countries where Internet use is the most dangerous. According to the report, in first place was Turkey, followed by Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Bangladesh. AVG [...]



Armenian Firefighting and Rescue Efforts in Russia Continue

Aug 9th, 2010 | Category: Special Report

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, August 9 — Twenty-eight rescuers representing the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Armenia are in Nizhny Novgorod to help cope with its worst wildfires. According to Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, four fire fighting vehicles were sent to Nizhny Novgorod on two IL-76 military transport air-crafts. The Armenian group is headed [...]



Armenian Archeologists Claim Success in Shengavit

Aug 4th, 2010 | Category: Special Report

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 4–Armenian archeologists carried out successful excavations on the territory of the ancient settlement of Shengavit, Hakob Simonian, the director of the Research Center of Cultural and Historical Heritage, told journalists. According to Simonyan, other archeological excavations were carried out in Shengavit–in 1936-1938 under the direction of Yevgeni Bayburdian and 1958-1983 [...]