Glendale’s First Cultural Festival to Celebrate Armenian Heritage and World Cultures on Artsakh Ave
Glendale will bring Armenian culture together with traditions from around the world this weekend as the city launches its first Glendale Cultural Festival, a free celebration of the communities and international ties that have helped shape the Southern California city. The festival will take place Sunday, Oct. 4, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Artsakh Paseo in downtown Glendale. The opening ceremony begins at 4 p.m. Armenia will be among six countries represented through Glendale’s sist
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Armenian Mother Grabbed Rifle to Protect Her Children, Fought Back After Azerbaijani Serviceman Shot Her
An Armenian mother lost three fingers while trying to protect her children from an armed Azerbaijani serviceman who had entered their home in southern Armenia, according to her sister. Ani Avetisyan, 39, was seriously wounded in the Oct. 1 confrontation in Shaki, a village in Armenia’s Syunik Province. Her sister, Arpi Avetisyan, said that the serviceman pointed his rifle toward the children and opened fire when their mother tried to push the weapon away with her hand. The sh
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Azerbaijani Serviceman Detained for Two Months After Crossing Into Armenia, Shooting Woman
An Armenian court has ordered Azerbaijani serviceman Nasimi Rahim Oglu Musayev held for two months as authorities investigate his alleged illegal crossing into Armenia and a shooting that seriously wounded a woman in the southern village of Shaki. Armenia’s Investigative Committee announced the detention order Thursday, a day after Musayev was captured in the Syunik Province village following the shooting. According to investigators, Musayev entered a home on Shaki’s 6th Stre
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Armenian Authorities Had Two-Day Warning Before Azerbaijani Soldier Shot Mother of Three
Armenian security authorities were warned that a missing Azerbaijani serviceman may have crossed into Armenia two days before he entered a family home in the southern Syunik province and shot a mother of three, leaving two of her children injured. The October 1 shooting in Shaki has put new focus on the search for the serviceman and whether residents were warned that an armed Azerbaijani soldier could be in the area. Azerbaijan’s State Security Service contacted Armenia’s Nat
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Armenia Honors Women Killed by Domestic Violence as Officials Push for Stronger Protections
INTERVIEWS: Candles were lit along Yerevan’s Swan Lake on Thursday evening in memory of women killed by domestic violence, as government officials and rights advocates called for stronger protections and changes to how Armenia handles abuse inside the home. The October 1 vigil, organized by the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women, brought together activists, government officials and members of the public on Armenia’s National Day Against Domestic Violence. The most promi
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Azerbaijani Serviceman Crosses Armenian Border, Shoots Woman in Syunik
UPDATE: New details have emerged about the shooting in Armenia’s Syunik province involving an Azerbaijani serviceman who crossed into Armenia. Shaki village head Ruben Manucharyan said the armed serviceman entered a home in the village and injured the woman who lived there in front of her three children. Manucharyan said the man was armed with an automatic rifle. He said there were bloodstains at the scene but that the woman’s life was not in danger. Local reports said the wo
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Remembering Charles Aznavour, the French-Armenian Legend Who Never Forgot His Roots
Eight years ago today, Armenia and France lost one of the most recognizable figures they shared. Charles Aznavour, the French-Armenian singer, songwriter, actor and humanitarian whose career spanned more than seven decades, died on Oct. 1, 2018, at his home in southern France. He was 94. Born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian in Paris on May 22, 1924, Aznavour was the son of Armenian immigrants. His father, Misha, came from Akhaltsikhe, in present-day Georgia, and his mother, Kna
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Armenian POW & Former Artsakh FM Appeals to Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court, Says 333-Page Court Record Was Withheld
Lawyers for former Artsakh Foreign Minister Davit Babayan and two other Armenian detainees have appealed their cases to Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court, as Babayan alleges that key portions of the appellate court record were withheld from the defense. Babayan disclosed the appeal in a voice message sent from detention in Baku to his family. He said the defense received the Court of Appeal’s 47-volume case file electronically, but the documents did not carry official seals or signa
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Now Noravank: Azerbaijani Group Extends Heritage Claims Into Armenia, Recasting Armenian Monastery as ‘Albanian-Christian’
An Azerbaijani organization advocating for the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia has expanded its cultural heritage claims to Noravank, one of Armenia’s best-known medieval monasteries, describing the 13th-century complex as an ancient “Albanian-Christian” site. The claim was published September 28 in an article attributed to Aziz Alakbarli, an Azerbaijani lawmaker who chairs the Western Azerbaijan Community. The organization uses the term “Western Azerbaijan” for much of pre
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Armenian Students Turn Corn Husks Into an Award-Winning Biodegradable Air Filter
Three Armenian students have received a special prize at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Germany for developing a biodegradable, self-cleaning air filter made from corn husks. Hayk Ghazaryan, Tigran Avanyan and Hovhannes Manukyan, students at the Ayb Educational Foundation, received the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking Prize, or CBE JU Prize, for their project “Airify.” The students developed an air filter using biomass from corn husks, an agricu
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