By Sara Khojoyan
YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — The third Republic of Armenia turned 17 on Sunday, September 21.
On September 21, 1991, Armenians went to a referendum to support overwhelmingly the aspiration to quit the crumbling Soviet Empire and live as an independent nation.
The first to congratulate the nation on the solemnly celebrated anniversary of the young republic [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Senior diplomats from Armenia and Turkey have held more confidential negotiations in an effort to deepen an unprecedented thaw in the historically strained relations between their nations that was underscored by Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s recent visit to Yerevan.
Reports in the Turkish media have said that the talks took place in Switzerland [...]

By Suren Musayelyan
YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — After two years Armenia has a new ambassador of the United States as Marie Yovanovitch began her tour of duty this week.
Yovanovitch, who was confirmed by the US Senate as ambassador on August 1, arrived in the Armenian capital in the middle of last week, but did not submit her [...]

DETROIT, Mich. — The 31st annual convention of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of US and Canada held on September 6 approved the 2007 annual financial report of the Association’s Central Board of Directors that revealed allocations of close to $200,000 toward cultural, educational and publication projects in North America, Armenia and Lebanon. About half [...]

DETROIT — On Saturday, September 6, on the sidelines of the Tekeyan Cultural Association’s annual national convention, a solemn oath-taking ceremony took place at the Embassy Suites hotel.
Four young men and women joined the ranks of the Armenian Democratic Liberal (ADL) organization on that day. The youth, who pledged allegiance to the organization, have demonstrated [...]

By Karine Simonian
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia welcomes the Turkish initiative aimed at establishing a stability and cooperation platform in the Caucasus, President Serge Sargisian told media as he visited the country’s northern Lori province late last week.
“The Turks have said from the very outset that their initiative is not an alternative to any structure or [...]

By Alin K. Gregorian
Mirror-Spectator Staff
BELMONT, Mass. — About 50 supporters gathered to help the campaign of David Krikorian of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is seeking to become the third Armenian- American member of the House of Representatives.
The other two are both Democratic women from California, Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier.
Krikorian, a registered independent, is seeking to [...]

Activist Balances Environment, Farms And Armenia
By Alin K. Gregorian
Mirror-Spectator Staff
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — For many, the thought of Hirair Hovnanian or Virginia Ohanian and Willy Nelson or John Mellencamp can in no way be connected. However, all of the above are linked by one woman: Carolyn Mugar.
Mugar is able to navigate the world of Armenian-Amer ican [...]

BAKU, Azerbaijan — A transcript of the meeting between US Vice President Dick Cheney and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev showed that Cheney during a visit last week stressed US respect for the “territorial integrity” of Azerbaijan.
Cheney, accompanied by his wife, Lynne, visiuted Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine.
The larger of the visit was dedicated to Georgia, where [...]

By Emil Danielyan
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Armenia and Turkey appear to have taken a significant step towards the normalization of their historically strained relations during Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s weekend visit to Yerevan, which he described as “fruitful.”
Gul and his Armenian counterpart, Serge Sargisian, sounded unusually optimistic about the future of bilateral ties, despite skirting the [...]