It’s About Power, Money & Data: California Lags Behind National Average on Census, State Director Says
By Mark Hedin/Ethnic Media Services As of April 1, 37.9% of California’s households have filled out their census questionnaires, Ditas Katague, the state’s Complete Count Committee director, reported at a…
Armenia enabled to import food products, medicine without customs duty from non-EEU countries
YEREVAN, ARMENPRESS. All Eurasian Economic Union countries, including Armenia, have been enabled to import a number of top priority products from non-EEU countries without customs duties, Deputy Minister of Economy…
Eurnekian to Give Armenia $250K to Fight Coronavirus
Argentine-Armenian businessman and National Hero of Armenia award recipient Eduardo Eurnekian will provide 250,000 USD in aid to the Armenian government to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).…
MAGNUS CARLSEN LAUNCHES ONLINE CHESS SUPER-TOURNAMENT
YEREVAN, ARMENPRESS. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is launching an online chess super-tournament amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Magnus Carlsen Invitational sees the World Chess Champion challenge seven of his…
Karabakh elections to go to a second round
Two pro-Pashinyan candidates were the first-round leaders for de facto president. Observers noted widespread violations, however, and many argued the vote shouldn’t even have happened given the coronavirus outbreak. After…
US and International Armenian Medical Associations Deal with Coronavirus Crisis
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – Armenian medical associations in the United States and abroad have sprung into action in order to deal with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Two of…
Armenian Educational Benevolent Union Giving Back to the Community with Red Cross Blood Drive
PASADENA — Armenian Educational Benevolent Union will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on April 24, 2020 from 2:00pm to 8:00pm at the AEBU Center, 1060…
US Indicts Turkish Halkbank for Illegal Transfer of Billions of dollars to Iran
Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Halkbank, whose majority shareholder is the Turkish government, pleaded not guilty in New York on March 31, 2020, to criminal charges that it helped…
Armenia seeks to stem coronavirus spread by tracking phones
The parliament pushed through the law in an emergency session, after opposition members boycotted in protest of the government’s irregular efforts to get it passed. BY ANI MEJLUMYAN | Eurasianet…
A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES
BY STEPAN PILIGIAN | The Armenian Weekly “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times…” Like the famous Dickens’ classic, we live in an age of…