Gtashen: Former Azeri village manages to survive The village of Gtashen lies a mere two kilometers from the Armenian border with Turkey, in the northern reaches of Shirak Marz. Four border posts are located with its confines. 2,000 hectares of the cultivated ...
“The preservation of Armenian identity divorced from the land is a losing battle”
Little Daniel should have celebrated his first birthday on July 7, 2005. However, on that special day, his mom didn’t bake a birthday cake, no guests arrived and no one paid the wee boy any special attention. Daniel couldn’t understand why his parents ...
When touching upon Armenian artisans in the Ottoman Empire one must naturally begin by recounting the contributions made by Armenian architects – masters of construction – those who worked brick and stone to create many of the edifices that can still be seen today in Istanbul and elsewhere. For centuries, these craftsmen contributed to many of the construction works and projects in the empire – public houses, palaces, mosques, etc.
The trial of Armenian opposition activist and editor of the "Haykakan Zhamank" newspaper, Nikol Pashinyan, continues today at the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court. During the last court session, Prosecutor Koryun Piloyan summed up the charges against ...
On October 25, while in Moscow on the eve of the 2009 Armenian Telethon dedicated to the reconstruction of the city of Shushi, NKR President Bako Sahakyan stated that "the development of Shushi is a matter of national honor", adding that the town’s rebirth ...
The Social Democrat Hnchak Party has informed “Hetq” that Vardan Khachatryan, elected to the RoA National Assembly on the Heritage Party ticket has officially registered as a member of the party. Mr. Khachatryan had recently been expelled from the Heritage ...