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More Armenians in California are moving back to their parents’ native land

Culture

California is home to the largest Armenian diaspora. Since the end of the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, there’s been a reverse migration of children of Armenian migrants in the US back to Armenia. They’re starting businesses, getting jobs and moving back with their families to set up homes.

A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is seen during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. 

This Turkish-made drone continues to cause tension in Armenia

Conflict
Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium

Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions

Top of The World
People take part in a protest by Armenian Youth Federation against what they refer to as Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, outside the Azerbaijani Consulate General in Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 30, 2020.

How the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could spiral into bigger regional war

Global Politics
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Armenian women helped oust an autocrat. But they’re still being left out of politics.

Leaders
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In the 1930s, an ethnomusicologist tried to preserve the history of immigration in California — and combat anti-immigrant feelings — with song

Music

A new project is building on that collection, but this time with a much more inclusive catalog.

Armen Demircian says he's found a home at this recently restored Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey — though he's not a Christian.

One man in Turkey struggles with his long-hidden Armenian identity

Conflict

What happens when you find out you’re not who you thought you were? One man in Turkey discovered his father was a victim of the Armenian Genocide, and he’s been embracing and struggling with that identity ever since.

A large number of Armenian refugees live in the Los Angeles area. Every year the Armenian Christ Church hosts a Thanksgiving feast featuring traditional American and Armenian dishes.

For these Iranian Armenian refugees, Thanksgiving brings back memories of arriving in the US

Belief

Most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, but what’s special about the holiday differs for everyone. There’s family, sure. And food. And football. Yet for an Iranian-Armenian family and their community, it’s a chance to celebrate religious freedom, and their lives in the US.

Copper scavenger cuts Armenia’s Internet

Development & Education

Much of the former Soviet republic of Armenia temporarily lost Internet service last week. The reason? A woman scavenging for copper in neighboring Georgia cut the cables that serve Armenia. Reporter Shant Shahrigian reports from Yerevan.

The World

Armenia’s Energy Crisis

Reese Erlich reports from Armenia on the country’s search for solutions to its growing energy crisis. Regional conflicts have drastically curtailed Armenia’s gas and oil supplies, increasing pressure on a hydrodam that is draining the capital’s main water reserve. To meet Armenia’s energy demands, the government may reopen a controversial nuclear power plant that was […]