Armenia

Joining a global silent protest to free Armenian POWs

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I am inviting you, the reader, to participate in a “global silent protest” to free Armenian POWs (prisoners of war). It’s happening this Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Augustusplatz in Leipzig. Have no clue what I’m talking about? Unfortunately, you’re not alone. Last year, I wrote here on The Leipzig Glocal about my experience being in

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Living through a distant war – an expat’s account of the Armenian-Azeri conflict

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LeipGlo contributor and Armenian expat Gabriel Armas-Cardona shares his point of view on the on-going, brutal conflict in Nagorno Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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Armenia and its revolution of hope

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"What are the words one uses to describe something that they thought would never happen? Something that just weeks ago would have been laughed at as unrealistic?"

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Finding home with the Armenian community

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Moving to Germany the middle of last year was a shock, even as an American who has lived abroad for a while. So when our guest author arrived, he reached out to a community he could connect to: the Armenians. Read his interview with the head of the community in Leipzig, and find out more

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