Daily Archives: March 30, 2007

Nazarian discusses this and this article by Azg newspaper. The first article is dealing with “plans to build small dams and hydro-electric plants on the Vanadzor river”, which has resulted in protests among the intellectual elite and concerned citizens  in Vanadzor on grounds, that  the project is  potentially dangerous for the environment and  is seen as merely “a ploy for the Hasmik Ltd to prepare ground for privatizing the gorge”. The second article Nazarian has drawn readers attention to is “about the continuing practice of marshrutka drivers smoking”, which, although is a direct violation of law according to Nazarian, is largely ignored, in part, because like the blogger says “the passengers are reluctant to do anything as they are not willing to get into an argument with the occasional grumpy driver”. Continue reading →