Death of 7 army servicemen in two separate non-combat incidents this week highlighted lingering abuse and serious problems within the country’s armed forces. Continue reading
Tagged Activism, Armenian army, bullying, Karabakh, Media, Military, Social media
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group said in a statement issued on Wednesday, that the efforts made so far by the sides of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have “not been sufficient to overcome their differences”, and that “additional actions are needed to reinforce the ceasefire and demonstrate a spirit of compromise”. Continue reading
Artak Nazarian, 30, commander of rifle platoon, head of the military base near Chinar village of Tavush region, was a well educated, balanced and kind person.
From early Spring to late Autumn each evening there is a fountain and light show in front of the Art Gallery and History Museum at Yerevan’s Republic square. The program includes classical favorites, as well as contemporary Jazz, Rock and Pop (US or Russian). Continue reading
Armenia -- Serzh Sargsyan gives a foreign policy talk at a youth camp, 21Jul2010
Armenian leaders used and abused pro-government Miasin youth movement’s camp at Lake Sevan to voice important political messages on Armenia – Azerbaijan and Armenia – Turkey relations last week. The ‘sudden’ interest of Armenia’s president and foreign minister towards socializing with young careerists, can only be explained by their desire to avoid unpleasant questions. The question is – what questions were they avoiding…? Continue reading
Posted in Armenia, Diaspora, Politics, Region
Tagged Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Nalbandian, Sargsyan, Turkey
Public hearing at the ICJ, via Wikipedia
In a ruling which could have important implications for Armenia – Azerbaijan conflict over the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, the highest UN Court – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has affirmed Kosovo’s 2008 unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, saying it did not violate international law. Continue reading
Hamburg (dpa) – Words instead of weapons. Harmony instead of strife. The European Council wants to prohibit war and to that end sponsors an annual youth camp where representatives of rival groups meet and sit at a single table. Continue reading
Microsoft’s popular search engine, Bing is notorious for featuring beautiful background images. Today Bing’s background image in most countries of the world is Yerevan’s Cascade – Cafesjian Centre for the Arts.
Mount Aragats, Photo by Haik Barseghyan
Legend holds that when Saint Gregory the Illuminator prayed one day on Mount Aragats, a miraculous ever-burning lantern hanging from the heavens came down to shed light on him. Continue reading
