Armenia -- Journalist Hayk Gevorgyan covers and opposition rally, Yerevan, undated
Rock-solid and self-assured Hayk Gevorgyan projects an image of a reliable man. Tall and tireless, Hayk is one of those rare Armenian journalists, who has always been on the spot to face riot police, their water cannons and stun grenades with a camera and a hell of a lot of courage.
Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasian, Photo from the official website of Gyumri City Hall
Gyumry mayor Vardan Ghukasian announced on Monday, that his family is ready to contribute all the money necessary to acquire great Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanian’s house in Tbilisi and hand it over to Armenia’s Writers’ Union to be turned into a literary, cultural center and library, Aravot.am reports. Continue reading
A Putin’s Fan Club will open in Armenia on February 2nd with the initiative of a recently founded organization called CIS Youth Council. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, Government, Yerevan, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Artashat
Armenia -- Tycoon Gagik Tsarukian gives a golden lion to ex-president Robert Kocharian, 28Dec2011
General Assembly resolution 260 (III) of 9 December 1948 (Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide) states, that (a) Genocide, (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide, (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide, (d) Attempt to commit genocide and (e) Complicity in genocide are all acts, which shall be punishable. Continue reading
Armenia -- Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian addresses a rally in Yerevan, 25Nov2011
My main conclusion from today’s opposition rally is that Armenian National Congress (HAK) has nothing to offer his few remaining loyal supporters and will continue its wait-and-see approach hoping that contradictions in Armenia’s ruling coalition will somehow dismantle Serzh Sargsian from power. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Bargavach, BHK, HAK, HHK, Kocharian, Levon, Levon Ter-Petrossian, Prosperous, Republic, Robert Kocharyan, Sargsian, Serzh Sargsyan, Yerevan
This bag is perhaps the most useful object that I got from taking part in a two-day EU-Armenia seminar on Human Rights. Continue reading
Armenia - President Serzh Sarkisian and his son-in-law Mikael Minasian.
Armenia’s ruling Republican party seems the only political force that is taking the upcoming elections seriously, as President Serzh Sargsian makes some major reshuffles by replacing Yerevan’s Mayor Karen Karapetian, Chief of Police Alik Sargsian, Moving the NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian to run his party’s election campaign and sends his most trusted person – Mikael Minasian (son-in-law) to supervise the runner of his party’s campaign. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Politics, Robert Kocharyan, Russia, Serzh Sargsyan, Vladimir Putin, Yerevan
Armenia -- President Serzh Sargsian introduces new police chief to the top police officers, Yerevan, 01Nov2011
Armenian President Serzh Sargsian replaced the Head of Police Alik Sargsian with Deputy Defence Minister Vladimir Gasparian.
Yerevan's Former Mayor Karen Karapetyan
Yerevan’s mayor Karen Karapetyan resigned last week offering an explanation to his fans (and he did have a lot of fans in fact) on Facebook, which basically read like – he got a better job offer in Moscow. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Facebook, Karen Karapetyan, Moscow, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan, Sistema, Yerevan
