While Armenia obsesses over the elections, real and imaginary political games, etc, my good friend Arzuman Harutyunyan, Director at Art Sight Video Studio has produced another one of his brilliant PSAs about stuff that really matters. Continue reading
While it was evident, that the ruling Republican party would get the biggest amount of donations, it is rather surprising to see, that “Zharangutyun” (Heritage) party, which is currently the smallest opposition party in the National Assembly, comes second by the amount of donations received, surpessing even “Bargavach Hayastan” (Prosperous Armenia) party lead by Armenia’s richest tycoon Gagik Tsarukian.
This is one of those cases when numbers talk.
| # | Political party or coalition | Donations in AMD |
| 1 | Prosperous Armenia | 54000000 |
| 2 | Heritage | 72797400 |
| 3 | Armenian National Congress | 4599000 |
| 4 | Democratic Party | 255000 |
| 5 | Communist Party | 1400000 |
| 6 | Republican Party | 77876780 |
| 7 | Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) | 23148000 |
| 8 | United Armenian | 490000 |
| 9 | Rule of Law | 22613400 |
Armenian Army’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) “Kroonk-25″ took part in artillery trainings held on Arpil 12. Continue reading
Since this is coming from Armnews TV, which is known to be linked with Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan, we can almost be sure, that his Republican party is pretty much content with getting 34 percent of the parliament seats, which will give them a clear majority in parliament if they also win most of the sits via majoritarian system, where in most cases Republican-backed oligarchs are contesting elections. Continue reading
Tagged ANC, Armenia, Elections, Gallup, HAK, HHK, Parliamentary, Politics, Republican
Anna Arakelian, a 20-year-old resident of Yerevan, was crowned Miss Armenia 2012 in the country’s first beauty contest in five years held on April 10. (A photo story by Karen Minasyan.)
Tagged Anna Arakelian, Anna Arakelyan, Armenia, Beauty Contest
A group of young academics have been demanding an increase to state subsidization of science and education in Armenia. They have created a Facebook group, organized a number of discussions to formulate and put forward their demands.
President of Armenia met the group last year and said instead of demanding an increase of funding, the young scientists should think of better utilizing the funding available to them already. This is surely, a valid statement.
However, a new article in New York Times adds a bit of perspective to the situation with state funding of science and education in Armenia.
According to NYT, Philip Altbach and his colleagues at the Center for International Higher Education have examined academic salaries, contracts and benefits in publicly funded universities in 28 countries, including Armenia. Continue reading
Internet speed in Armenia continues to grow at a mind-blowing pace. A direct indicator of this comes from the statistics provided by YouTube, according to which average download speed of videos from Armenia has reached about 3.2 mbps in March 2012.
Hovhannes Ishkhanian, a young Armenian writer, is facing prosecution for a limited edition (300 copies) book he published, which the Armenian police claim contains pornography. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, Army, Censorship, Culture, Freedom, Literature, Military, pornography, Speech
Women’s Economic Opportunity Index 2012 - Cover Page
The Economist Intelligence Unit has published the “Women’s Economic Opportunity Index 2012” along with a report, which attempt to measure progress in the economic advancement of women around the world. Continue reading
