Raffi Hovannisian hinted that he has a plan and promised to reveal it during a rally on March 2nd, as thousands gathered to listen to him in what was possibly the largest crowd since the opposition presidential candidate announced that he won’t accept the official election results. Continue reading
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
There’s a lot more I wanted to write about and discuss this year (e.g. issues of Kajaran mining project, Yerevan’s closed market and Parisian surch cafe), but everything ends at some point, so I will stop here and wish all the readers of this blog a very Happy New Year! Hope to see you here, at this blog – next year.
With the initiative of UNIMA-Armenia the concluding festival of the project “Puppets for Peace and Friendship” took place in Yerevan on September 17. Continue reading
We were the only family getting the tickets for “autorally” at Gyumri’s City Park – an all time favorite attraction for Gyumri kids for decades. I remember the days, when as a kid I had to stand in the line for 15-20 minutes to get on the little electric car…
Famous Soviet-Armenian painter Minas Avetissian’s museum in his native Jajur village rarely gets visitors. While signing the visitor journal today, we noticed, that the last time someone dropped by was on July 7th, nearly 8 days ago.
Armenia -- An Iranian couple takes pictures in Yerevans Republic Square, 21Mar2011.
Head of Armenia’s Tourism agency has said the number of visitors to the country is growing at the rate of 20-25% annually, even though a World Economic forum report indicated that Armenia seriously lags behind its neighbours in tourism competitiveness rating. Continue reading
Tagged Armenia, attraction, Gyumri, Iran, recreation, Tourism, Tourists, Vanadzor, Yerevan
“New broadcast law gives regulators broad powers to revoke TV licenses. Gala TV, a rare critical broadcaster, faces array of government pressures,” international media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says in its global survey of attacks on Press Freedom published on Tuesday. Below are extracts from the report’s section covering Armenia. Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcasting, Committee to Protect Journalists, European Court of Human Rights, GALA TV, Gyumri, Levon Ter-Petrossian, Press Freedom, Robert Kocharyan
