Scores of troops, tanks, artillery systems and other military hardware paraded across Stepanakert on May 9 in one of the largest ever displays of Nagorno-Karabakh’s military power.
Watch the full slide-show here.
Armenian Army’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) “Kroonk-25″ took part in artillery trainings held on Arpil 12. Continue reading
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
Armenia -- President Serzh Sarkisian talks to protesting parents of soldiers who died in non-combat incidents, 27Jan2011
Official Azerbaijani media outlets tried to mute this story – an Azerbaijani soldier has committed suicide after being raped by his platoon commander. Continue reading
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
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.
Armenia -- Satellite view of Armenian Defence Ministry headquarters in Yerevan, (c) Google Imagery, 2009
Armenian Defence Ministry headquarters moved from its old building on Yerevan-Ashtarak highway to a new location in north Yerevan, between the Avan and Nor Nork communities, back in September 2008.
The construction of the ministry complex was one of the largest construction projects undertaken in Armenia in recent years, costing some 16 billion drams (about $43 million at the current exchange rate) to build. Continue reading
Iranian Tehran Times daily published a strange story on Sunday about an Iranian governor telling an Armenian governor about Iran’s readiness to supply nuclear fuel to Armenia. As a colleague rightfully noted today, they could as well publish a story about an Iranian village mayor promising to sell long-range missiles to an Armenian village mayor. I mean – these things just don’t happen on the village mayor, governor or even prime-minister levels.
Strangely, the story was picked up by a range of Armenian and Azerbaijani media, ‘experts’ started commenting on what this meant, and so on and so forth… (examples: 1, 2, 3, 4). Is there something I don’t understand? Is this story really actually IMPORTANT? Continue reading
