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Month: July 2008

Armenia's Mher takes the 5th place in "New Wave 2008" international music contest

Posted on 28.07.2008 by ditord

Watching the “New Wave” (Новая волна) music contest on Armenian Public TV yesterday got me swearing like a taxi driver – the whole contest seemed to be pre-decided! With two Georgians in…

Isolated Armenia leans on Iran

Posted on 25.07.2008 by ditord

BBC has a very interesting article on Armenia-Iran relations. A highly recommended read. Here are a couple of interesting points: Iran does not have too many friends these days, but in a…

Armenian bloggers take part in Presidential press conference on equal terms with journalists

Posted on 24.07.2008 by ditord

On July 21 a news conference was held at the presidential office marking the 100th day of Serzh Sarkissian’s presidency. 2 bloggers were invited to the press conference on equal terms with…

JAVAKHK NEEDS HELP OF THE WHOLE ARMENIAN WORLD

Posted on 24.07.2008 by ditord

The democratic alliance “United Javakhk”, a grassroot NGO advocating for human rights of Javakhk Armenians, was attacked and crashed without any solid legal grounds by the Georgian special police units in the…

Wow! Armenia is a Banana Republic after all!

Posted on 23.07.2008 by ditord

A most incredible story was published by Hetq today: In 2006, Armenia imported 8,614 tons of bananas; 7,056 tons from Ecuador, 1,509 from Costa Rica, 38.2 from Guatemala, 3.2 from Thailand and…

Armenia-Turkey Relations: Where are we heading?

Posted on 14.07.2008 by ditord

Over the past three years there have been some initiatives by Turkish and Armenian authorities to start some type of dialogue. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested Armenian President Robert Kocharyan…

Armenian opposition persists in holding protest-rallies

Posted on 04.07.2008 by ditord

While many people call the attempts of Armenian opposition to protest the results of February 19, 2008 Presidential elections by holding rallies as a pointless waste of time and efforts, it’s hard…

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