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Less US Aid Available for the Corrupt Armenian Officials to Feed On

Posted on 08.02.2007 by ditord

Martuni or Bust has an interesting perspective on Bush administration’s budget request for the fiscal year 2008, unveiled on Monday, which calls for $35 million in economic aid to Armenia, sharply down…

Emergence of a new oligarch in Yerevan

Posted on 07.02.2007 by ditord

Armenia blog is looking at Eduardo Eurnekian’s recent acquisition of Conversebank and its consequences. With the words: “…we may be witnessing the emergence of a new oligarch in Yerevan. Let’s see if…

2007 Parliamentary Election Monitor

Posted on 07.02.2007 by ditord

Onnik Krikoryan has another one of his excellent 2007 Parliamentary Election Monitor posts. Covering various sources, such as the posts by Observer and Anoush Armenia, Radio Liberty and his own earlier articles…

2006 Corruption Perceptions Survey

Posted on 06.02.2007 by ditord

Anoush Armenia points to the clear link there is between the upcoming elecitons and curbing corruption in the country, in her discussion of the recent report by the Transparency International on the…

DR. SPURKIAN AND (S)ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA

Posted on 05.02.2007 by ditord

I found out via Oneworld Multimedia about DR. SPURKIAN and his ironical analyses of the Armenian political landscape and the prevailing tendencies. Some major points made by this “self-styled intellectual (the emphasis…

(S)elections in Armenia 2007

Posted on 05.02.2007 by ditord

Onnik Krikoryan in this post at Oneworld Multimedia say’s “its about time someone injected a little humor alongside the predictable cynicsm which surrounds what usually are mere formalities“, speaking of the upcoming…

Sefilyan's arrest linked to the coming parliamentary elctions? Armenian media reluctant to cover…

Posted on 04.02.2007 by ditord

Onnik Krikoryan reprots on the protest rally staged on February 2nd, outside the Chamber Music Hall, Yerevan in support of former Karabakh commander, Lebanese-born Zhirayr Sefilyan, who was arrested in December charged…

Armenian Genocide Resolution Introduced in Congress

Posted on 03.02.2007 by ditord

The Armenian blogosphere was dominated by the Genocide issue at the end of the week: Hyelog had 8! posts on Genocide and Turkish denial on February 3rd alone, Kornelij, Ahousekeeper, Martuni or…

Exporting Democracy – A Global Fiasco

Posted on 03.02.2007 by ditord

Blogrel discusses an article by the Armenianow: “Present and Future Power Debate: Who will be the choices in 2008?”, and singles out the point made by Washington D.C./Yerevan political analyst Richard Giragosian:…

How Many Political Parties?

Posted on 02.02.2007 by ditord

Onnik Krikoryan notes that Armenia has too many political parties, and provides a link to the web site: Parties.am to enforce this viewpoint.

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