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