Archive for the ‘Armenia’ Category

Armenia: Lost Cause?

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

The Armenian Observer posts a video with English subtitles and comments on yesterday’s rally by the radical opposition in Armenia. The blog says the movement led by the country’s first president seems to be slowly turning into a lost …

Armenia: Foreign Policy Failure

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Unzipped comments on recent statements made by newly-elected Russian president Dmitry Medvedev as well as the Council of Europe and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) reaffirming the territorial integrity of …

Armenia: Contrasting Posters

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Unzipped: Gay Armenia posts two entries about two very different sets of posters on display in Yerevan. In the first, the blog translates signs visible in one of the capital’s parks prohibiting lovemaking. …

Armenia Constitution Day: 13th Anniversary

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Today is the 13th Anniversary of the signing of the Armenian Constitution. Armenian Flag. If you liked this post, buy me a beer.

Armenia.Yerevan. Opposition rally on July 2008.

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

The fact that the leaders of the “pan-national” movement are not very attentive towards their words is not a secret. For the last one-week these people terrify us saying that the demonstration of July 4 will be “decisive”. …

Armenia: Best European in Armenia

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Unzipped reports and comments on news that opposition MP Zaruhi Postanjian has been awarded the title of Best European in Armenia. The blog says that even if the choice of previous recipients raised a few eyebrows the award is well …

Maths in Armenia | comparing through TIMSS

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Is Armenia doing fine, or is it time for the education policy makers to review the secondary school curricula. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) proposes an answer to these questions. …

Let Tyrants Shake Their Iron Rod

Friday, July 4th, 2008

We held our Independence Day singing at my apartment, the last singing I will host until September. I made a different kind of peppermint cookie, one that uses fresh chopped-up mint and kind of looks like a pot cookie but isn’t, …

Youth, reality, perspectives

Friday, July 4th, 2008

During the 3 days of the conference (25-27 June, 2008) an exhibition-fair “Idea Market” presented NGO’s of Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk, and also those governmental and international organizations whose activities interact with the …

ARMENIA: Good but not good enough

Friday, July 4th, 2008

March 2008 (Under State of Emergency)—It has been nearly four months since we last reported on Armenia. Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisyan had been elected on Feb. 19 in a hotly disputed presidential election. Sarkisyan was the handpicked …