Armenian-Turkish border, Khor Virap, Ararat Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2004
After last weekend’s conference on the economic and social consequences of opening the Armenian-Turkish border, The Washington Post carries a story detailing calls from businessmen on both sides to establish economic relations sooner rather than later.
Turkey refuses to open […]
Raffi Kojian at Cilicia.com’s Life in Armenia has an albeit short post on Armenia’s ranking by the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation which once again paints a rosy picture of the climate for investment. Still, it appears as though the rankings are more based on legislation passed rather than actual investment or indeed, […]
Via Bekaisa, news of another Armenian blog, but this time on a specialist theme — the economy. Personally, I’d like to see more specialists blogging from all walks of life in Armenia more often so I’m glad to see what looks an interesting and unique blog like this emerge.
The Armenian Economist is a new blog […]
Blogrel says that the damn awful giant LCD screen in Republic Square will soon be finally gone. It was erected a few years ago, as Armenia Now reported way back then, and was meant to be “temporary,” although I think we all knew that it would stay as long as whoever owned it made […]
Following on from last week’s passage of a bill by Parliament that will make denial of the Genocide illegal in France comes news from the BBC that a memorial to 1.5 million Armenians that died in Ottoman Turkey has been stolen. Given the timing of the two events it is believed that both are linked.
The […]
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) has more on how the recently imposed Russian blockade of Georgia is affecting others as well. In particular, it is starting to affect Armenia, Russia’s traditional ally in the South Caucasus.
“I have a ticket to fly to Moscow tomorrow. Will I be able to fly?” enquires a […]
RFE/RL reports that once again — and as I mentioned earlier — Armenian businesses are already starting to feel the consequences of the newly imposed Russian blockade of Georgia. The move follows the arrest but later release of four Russian military officers accused of spying in Georgia.
Armenian companies trading with Russia said on Tuesday that […]
The 2006 State of World Liberty Index has been released. Based on data from the The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal, The Frasier Institute/Cato Institute, Freedom House, and Reporters without Borders, PanArmenian.net reports that the liberty in the world fails the test of a new Century with a score of 56.9 percent. The results are […]
Stepanakert, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2001
Well, it has to be said that today is a really good day for the Armenian blogosphere in so much that we really have some genuine content coming out of the country. No crap about how the cafes are wonderful in [only] the center […]
The New York Times has an interesting article on tourism to the Black Sea holiday resort town of Batumi in the Republic of Georgia. According to the article, over 300,000 tourists are likely to visit this part of Armenia’s northern neighbor in 2006. However, the growing popularity of Batumi for vacations has come at a […]
