Armenialiberty.org reports on some shocking news. A 44 year old father of 4, Jivan Hakopian, from the Armavir region, set himself alight by pouring petrol on himself and chanted anti-government slogans outside the main government buildings in Yerevan. He was taken to hospital but died later.
His family are not commenting, and the Mayor of […]
Amenia Blog carries an ArmenPress story on unemployment in Armenia which is rather misleading given the true state of the local economy. Sure, there is economic growth, but it’s registered only in a few select areas of the economy, and we still have the perennial problem of the distribution of any wealth that is generated. […]
Infant House, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia © EveryChild / Onnik Krikorian 2005
Just as I was starting to wonder what I’d be doing before the parliamentary elections are upon us, some good news. It might be that I’ll be returning to Georgia in the near future to do more work on social vulnerability there. Last time […]
Homeless, Chamber Music Hall, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2005
Following on from running into a dead homeless person lying in the middle of the street on the way to kindergarten with my son last week, I ran into one that was thankfully breathing today. Actually, I’ve seen Samuel around my […]
Homeless, Northern Avenue Construction Site, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2004
Well, not really, as a few of the homeless people I’ve photographed in the past two years died as well. Former actor and Karabakh war veteran Gor, for example, died a few weeks after taking the photo above despite the […]
Lernamerdz, Armavir Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Eurasianet 2006
Today marked the 89th Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and an assignment from Eurasianet saw me visit the Armenian village of Lernamerdz with Marianna Grigoryan, a journalist from Armenia Now. After writing for IWPR on the village, affectionately known as “Little Cuba,” Marianna has […]
Samuel Kocharian, AGAPE Children’s Home, Berdzor (Lachin), Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2002
The Armenian News Network — Groong has just published another one of my interviews conducted in Lachin two weeks ago. The interview is one in a series for articles that will be published by Eurasianet and the Institute […]
Anahit & Varsenik, Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2000
A rather short interview with the Head of the Department of Social
Welfare, Labor and Employment for the Kashatagh Region sandwiched between Karabakh proper and Armenia has now been published by the Armenian News Network-Groong.
OK: What qualifies as a multiple number […]
Oshagan, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1999
It seems like everybody loves villages in Armenia, and who can blame them? Indeed, when Yerevan gets too much most of the city’s population takes time out by relaxing in them if not holidaying in Sevan or Batumi and Kobuleti. Even so, […]
Lachin, Kashatagh Region, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2006
While in Lachin I made a return visit to the AGAPE Children’s Home to speak to its Director Samuel Kocharian. The institution which is generally referred to as a Boarding School by locals was established in 1995 and accomodates 27 children deprived […]
