Armenia

Vazgen Manukian, the perennial Presidential candidate and opposition patriarch, made an announcement today that would raise the boycott to new levels. His party may boycott the upcoming elections (what a terrible threat…)

According to RFE/RL report,

Vazgen Manukian, a prominent opposition politician, warned on Tuesday that he and his party will have to boycott the next parliamentary […]

Here’s an interesting report on the ongoing destruction of the Armenian heritage in Nakhichevan (parts of this appeared in ArmeniaNow.com last year, I think).

Here’s an excerpt of a conversation the author had with the Nakhichevan law enforcement in September 2005:

They asked me why I thought that there was a church in Shorut.
“Because a book had […]