After the Azerbaijani President visited him in the Whitehouse, Civil Georgia reports that the next leader from the South Caucasus to be treated to a tête - à - tête with U.S. President George Bush is Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. No surprise after Bush’s high profile visit to Tbilisi last year perhaps, but are […]
As the 2007 parliamentary elections approach, life is anything but dull in Armenia. However, few locals will welcome further speculation that the powerful Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan will once again lend his support to the ruling Republican Party of the Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian.
In the 2003 parliamentary elections, Sarkisyan did the same, but […]
Republic Square, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Hetq Online 2006
Via Cilicia.com’s Life in Armenia Blog I heard that a candlight light vigil in support of the current U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans was due to be staged in Yerevan’s Republic Square at 10pm on Wednesday night.
Tonight there’s going to […]
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that’s followed the run-up to the two ill-fated meetings held between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents this year, but the proposed framework peace deal to resolve the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh has finally been revealed. The move comes after a senior U.S. official confirmed much of the […]
Rind, Vayots Dzor, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Habitat for Humanity 2006
Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Habitat for Humanity 2006
Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Habitat for Humanity 2006
Last week I posted some photos of the final work being undertaken on a house built by Habitat for Humanity volunteers from the Diaspora, and today, the home was ready to be blessed. I’m not religious, but it’s always interesting to photograph […]
Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Habitat for Humanity 2006
Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Habitat for Humanity 2006
After the new U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza, revealed details of the proposed framework peace deal to resolve the Karabakh conflict last week, much to the annoyance of the Armenian President, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now released more details. Actually, we already knew what was being discussed, but this […]
Aparan, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
Yesterday saw a third trip out into the field with Armenian Forests as part of continuing work for the Tufenkian Foundation in Armenia. After visiting Kotayk and the Botanical Gardens for the environmental organization, this time it was to coppicing being used to […]
In one of the most bizarre stories this week, Armenia has been urged by a senior U.S. official to follow Azerbaijan in terms of democracy building. According the report, last year’s parliamentary elections in Armenia’s arch-rival in the South Caucasus were considered to have improved over previous ones, although Azerbaijan still lags behind Armenia in […]
