Ara at Martuni or Bust writes about human trafficking that is becoming more serious in Armenia and in the rural areas in particular where people are poorer. In my previous post discussing the industriousness of the Armenian woman, you can understand how people praying on these young women can use their drive to improve […]
Guests of Yerevan, Spyurkahay brothers, tourists - I have great news! Bilingual (Armenian-English) signs, pointing to important places in Yerevan were seen downtown. I am the witness.
This is indeed very good news, because one of the problems for all my foreign friends/guests to Yerevan was always the difficulty to find their way around town, […]
The backbone of Armenia is her women. The Armenian woman must be one of the most industrious creatures on Earth. As I go from meeting to meeting, I am very happy when I find a member of the meeting group to be female. The reason for this is that with a woman […]
Before I get round to hopefully posting some exciting news about the use of blogs in the democratic process in Armenia, another in my occasional posts highlighting the albeit small Armenian blogosphere. I’ve posted links to some of this week’s posts by Zarchka and Garo (AKA Christian Garbis), but let’s get to the subject of […]
Some good news. Zarchka from Life Around Me finally entered Hye Superstar and she’s made it into the second round. I have to admit that I don’t know anything about the show as I don’t watch Armenian TV, but I do know how talented Zara is and I think she’s going to go far in […]
RFE/RL reports that the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met on the tense border between their two countries in an attempt to ease tensions. Both countries are in a defacto state of war over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh even if hostilities were not formerly declared. Dozens of conscript soldiers die on […]
Hovhannes Kourghinyan, Downtown Club, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2005
As mentioned in a previous post, the veteran Armenian rock band Vostan Hayots reunited and performed at Yerevan’s Rocking Club last night. For those of us who have only heard of the band, it was an occasion not to be missed. […]
One thing that always amazes me about many Armenians from the Diaspora when they come to Armenia is how easy they rationalize everything. In particular, they love the cafes in Central Yerevan and don’t even think about the fact that they are usually illegal and owned by corrupt officials or their business partners. The cafes […]
MDP, Puppet Theatre, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2005
After meeting up with Zarchka from Life Around Me earlier yesterday I invited her to join me at a meeting arranged with Ed from MDP at the band’s studio. By chance, Ed and Vardan asked Zarchka to try singing one of MDP’s […]
On October 18, the “Haykakan Zhamanak” newspaper published a report by Hayk Gevorgyan, entitled: “They are deceiving us again”. In this article, we read: “The regular session of the inter-parliamentary commission of the Armenian parliament and the Russian Federation Council was held in Yerevan in recent days and a delegation led by the chairman of […]
