RFE/RL reports that the republic is once again considered “Partly Free” by Freedom House. RFE/RL quotes the U.S. based organization as laying the blame firmly on a “limited respect for political rights and civil liberties.â€
The Washington-based group again evaluated the state of political rights and civil liberties in each of the 193 countries surveyed […]
2006 Global Integrity Report Investigates and Assesses Anti-Corruption Mechanisms in 43 Countries, including the United States
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. […]
Aaron Johnson of What the Duck stumbled upon my blog and sent an email this morning pointing me in the direction of the latest instalment in his comic strip. This time he covers the issue of citizen journalism and photography.
This is quite relevant at the moment given news that Yahoo and Reuters plan to […]
My reflection of 2006 is only 17 days late. I figured I had to get through all of the visiting and during my visiting to various cities I would ask my friends and business associates to reflect back on 2006. It was a New Year celebration of interesting conversations.
From my conversations, I would […]
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, […]
“Some things never change in this world” - the advanced internet user of today might think looking at the website of some major Armenian media outlets, like that of AZG daily Armenpress, Arminfo, and a number of others. Many of these guys have been going with the same interface for AGES (3 or […]
After literally just returning from the U.S. at the weekend, Garo (a.k.a. Christian Garbis) at Notes from Hairenik has some bad news about his father. Despite initially recovering from open heart surgery, Khosroff suffered another heart attack in his sleep although he is thankfully in a stable condition albeit not responding to verbal communication.
It […]
As the subject of the Diaspora in the process of nation-building in Armenia recently came up in two recent posts here and here on this site, as well as being the subject of one by Zarchka over at Life Around Me, it was interesting to receive a link to an article in part on this […]
