Archive for July, 2008

Musical Tourism in Armenia; or, Second World Ghettotech + Armenian

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Nevertheless, Armenia’s president sees soccer as a means to bridge borders. Music too provides a common bond for Armenians, but to me Armenian pop music belies its external influences more than a coherent internal character. …

Mediation between Armenia and Turkey would be a multi-dimensional

Monday, July 28th, 2008

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ While Turkey has intensified its mediation efforts in the Middle East, Iran has volunteered to take on a similar challenge to break the ice between Ankara and Yerevan. “The possibility of such an initiative by Iran is …

Unzipped: Gay Armenia syndicated by LiveJournal

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Users of LiveJournal may now add Unzipped: Gay Armenia to their ‘friends’ list’ by clicking here. That way they can get published posts delivered straight to their ‘friends’ page’. Many thanks to TJ and his friend Michael for that! …

Director of National Security Service of Armenia accuses

Monday, July 28th, 2008

The Press centre of the National Security Service of of Armenia has distributed a statement of the Director of the National Security Service, Goryk Akopyan, in connection with reports of some mass media that the security officers …

Isolated Armenia leans on Iran

Monday, July 28th, 2008

By Robin Forestier, BBC News, Yerevan Deep in the cellar of the Noy Brandy factory in Yerevan, Armenia, there is a pungent, but not unpleasant smell of ageing, fortified wine. On an upturned wooden cask sit a dozen glasses, …

Musical Tourism in Armenia; or, Second World Ghettotech + Armenian

Monday, July 28th, 2008

So, as alluded to earlier, I travelled to Armenia (AKA Hayastan), a place simultaneously marked by an ancient, uninterrupted history as well as by its relatively recent past as a Soviet socialist republic. Armenia’s current status is a …

ARMENIA.AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF 50 MILLION US DOLLARS

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

… businessman Serob Ter-Poghosyan, Executive Director of “Metalarins†company, has responded to President Serge Sargsyan’s message. addressed to all the Armenians during the opening ceremony of “Baze†Pan-Armenian Youth …

Heart of Two Nations by Nouritza Matossian

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

She spent her childhood in Cyprus with her Armenian family. Educated in England, she graduated with Honours in Philosophy (B.Phil) from Bedford College, University of London, then studied music, theatre and mime in Dartington and Paris; …

Armenia: Bloggers Attend Presidential Press Conference

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

In fact, considering that some pro-opposition media weren’t invited, those bloggers might even be considered as ‘even more equal’ given that the highest circulation daily in Armenia has a print-run of around 10000 copies. …

GIBRAHAYER MAGAZINE

Friday, July 25th, 2008

10 - 17 August - Summer Camp in Troodos, organised by the Armenian Youth Federation of Cyprus. For ages 10-20 including separate sections for Badanegan and Youth. The programme will include trips and expeditions, games, …