The Institute for Youth Development

November 17th, 2008

After a few visits to rural areas of Armenia, as well as a number of needs assessment reports prepared by international organizations we can first try to answer this qustion. And then maybe make our contribution to solving it. …

Armenia holds off Ukraine in Chess Olympiad

November 17th, 2008

DRESDEN, Germany — Ninth seed Armenia, winner of the last Chess Olympiad, held second seed Ukraine to a 2-2 tie in open division play Sunday, drawing all four games in their match in the fourth round of this year’s event. …

Pedersen & Partners Opens Offices in S.Africa, Armenia

November 17th, 2008

DUBAI - Pedersen & Partners, a international executive search firm announced the opening of its offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Yerevan, Armenia.

Nagorno Karabakh: Insular World View

November 17th, 2008

The only possible indication of chances for a future breakthrough came from the increasing focus by several of Armenia’s political groups on the prospect of a return of occupied territories around Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan. …

Armenia: CRRC Data Initiative

November 17th, 2008

Yesterday The Caucasian Knot accompanied students surveying households for the Caucasus Resource Research Center (CCRC) to Arshaluys, a village in the Armavir region of Armenia. From vulnerable households to those better off as well as …

Library Meme!

November 15th, 2008

782 Vocal music French Pony = 6854386545 = 685+438+654+5 = 1782 Class: 700 Arts & Recreation Contains: Architecture, drawing, painting, music, sports. What it says about you: You’re creative and fun, and you’re good at motivating the …

Agrarian Indie Music & A Couple Other Items

November 15th, 2008

… of music, this album, new(ish) to me, is one of the most beautiful albums of any sort I have listened to in some time. It’sa recording of a collaboration, in Terhan, between Hossein Alizadeh of Iran and Djivan Gasparyan of Armenia, …

Aggression by Armenia

November 15th, 2008

The major domestic and international issue affecting Azerbaijan is the military aggression by Armenia against Azerbaijan. The current conflict began in 1988 when Armenia, supported by the Soviet authorities, started a military …

Question about Music - Douglas Burnham responds

November 15th, 2008

which obviously resulted in some very different types of music. When I listen to Armenian duduk music, for example, it all sounds very similar to me, a combination of familiar western music scales and modes with slightly bent pitches. …

Introducing…….youth

November 15th, 2008

The Armenian youth nowadays was mostly born during and just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. During the Soviet Era, Russian was second if not almost considered superior language in Armenia. But nowadays the youth is more keen on …