It has finally become known that Russia has bought, or rather, will buy by January 1, 2007 the last strategically significant energy source of Armenia – the 40-kilometer section of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline currently under construction.
A group of Diaspora Armenians, concerned about the situation in Kashatagh, sent letters to the presidents of the Republics of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh in September.
The 2005 Hayastan All-Armenian Armenia Fund telethon was dedicated in its entirety to the region of Martakert.
This year's drought has brought the residents of Hartashen to their knees. There is no irrigation water in the village or its surroundings.
The road is so destroyed that you would never guess that it leads to the village of Mets Tagher with its 1,507 residents and 300 years of history.
Though it may not be among the service offered by most Armenian tour agencies, there is a type of tourism that caters to those who are ready to come to Armenia and climb hills and mountains to see species of birds that don't exist anywhere else in the world. Bird tourism, which originated in Great Britain, is growing in Armenia.
The first black-and-white TV set in the village of Tumi in the Hadrut region appeared in 1965. Almost all the TV sets in the village are of the same type; there are also few Soviet-made color TV sets on which the villagers watch Azerbaijani and Russian programs. No newspapers or magazines reach this or any other village of the region.
Larisa Sargsyan lives in Hadrut. She is a solo singer and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Song and Dance Ensemble; she has been with the ensemble for more than four decades.
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