In early August of this year the Armenian community of Lebanon found itself at the center the country's extremely tangled and deadlocked political maelstrom. Late in the evening of Sunday, August 5th, Amin Gemayel, Lebanon's former President and Supreme President of the Christian Phalange Party, during a direct T.V. broadcast, made a series a bitterly piercing and intolerant statements directed at the Lebanese- Armenian community in general...
For artist Arpineh Tokmajyan the question remains, “ This is the issue. If a citizen of Armenia doesn't disturb her neighbors, does she have the right to work in her apartment?”
On May 25 of this year, the Economic Court, Judge A. Sargsyan presiding, issued a ruling (already in force) which could signal a turning point in the operations of the Central Bank (CB). This ruling declared void fines imposed through a series of CB decisions against VTB-Armenia Bank executive director Alexander Vartanov.
Everything would be different if Robert Kocharyan had the right to propose his candidacy for a third time. He would be the only candidate the current authorities would put forward and the problem of replication of power would not be as acute as it currently is. Kocharyan does not have the legal right to run for president this time and going against the Constitution would not be a safe thing to do. But it is also not safe to let go of power...
Vazgen Arghumanyan was the first resident of the village of Artashen located in the northern reaches of Kashatagh. He used to work at the tourist center in Jermuk as a photographer and moved her in 1994. Vazgen held the office of village mayor for twelve years.
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