Weeks ago, a group of Diaspora Armenians, a few art experts and a dozen representatives of the cultural scene were saying their final farewell to artist Markos Grigorian at the Chamber Music Hall.
Hardly anyone would seriously ask today, “Is Armenia a part of Europe or not?” This was a question around which there was a lot of debate in the early years after independence, but which has since lost its urgency. Another formulation - “Armenia on the road to Europe” - is a lot fresher. This was the title of an international conference (and later the published conference report) organized by the Armenian Center for Humanitarian...
According to a contract signed between the Etchmiadzin Freight Traffic Enterprise (FTE) and former parliament member Hakob Hakobyan, in effect until his term expired, 2,500 students from Etchmiadzin were entitled to use buses on the route between Etchmiadzin and Yerevan free of charge.
In 2007, the Alaverdi Municipality allocated 7,200,000 drams (US $ 21,500) to build a toilet near the entrance to the monastery in the village of Sanahin. Construction work on the toilet has yet to be completed.
The director of one of the few carpet-weaving units in Armenia, Mkhitar Simonyan, said that carpet weaving was on the verge of extinction in Armenia. Aida Simonyan ltd., owned by the Simonyan brothers, is located in the Gegharkunik village of Chambarak. The unit has 150 workers, but they only manage to gather around 40 carpet weavers, and that too only in the winter when people come to work there just because they have nothing else to do.
General Haykaz Baghmanyan has been involved in a series of scandals throughout the years. Numerous stories have been published in the newspapers, but to no avail; the general’s affairs only improved, his business flourished. His military commander’s jeep can be seen almost every day parked near different cafes and restaurants in Yerevan, or near the petrol station he owns.
As the do every year, the residents of Vahan went this August 30 to the memorial built for their fallen villagers. Some of the village youth had then decided to go to the lake, leaving behind their work in their fields. Ten young people got into two cars and went to Sevan for a swim, heading back to the village the same evening.
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