"A young person has no future in Javakh," said Valery Stelmashov, head of the department for culture, education, sport, memorial preservation and youth affairs in the Akhalkalak municipality. The primary thought among the youth of Javakhk is to leave as soon as possible. This thought is justified by all of them in almost the same way - there are no jobs, educational institutions, leisure spots, gyms, cultural centers, clubs - in a word,...
- When my father returns from Russia he’s going to bring me a bicycle...one of those big ones. - And my father will bring me a motorcycle when he comes back.
The village of Aygehovit in Tavush, which has a twelve-kilometer border with Azerbaijan, seems like an impressive and rich area at first glance. The community has 922 hectares of arable land and 103 hectares of vineyards. But only ten percent of the arable land and only half of the vineyards are irrigated. Around one-third of the total land is right next to the border; it has been mined and is therefore unusable.
Meskheti Turks, along with Lezgins, Ingushes, Chechens and other Muslim nations, were forcefully deported to Central Asia at Stalin’s order, “ as nations with Turkic orientation, who couldn’t be relied on.” On November 14, 1944, in accordance with an order from the Central Committee of the USSR, 92,000 Meskhetis were forcefully loaded into train cars.
Most of the participants in the 7th Annual Armenia-Expo (September 14-17, 2007) trade and industrial exposition were importing companies. Without counting information and publishing companies, of the 89 producers, only 33 actually manufactured local products - the rest presented imported items including construction material, machinery and food. Most of the Armenian products presented were food items - mineral water, alcoholic drinks, meat...
In Armenia’s neighboring countries, two processes typical of globalization have clashed - European enlargement, uniting different countries into one region and, on the other hand, an awakening of forgotten traditions, emphasizing separate identities and differences. Russia’s counterinfluence is more like an attempt to rejuvenate the ambition which was lost after the Empire fell, rather than a search for a new identity in the current conditions…
This is what the telephone caller to the ”Hetq” office asked. Our first reaction was that the call was a prank since “Hetq” has published several articles about Alexandre Varbedian and the fact that for the past five years he has been denied an entry visa for Armenia. He has never been told the exact reason why. Mr. Varbedian, a French citizen, has a son and grandchild in Yerevan whom he cannot see.
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