During the Soviet era, Azeris exclusively inhabited the village of Nrnadzor, located in the Syunik marz. At the time the village was called Nyuvadi and straddled the border with Iran and Azerbaijan. With the outbreak of the Artsakh war, Armenian forces were able to liberate this Armenian settlement. Today it borders both Iran and the Republic of Nagorno- Karabakh.
There is not going to be a new candidate in the 2008 presidential elections. That much is clear. There are also not going to be any new ideas from the same old people. That is clear too. If it were not for the realization that this is an important period in the history of Armenia, the 2008 presidential elections would not differ at all from the 2007 parliamentary elections.
An Interview with Vache Gabrielyan, Ph.D., board member of the Central Bank of Armenia
Approximately 40 million Kurds live in the world; about 20 million live in Turkey, 9 million in Iran, 6 million in Iraq, 3 million in Syria. And the rest are scattered all over the world. Almost any European country has a Kurdish Diaspora; the largest community is 1 million people and is registered in Germany.
The last few months have been rich in Armenian-Azerbaijani sporting confrontations, which, as a rule, have not been lacking in political implications.
"What car do you drive?" asked the village head at Sevkar, Vladimir Margaryan. "A Niva," I replied.
During Soviet years, most (about 70%) of the Armenian Swiss cheese sold in Moscow was made in the Ashotsk Cheese Factory located in the Shirak Marz, which sent 300 of the 1,500 tons it produced each year to Moscow. The location of the factory had been carefully chosen - it was built at an altitude of 2,050 meters, and milk was brought in from nearby villages, because Swiss cheese requires milk produced at high altitudes.
Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) has been keeping you informed of the situation with the its Fast Growing Tree Project in Armenia during last year. We are please to announce that we were able to get back the nursery in Armavier, which is approximately one hectare of land from 14 hectares of land that is illegally taken by the minister of finance.
On September 11 at the session of the National Assembly (Parliament) of the RA the Member of Parliament Shirak Torosyan made an announcement to inform that in Javakhetia not far from the village of Gandzak, the birthplace of the Armenian classical poet Vahan Teryan, the Georgian authorities have started the construction of a correctional facility and intend to move 3 - 4 thousand inmates here from other correctional institutions all over the...
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