N street in Aresh district of Yerevan seems to reappear from the stories of Nar-Dos, a genius Armenian storyteller of human destinies. On the narrow, ruined streets of the district a drunkard in an unbuttoned shirt, with wild eyes and half empty bottle is a common sight.
Of all the television channels operating in Armenia, Gyumri’s GALA (Gyumri Independent Journalists’ Channel) was the only one to broadcast Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s September 21 speech in its entirety. As a result, the television station is being subjected to all sorts of pressure from state organs to this day, has lost advertisers, and is being inspected closely by the State Tax Department (STD).
After Armenian independence in the 1990s, the houses of many Tashir residents turned into small cheese factories, and Tashir - a city in the provincial region of Lori - became the city of cheesemakers in Armenia.
“ I’m not interested in any promises, I’m going of my own free will. I know conditions are rough there “, observes Shahen Baliozian, a Syrian-Armenian who left for Kashatagh with three other doctors on the morning of November 1st.
John Sellar, Director of Deno Gold Mining Company, responds to questions posed by Hetq Online
On October 23rd in the center of the capital a scuffle broke out between a group of peaceful marchers and the police. The group of about fifty people was heading down Mashtots Avenue in the direction of the “Yeritasardakan” Metro Station close to Abovyan Street.
On November 3, the Vallex Group officially announced the beginning of its construction of a copper and molybdenum mine in the village of Teghut. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was present at the ceremony, and nothing was spared to make it an impressive event.
Recently, I had the opportunity to be present at a debate about education reform among workers at the Yerevan State University. The occasion was the introduction of the credit system, the latest stage in the reforms. The main argument was that "the Soviet education system was the best in the world and there was no reason to change it."
“Life is different on this side of the walls and barbed wire. We live differently, there are different rules and all this causes psychological pressure,” said 40-year old Seyran and grew silent, wishing to limit his description of everyday life to these few words.
The head of the Kentron District Municipality, Gagik Beglaryan, known as Chorni (Black) Gago has for years refused to reply to letters from the sent by Monte Melkonian Fund. For six years now, the issue of the Yerevan office of the charity has remained unresolved and uncertain.
A large number of people who have reservations about the candidacy of the founding President of the Republic say that in order to return to politics and receive the vote of the people, Levon Ter-Petrosyan must ask for forgiveness.
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