If a nation lets go of its capacity to dream, then it is rendered into a consumer-driven marketplace. Dreaming, even dreaming of things that seem impossible, is the salt of the spirit of a nation, which preserves the nation from decay.
There is an absence of real democracy in the traditional diaspora structures and this is reflected in relations between the diaspora and Armenia.
Satirist Vardan Petrosyan equates the relations today between the government and the people with those that arise between a prostitute and a prospective client or "john".
Former RA Prime Minister Hrant Bagratyan stated that current Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan should be removed from office over the worsening economic situation in Armenia.
They hate you in Armenia. Is it that you are extremely anti-Armenian and pro-Turkish, or are we, here in Armenia, so intolerant?
The Armenian Aryan Union has issued a statement saying that on July 30, candidates for the rank of "high priest" will officiate at Vartavar holiday ceremonies in western and eastern Armenia.
Prosecutor Amirzadyan also told reporters that the film shows Der-Boghossian using physical force with the minors, but that he didn't think it appropriate to go into details.