Large-scale logging in Jiliza is now underway. Hetq reporters came upon a group of tractors and trucks on the stretch of ro ad winding its way deep in the forest between Alaverdi and Jiliza.
There are moments in a nation’s history when sustaining hope presents a serious challenge, when optimism can be maintained only if reduced to self-delusion, when indifference carries significant responsibility and when silence should inspire guilt.
But local civic groups working with migrants pressured the French government to review its decision. As a result, Armenia and Turkey were removed from the list in July of 2010.
According to agency statistics, the difference between those leaving and returning to Armenia in 2008 was a negative 23,100 individuals; in 2009 – 25,000; in 2010 – 29,900.
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