There will be a candlelight memorial this evening at 7pm in honor of Major Vahe Avetyan, the army physician who died yesterday after being savagely beaten at the Harsnakar Restuarant on June 17.
Unlike residents of the neighboring village of Tzav, where residents expect jobs from the gold mine at Mazra, Shikahogh locals are concerned that the mine will damage the tourist projects that have already begun.
There’s talk here in Armenia about what’s going on in Syria and what this means for Armenians living there. Open a newspaper or listen to the radio and you’ll see this and that analyst giving their take on the civil war now raging in Homs, Damascus, Aleppo and points in between.