The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), notes with concern that Montenegro’s politicians have stepped up pressure on journalists, ahead of parliamentary elections, scheduled for 14 October 2012. They appear to be lobbying international organisations to ban critical journalists from attending public events.
Interpol arrested 80 people and confiscated $10.5 million worth of illegal pharmaceuticals during an annual week-long global operation that ended earlier this month, the international police organization announced Thursday.
The Nazaryan family has replaced its old windows with newer double-glazed windows so, once and for all, they can block the noise caused by the small hydroelectric station next to them. The couple's small child is put to sleep in the room at the back so he doesn't wake from the noise. Hayk says that the new windows didn't solve the problem; the noise can still be heard, especially when all 3 generators of the station are in operation.
Today nearly nothing remains from the once-prosperous village of Geghakar, one of the most neglected in the province of Gegharkunik. Situated in the mountain slopes, it is cut off from the outside world for 2–3 months, particularly during the winter season, as the road is closed from the snowstorms.
Thematic training seminars for school-aged children continue to take place at Yerevan City Hall's Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve within the framework of the European Union's Eastern Partnership Culture Programme "Regional Cooperation for the Development of Cultural Heritage" implemented in Georgia, Ukraine, and Armenia.
The municipality says it is implementing a process of radical beautification and landscaping in Yerevan. Architect and urban developer Sarhat Petrosyan attempts to assess to what extent all of this is lasting and long term.
The following article about Artsakh, titled “Off the Map in the Black Garden,” and written by journalist Russ Juskalian, appeared in the Sept. 21, 2012 edition of the New York Times.
"Of course a cultural center in [Yerevan's] Republic Square would be desirable, but if we [have to] make a choice between a hotel and a state department, then, without a doubt, it would be better for there to be a hotel instead of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — on the condition that the exterior architectural appearance of the building is preserved," said Ruben Babayan, the artistic director of the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre named after...
"A teacher is one of the first soldiers of the national army. And that soldier doesn't have the right to turn her back or skulk. She always has to be on the front" is how Salonik Jhangiryan, a teacher at High School No. 1 named after Aksel Bakunts in Goris, describes the teachers.
“Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine” festival and opening ceremony of the first bed &breakfast facility in rural area of Vayots Dzor was held on October 4th in Hermon village of Vayots Dzor Marz.
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