Shoushanik – Yerevan’s Optimistic Balloon Seller

Shoushanik Galoyan doesn’t plan anything elaborate to celebrate New Years – just a modest family dinner on the eve. There’s no money for a real party.

Sargsyan Sends New Years Greetings to Faculty/Students of Armenian Schools in Syria

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has sent a congratulatory message to faculty and students of the score of Armenian schools operating in conditions of war in Syria on the occasion of New years and Christmas.

Artskah Says Azerbaijan Violated Ceasefire 1,200 Times

Unbreakable Bond: 10 Year-Old Davit and Grandfather to Usher in the New Year in Mayisyan Village Animal Barn

10 year-old Davit and I talk on the grounds of the animal farm. Sunlight hits his face. He closes one eye from the burst. Then, he looks at me and smiles. We descend from the dilapidated wall and he tells me – let’s go and ask my grandpa. The door to the security post opens without a screech. “Grandpa, hey grandpa, when’s my birthday?” asks David. “Hey boy, don’t you know?” is the response of the old man, his eyebrows scrunching...