This is the third time that cabins in the area have burnt. The first two times, blazes ravaged a part of the town called the electricians’ district.
The musician said that the Armenian diaspora was fairly divorced from the political, economic and social developments in Armenia and that this situation must change.
The winners of 2016 AEIF Arina Araratyan (IVLP Alum) and Shoghakat Galstyan (IVLP Alum) completed one part of their Unlimited Movement project.
Egoyan said that the incidents of July, when the armed Sasna Tzrer group seized a Yerevan police building and the ensuing public protests, were a wake-up call exposing how human rights are violated in Armenia.
At a press conference today at Yerevan’s Media Center, Arsinée Khanjian said that while two months had passed since the Justice Within Armenia movement had made a public call for positive change in the country, the new government has yet to present a specific package of reform.
Nazarian said that while the diaspora had come to the aid of Armenia in its time of need, in the end, the diaspora doesn’t have a voice in the country.