· September, 2005

Stories about Armenia from September, 2005

Soft on Corruption

Armenian students are tolerant of corruption says Oneworld Multimedia. In fact, intolerance of corruption increases the chances of a student's marginalization.

30 September 2005

Armenia's Budget

Oneworld Multimedia reports that Armenia's budget is set to reach $1 billion for the first time since independence. While the military will still receive the lion's share of the budget,...

29 September 2005

My Son, Mikhail

Oneworld Multimedia reports on how NGOs and public organizations in Armenia help children with disabilities thrive.

27 September 2005

Shamiran

Onnik Krikorian once again made the annual pilgrimage to Shamiran to cover the Armenian Yezidi community‘s late September festival. In addition to a brief report, he brought back many photos.

26 September 2005

Hetq blocked in UAE

Martuni or Bust!!! reports that Hetq Online is blocked in the United Arab Emirates in the wake of its reporting on the trafficking of women and girls to the UAE...

26 September 2005

Dispatches from the Yerevan Rock Scene

Onnik Krikorian continues his stellar coverage of the Armenian rock scene with an alert that MDP will be making a rare Armenia appearance soon and points to more information on...

23 September 2005

Armenia's Constitutional Amendment Referendum

Oneworld Multimedia reports that in spite of international pressure and intense debate amongst politicians, most Armenians remain apathetic about proposed constitutional amendments, and that without a public information campaign, interest...

22 September 2005

Georgia's Traffic Patrol

It's been one year since Georgia fired its entire notoriously corrupt traffic police force and started over with new cars, higher pay, flashy uniforms, and a television show reminiscent of...

21 September 2005

A Democracy Guy

Democracy Guy, Tim Russo, highlights another democracy guy at work in Armenia.

20 September 2005

Interviews With The Diaspora

As part of an ongoing series on the potential role of the diaspora in building Armenian democracy, Onnik Krikorian has published his interview with Raffi K. Hovannisian, the US born...

16 September 2005

Armenia: Project Smile

Onnik Krikorian flags a fund-raising event to help integrate people with severe mental disabilities into society, in the Armenian capital on Sept. 16.

14 September 2005

Ukraine: Armenian bread craze

Notes from Kiev reports on the craze for Armenian bread, or lavash, sweeping the Ukrainian capital this summer, and stirs up taste-buds over at Blogrel in the process.

12 September 2005