· August, 2008

Stories about Armenia from August, 2008

Georgia: Security in the Caucasus

Security in the Caucasus, a new blog established by a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics currently undertaking field work in the region, says that the recent conflict...

31 August 2008

Armenia: Opposition Truce

Unzipped commends the opposition in Armenia for deciding to postpone planned street protests and other political actions ahead of next week's historic football match with Turkey in Yerevan. The move...

29 August 2008

Georgia: Armenian Involvement Denied

Regional Reporters [RU] says that the Georgian authorities have refuted information spread by some regional and international news outlets that Russian jets which bombed Georgia flew into the country from...

11 August 2008

Georgia: Armenia Über Alles

My The Caucasian Knot comments on what appears to be the prevalent view of many Armenians supporting Russia in its military action against Georgia, but which at times borders on...

11 August 2008

Georgia: Armenian Tourist Evacuation

Regional Reporters [RU] reports that 1,200 Armenian tourists vacationing in the Black Sea resorts of Batumi and Kobuleti have been evacuated from Georgia. However, the blog notes, not all Armenian...

11 August 2008

Georgia: Armenian Economic Concerns

The Armenian Economist comments on the military confrontation between Georgia and Russia noting that 96 percent of Armenia's trade goes via its northern neighbor. The blog says that Armenia will...

10 August 2008

Georgia: Armenians Evacuated

Unzipped says that 150 Armenian citizens in the Georgian resort towns of Batumi and Kobuleti are being evacuated from the country as military conflict with Russia intensifies. The blog also...

9 August 2008

Georgia: Saakashvili's Miscalculation

The Armenian Observer says that the latest military confrontation between Russia and Georgia was a miscalculation by the Georgian president, Mikhail Saakashvili. The blog also says that with a defacto...

9 August 2008

Armenia: Oil, Genocide and Obama

Voices Without Votes takes a look at why many Armenians at home and abroad support U.S. Presidential Election Democratic Party Candidate Barack Obama and how Azerbaijanis and Turks are responding...

8 August 2008

Armenia: Turkish Football Fans

Ahead of September's historic football match between estranged neighbors Armenia and Turkey, Unzipped comments on rumors circulating in Yerevan that as many as 10,000 Turkish football fans might descend on...

6 August 2008

Armenia: Corruption

The Armenian Observer commends the new prime minister, former Central Bank Chairperson Tigran Sargsyan, for what appears to be genuine efforts to combat some of the corruption that has infested...

6 August 2008

Armenia: New Transgender Blog

As the LGBT community in both Armenia and the Diaspora continue to adopt blogs in order to communicate in what otherwise remains a media vacuum, Unzipped: Gay Armenia announces the...

6 August 2008

Armenia: Minority Education

Armenia: Higher Education & Sciences comments on a program to develop leadership skills among the country's ethnic minorities. Although not a specific area of focus of the specialist blog, it...

6 August 2008

Armenia: Blogger Bank Boycott

The Armenian Observer reports that following the closure of a branch in the self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, some Armenian bloggers are urging a boycott of the Russian-owned VTB Bank....

6 August 2008