· December, 2007

Stories about Armenia from December, 2007

Armenia: Days of Azerbaijan

  18 December 2007

Despite the unresolved conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, Oneworld Multimedia comments on press reports that a school in the Armenian capital is currently staging an event, Days of Azerbaijan in Yerevan. The blog wonders if there will now be a Days of Azerbaijan...

Armenia: The Kurdish Question

  16 December 2007

In response to a post by Paul Goble on the apparent belief that Armenia's Kurdish minority is obstructing a peace deal with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, Oneworld Multimedia identifies a number of inaccuracies in the analysis.

Armenia: Pink Armenia

  15 December 2007

Unzipped: Gay Armenia informs its readers that a new LGBT NGO has been set up in Armenia. Pink (Public Information and Need of Knowledge) Armenia will specifically work in the area of STI/HIV prevention in the Armenian LGBT community.

Armenia: Xenophobic Official

  15 December 2007

Nazarian is shocked by a recent article published in the local press penned by an official in the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The article reported the situation Armenian women find themselves in when they marry Arabs. However, rather than call for tolerance, Nazarian says the official urged Armenian women...

Armenia: Banditocracy

  13 December 2007

Nazarian comments on the bombing of a minor opposition newspaper in Yerevan with the 2008 presidential election just two months away. Although the damage was slight, the blogger says that the attack in itself is representative of the continual harassment of the radical opposition press.

Armenia: Media Protest

  13 December 2007

The Armenian Observer posts details of a protest demonstration staged in support of a regional TV station in Armenia's second largest city of Gyumri. The TV station is currently facing pressure from the authorities in the run up to the 2008 presidential election.

Armenia: Newspaper Office Bombed

  13 December 2007

The Armenian Observer posts details and a YouTube video of the offices of a minor opposition newspaper supportive of former president, Levon Ter Petrosian, which had its door blown off by an explosion in the early hours of the morning.

Georgia: All Eyes on Kosovo

  11 December 2007

Steady State says that the failure to come to a decision on the status of Kosovo might well send Russia and the West on a collision course. With the need to resolve frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus on the international agenda, what happens with Kosovo has implications in this...

Armenia: Voters Undecided

  11 December 2007

Unzipped republishes the findings of a recent poll which indicates that the 19 February presidential election might well be decided by a large percentage of currently undecided voters. The blog concludes that in order to woo such voters, candidates should now start to appeal to them with manifestos rather than...

Armenia: Domestic Violence

  11 December 2007

Unzipped: Gay Armenia is concerned by the latest figures from UNICEF which indicate that 22 percent of women in Armenia believe a husband has the right to beat his wife. However, the blog says that the figures are better than in Georgia and Uzbekistan where 30 and 70 percent respectively...

Armenia: Election Notes

  10 December 2007

The Armenia Election Monitor 2008 reports on the latest news and speculation surrounding the 19 February 2008 presidential election in Armenia.

Armenia: Congratulations, Ara

  10 December 2007

Ara at Martuni or Bust posts that his wife has given birth to a baby boy. Alex Manoogian was born on 10 December 2007 at 2.17am weighing 3.7 kilos and measuring 49 cm. Congratulations, Ara.

Armenia: Civil Rights in the U.S.

  10 December 2007

Life in the Armenian Diaspora posts details about a documentary film examining the life of an Armenian-American lawyer who devoted his life to defending civil rights activists as well as the members of the Black Panthers. Lori, the blogger, comments on how important it is for ethnic Armenians to concern...

Caucasus: Election Roundup

  10 December 2007

With all three republics in the South Caucasus gearing up for elections next year, Marilisa Lorusso's Blog rounds up the latest news. In particular, coverage is given to persecution of journalists in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan, the continuing saga of Imedi TV in Georgia, and the rejection of a...

Armenia: Death and Sex

  9 December 2007

Armenia, a blog by a 23 year old ethnic Armenian from the Diaspora now living and volunteering in the country, comments on how local culture deals with death and sex.

Armenia: Regal Politics

  9 December 2007

Commenting on a photograph of opposition activists holding a sign likening former president Levon Ter Petrosian to a king, Blogian says that politics in Armenia upsets him more than at any other time.

Armenia: Election Monitor

  9 December 2007

The Armenia Election Monitor 2008 post photographs of the latest rally by former president Levon Ter Petrosian ahead of the February vote. The blog says that there is speculation that the radical opposition is hoping that the international community will support a “colored revolution” in the former Soviet republic.