Stories about Armenia from June, 2008
Armenia: Liberalism and Gay Parades
Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on the reaction of a local theatre director to to much “liberalism” in Armenian society. In addition to warning that the situation will result in more pornography, the director also warned that Yerevan will eventually hold it's own gay parade. The blog disagrees with the conservative...
Armenia: Pro-Government Looters
Unzipped comments on the prosecution of three people arrested for looting in the post-election 1 March clash between opposition supporters and the authorities. Ironically, the blog notes, the men claim to be supporters of the new president and not the main opposition challenger, and says that there are always people...
Armenia/Georgia: Economic Relations
Social Science in the Caucasus comments on a recent report it produced for the United Nations on economic relations between Armenia and Georgia. The blog says that despite an ethnically Armenian populated region in Georgia bordering Armenia providing a natural basis for the development of trade between the two, there...
Armenia: Energy Globe Award
Cicer et cetera, the blog of the Deputy Director of the Boston-based Armenian Tree Project, reports on the organization's award for one of its projects in Armenia at the Energy Globe Awards recently held at the European Parliament in Brussels. The blogs gives a brief overview of the project.
Armenia: Election Blogging
The Armenian Observer reports on a seminar staged by the Yerevan Press Club concerning the role of the local media during the recent presidential election in Armenia. The blogger says that his presentation on blogs was of particular interesting and that traditional journalists were interested enough to ask question after...
U.S.A.: Arthur Mkoyan's Dream Act
Talk Turkey comments on the case of an immigrant from Armenia who has been in the United States since the age of two. The valedictorian at his high school in Fresno, Arthur Mkoyan will be deported after he graduates. The blog criticizes Congress for not passing the Dream Act which...
Armenia: E-Government
The Armenian Observer commends the Armenian Foreign Ministry for utilizing the Internet in its activities. The blog even notes that it has set up a YouTube channel.
Armenia: Children's Day Photos
Lifelines posts photographs from yesterday's marking of International Children's Day in Armenia. In the first post, the blog posts photographs from the annual chalk-drawing in Yerevan's Liberty Square, and in the second it posts photographs from an Armenian Dance Sport Competition.
Armenia: Dusty City
Life Around Me decries the lack of green space and the associated amount of dust in Yerevan, the Armenian capital. The blog says that several showers a day are necessary to get rid of the grime caused by countless unfinished construction sites and environmental destruction in the city.
Armenia: Children's Day
Unzipped says that International Children's Day, marked worldwide on 1 June, took on a more political tone in Armenia this year with the families of detained opposition activists staging a protest yesterday near the General Prosecutor's Office and United Nations building in downtown Yerevan. The blog calls on the Armenian...
