Latest posts by Onnik Krikorian from April, 2008
Armenia: The Cruelest Month
Blogian says that April has always been considered the cruelest month and, with the inauguration of president-elect Serge Sargsyan scheduled to be held on Wednesday, offers some suggestions to defuse...
Armenia: Alternative Women's Day
Unzipped reports that today's celebration of Women's Day will take on a political tone in Armenia. The blog says that the opposition will once again gather on Yerevan's Northern Avenue...
Armenia: Hunger Strike
The Armenaker Kamilion posts a list of demands by several opposition activists detained during the recent state of emergency in Armenia. They include declaring the disputed 19 February presidential election...
Azerbaijan: Cuisine
Carolyn & Jesse's Azerbaijan Peace Corps Blog introduces its readers to Azerbaijani cuisine. Although the blog says that the nutritional value of many of the meals on offer is questionable...
Azerbaijan: Taza Mosque
An American in Azerbaijan pays a village to the Taza Mosque in Baku. Built in the early 1900s, the mosque is currently undergoing restoration in an area of the Azerbaijani...
Armenia: Spring Didn't Come – Part 2
The Armenaker Kamilion posts the second installment of pages from a diary chronicling the recent opposition protests in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, written by French-Armenian Karabakh war veteran Sargis Hatspanian.
Armenia: Diary of an Opposition Activist
After a reader sent Unzipped the scanned pages of a diary written during the recent opposition protests in Yerevan by French-Armenian Karabakh war veteran Sargis Hatspanian, the Armenaker Kamilion posts...
Armenia: Water Ownership
The Water Law Blog examines the situation of Armenia's domestic water supply and sewer services following the collapse of the former Soviet Union. In particular, the blog looks at privatization...
Armenia: Union With Russia
Unzipped reports that the Vice Speaker of the Russian Duma has suggested that “Russia and Armenia should form a union state.” The blog says it is shocked by such calls...
Caucasus: Geopolitical Railroads
Window on Eurasia says that while oil and gas pipelines through the region attract more attention, railroads might have more geopolitical significance. In particular, the blog examines what plans for...
Turkey: Assimilation
Blogian posts some fascinating photographs of Armenian women who were kidnapped from their families during the 1915 Genocide and assimilated into Turkish and Kurdish families. Eventually married off, the women...
Armenia: Young, Gay & Depressed
The Armenian Gay & Lesbian Association of New York (AGLA) responds to an email from a LGBT person in Armenia requesting information on immigration and asylum procedures in the U.S....
Armenia: A1 Plus Anniversary
Unzipped remembers the sixth anniversary of the demise of A1 Plus, an opposition TV station stripped of its license in 2002. The blog says that when A1 Plus returns to...
Armenia: Environmental Exhibition
Life Around Me reports that an environmental exhibition that will run until 20 April has opened in the Armenian capital. Become the Voice of Voiceless aims to raise awareness of...
Azerbaijan: Weak Regime Index
Social Science in the Caucasus comments on the latest Brookings Index of State Weakness which ranks 141 countries according to their weakness as states. The blog examines why Azerbaijan is...