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‘Tis The Season

Armenians are gearing up for their New Year’s parties. Shopping is still in full swing and will continue to be until the end of the day.

The Gomidas market is full of provisions of all kinds, including chickens wrapped in cellophane and live carp, sturgeon and trout being sold directly on the sidewalks as people struggle [...]

A Sad Way to End the Year

Housing evictions–most of which were totally unjust–are evidently continuing in downtown Yerevan. Quite honestly, I thought everyone living in housing built at the turn of the 20th century and even before was gone by now, but that’s clearly not the case. People have managed to hold on, despite the fact that ample compensation for their [...]

Scenes From a Market

The Gomidas market is by far my favorite shopping place to buy fruits and vegetables. It has to be one of the most colorful markets that I have ever visited in Yerevan or anywhere in Armenia. The extraordinary colors and heavenly scents surround you, and it’s easy to get lost in the [...]

Climate Study Predicts Water Shortage in Armenia

My friend Jason at Cicer et cetera published an entry a few days ago about a UNDP study that was conducted to evaluate where Armenia was heading on its current course of not adapting to the realities of climate change/global warming.

Jason pointed out some very interesting information that is contained in the report.

The study points out that [...]

Why Don’t Armenians Like Trees?

I’ve been disturbed for several years about the needless tree cutting that has been going on throughout Yerevan. Much of the time it’s being done by business owners.

Tree cutting in and around Yerevan in the forms of pollarding and pruning have been going on for the last two decades. The Marash forest that blanketed the slope [...]

Russia Stops Gas Supplies to Armenia

This just in from BBC News:

Russia has temporarily halted gas supplies to Armenia after an explosive device was found near a pipeline, Russian news reports say.

A security official said exports via North Ossetia and Ingushetia were stopped and would not resume until the device was defused, Interfax reported.

Supplies to Georgia were not affected, a spokeswoman [...]

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