This morning I cut into a lump of braided string cheese, which I bought in a neighborhood store that mostly sells produce and foodstuffs made in villages of Armenia. Just after pulling apart a segment of the cheese I found a long strand of hair that was intertwined with one of the braids. There was also some [...]
Photo of Sotk gold mine courtesy RFE/RL
Yesterday an article was published by RFE/RL confirming that a controversial plan to exploit gold mines near Lake Sevan’s shores was going ahead as planned. And supposedly the government is uninformed about it.
Villagers in the area are rightly up in arms about it since Lake Sevan has already [...]
Lately I’ve been ruminating about this malaise that is rampant in Armenia, the notion that the “country’s not a country.” This mentality has really been bothering me lately and I just don’t know how to ignore it. The more I hear it or imagine people thinking it, the more frustrated I am.
I can’t remember the [...]
Yesterday I bought mandatory auto insurance for my car, having found out only a month ago that I needed to invest in a policy.
Beginning January 1 all registered motor [...]
Yesterday I read an article that explained the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is forecasting a whopping 10 percent growth in Armenia’s GDP for 2010. That’s right, 10 percent. And that’s up from a previous estimate of 2 percent.
Why? According to the EBRD press release, the high amount of cash expected to flow into [...]
I just read an interesting report on RFE/RL about what is being pawned off as the end of an “economic crisis” in Armenia. I guess that depends on who you ask and where in Armenia you live.
Below are excerpts from the article:
Armenia’s worst recession since the early 1990s has come to an end, a senior [...]
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