In this interview that I did for Hetq Online, National Assembly and ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Vahan Hovhannisyan discusses the lack of democracy in Armenia, the methods to prevent electoral fraud, cooperation with other parties in the National Assembly, implementing a socialist agenda and strengthening civil society.
To watch the interview go to the Hetq Online [...]
My wife, baby and I just returned from Mashdots park where we learned that the controversial kiosks that were partially erected and were the source of contention for about two months now will apparently be dismantled. Earlier in the day President Serge Sarkisian went to the park with Yerevan Mayor Daron Markarian. After surveying the [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to interview the leader of the Heritage party of Armenia and former Foreign Minister, Raffi K. Hovannisian.
In our conversation he talked about the Heritage party’s connection with Armenian citizens, its role in combatting electoral fraud, the emergence of a new, dynamic National Assembly and the makings of [...]
Two days ago I had the opportunity to interview a parliamentary candidate representing the Armenian National Congress, Levon Zourabyan. He was Levon Ter-Petrossian’s right-hand man during his presidency and evidently still is.
In this interview for Hetq, Zourabyan talks about the need to break up the Armenian monopolies, impeachment, the expected rise of the [...]
These are some photos from this afternoon’s protest at Mashdots Park in Yerevan. The area was chaotic — on the far end of the park there was a backhoe digging up the sidewalk, making a tremendous amount of noise and polluting the air with exhaust fumes and dust. Today a group of about [...]
The protests at Mashdots Park concluded yesterday after eighty (that’s 80) police officers confronted a small group of demonstrators making them understand that their time’s up. Supposedly three companies/entities/interest groups or whatever you want to call them pledged that they promise to take care of the park during their three-year lease — the government/city hall insists [...]
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