A dense forest in upper Lori (Photo Christian Garbis)
Last night while out for a stroll with my dog I met my friend Haik who lives next door. We were talking about the advantage of having a garage to keep a car away from gasoline thieves. who love to ravage my Niva’s fuel supply.
While we [...]
This video depicts a confrontation between environmental activists and Syunik governor Surik Khachatryan in Kajaran (the video is in Armenian).
Basically they are saying what I wrote in my previous post, emphasizing that the extracted copper and the profits associated with its sale on the market will go to Germany, where the parent mining company is [...]
I just wanted to make yet another point that when a collective group of individuals campaigning for the same cause protest hard enough, their demands will eventually be met, sooner or later. In Nareg Hartounian’s case it only took a few days.
At last count 1,251 people signed the online petition demanding his release from jail, and [...]
Last night a friend came over and gave me some disturbing information. He had been talking to someone earlier in the day who said that there are only 1.5 million people left in the Republic of Armenia.
Moreover, people are leaving en masse. He said that there was at least one instance of an entire village [...]
There has been a lot of controversy over the proposed building of a new church where the Cinema Moscow amphitheater is located on the corner of Abovyan and Tumanyan Streets. Here’s what we know.
In early March the Armenian government revealed plans to build a new church on the site where the massive St. Poghos-Petros once [...]
Some pleasant news today about controversional charges being officially dropped against youth activist Mariam Sukhudyan on Thursday.
Sukhudyan is a respected activist for issues related to environment protection and civil awareness. She is a leader of the SOS Teghut environmental protection initiative and has also worked with the socially vulnerable, notably children who are disabled.
After exposing [...]
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