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If this was only a question and not an article, we could answer it by saying that they get it the easy way (if the job is assigned) or the hard way (when the job is selective). However, let’s try to figure out why we live in such a reality. First of all, I would …

“This is Yerevan, where you are at home, where everyone waits for you and still remembers you…” Ruben Hakhverdyan Last Sunday we celebrated the 2787-th anniversary of our beloved city Yerevan. The history of this celebration started in 1968, when the Soviet Armenian government of the time decided to celebrate the 2750-th anniversary of Yerevan. …

A picture, hanging on wall, is the most independent thing in the world. An unknown optimist artist of 21 century. Yesterday marked the Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia. Armenia has been independent for 14 years already. This day is a holiday for us. Anyhow, it is considered as a holiday in Armeian calendars. …

It is September 1 today, the knowledge day. And this means, that thousandas of armenians, after their summer holidays, will go to school again. A question comes out: why do they go to school: for studying, for making contacts, for showing their new dresses and mobile phones bought in summer to the public, for “teasing” …

If the great Paruryr Sevak wrote a poem entitled “Suggestion for the calculators of the world…” during our time, then maybe he would ask for those calculators to count how much meat Armenians eat on New Years, or better yet, how much of the “Capital” (by the way, what do Armenians mean when they say …

Nowadays, we have left everything behind and are concerned about whether or not Turkey will be admitted into the European Union. Some claim that Turkey must enter the European Union, while others insist that it must not. I can only recall an aphorism that one of my teachers told me: “Armenian National Movement representatives and …

Generally, we are not envious like the Georgians, but it turns out that we don’t envy others, but rather, ourselves. And you know what’s interesting? If that envy enlightens others and makes them strive to be better, in our case it is the opposite. We envy without any strive. Some may say that that is …

I am Armenian and I am surprised to know that the game “The Weakest Link” is not played in Armenia. This is a game where democracy is played Armenian style-Everyone moans and groans. I don’t know whether historians Movses Khorenatsi or Yeghish have the word “munat” (groan) in their works, but the fact remains that …

Even the most highly acclaimed know-it-all of the “What? Where? Why?” television game show can not answer this question. I am not trying to give an answer either. I am just trying to grasp the concept of one thing: how could the highest number of people who were university graduates 10-15 years ago now be …

One time someone from the KVN said a joke: “Did you know that the Tatar language does not have the word “back”?” -So, how do you go back? -We do not go back, we only move forward. Then we turn back and then go forward again. We Armenians leave the impression that we do not …