Tigran PASKEVICHYAN

After the “Investigative Journalists’” office prohibited smoking, I finally understood why the word “ensemble” has turned into “grouping” in Armenian (hamuyt). It seems that the smoking prohibition and the Armenian translation of “ensemble” have nothing to do with one another: Really, what’s the point? But when you’re forced to go up to the roof of …

I wouldn’t write this letter if I hadn’t read the warning that you sent to journalists (or perhaps the entire Armenian society). “If you help make sure the 2007 parliamentary elections go well, are transparent, liberal and fair, then I will make a decision”. If I understood correctly, by saying “I will make a decision” …

Past 65 year-old Hamo Babayan is an epidemiologist. He also serves a deputy director of the Hadrut Hospital on a voluntary basis. He was appointed chief physician in 1984, the year the hospital was built, and he occupied that position until 1994. During the war he managed the military medical service as well. “I’m from …

“My dad brought me a dog sheep,” a boy from our yard said once. “ It’s not a dog sheep; it’s a sheep dog,” we used to say, but the boy kept on saying “dog sheep”. At first, we thought that he felt jealous that we were saying it the right way, but then we …

A journalist from a newspaper edition, which I don’t remember now wrote an article about the “Golden Apricot” third annual international film festival and called it “unprecedented”, perhaps not realizing the fact that the other two festivals had preceded the third. But this is not a matter of misunderstanding, but rather the artificial use of …

Fireworks suddenly began on October 3 at around 9 p.m. It was really beautiful. IT was so beautiful that you almost didn’t have to think about the occasion or reason. The fireworks show was so clear from my office window that I almost thought it was for me. All of a sudden, I heard an …

Elya Hovhannisyan’s house is right on the border of Armenia-Azerbaijan, or Tavush-Tovuz, or simply Aygepar-Alibeyli. Despite the terrible effects of the mine bombings, it seems as though the house serves as a symbol of the good years left behind and the uncertain future. The construction shows that the people who used to live there were …

The ripe mulberries are falling down. We said good-bye to spring again. The sunflower seed seller said, “Nine months till the Lord comes.” Armen Shekoyan There is a video tape featuring the speech of soldier of the independence struggle Movses Gorgisyan. It’s May 28, 1988. Movses is talking about Armenia’s independence of 1918, which must …

Nobody has doubted the fact that the judicial system in Armenia with its three court instances is known for the Chief Prosecutor of Armenia Aghvan Hovsepyan for a long time. The accusers are not defending their accusations in court, rather they’re defending the court from the accused. The “audience” loses the opportunity to be amazed …

Do you want to accompany, or lead, or go your own way…You must know what you want and that you want it.” Friedrich Niche The Armenian opposition hasn’t been out in the open ever since the end of the constitutional amendments referendum. Oppositionist figures are afraid to show themselves to the public eye after not …