Tigran PASKEVICHYAN

We Armenians love Europe a lot. We like to consider our culture part of European culture. We like to dress and live the European lifestyle. I don’t know if any others besides Armenians call their newly remodeled houses “Euro remodeled” or not, but we also tend to call “landscapes” European. We also like European cars. …

Nowadays, we hear the expression “get the people ready”. This means that the international community understands that the last shelter of the Armenian and Azerbaijani officials is the unprepared condition of their own people. So how should the presidents and ministers get the people ready? How much time do they need if the international community …

Mikhail Gorbachev says that it was justified for Karabagh to be separated from Azerbaijan back then, but he doesn’t say why and to whom he was giving one million dollars instead of separating Karabagh. One of the former presidents of Azerbaijan Ayaz Mutalibov blames his compatriots, better yet his successors for not directly negotiating with …

Nobody was surprised to find out that the Kocharyan-Aliev meeting in France on February 10-11 was in vain. I don’t think anyone will hallucinate and claim that the future meetings will be effective, if of course, there are any meetings. The co-chairmen were simply optimistic of the meeting based on the “right time” principle, that’s …

Three days ago marked the 18th anniversary of the Karabagh movement. All I can say is that that movement really meant a lot to me. I was 23 at the time and was filled with enthusiasm. It was a movement paving the path towards peace. Then came independence, after which some victorious battles, and then …

The Karabagh peace settlement negotiations are becoming more and more uninteresting. They are uninteresting just like watching a soccer game when you already know the score, or when you watch a film knowing the plot beforehand. You don’t have to get surprised, or angry, doubt or think twice because, according to many Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani …

When I read the announcement made by the European Council’s monitoring committee, I was shocked and I actually said “damn it”. I used this phrase not only because I was amazed or mad, but because I was simply shocked, just like the teenager or young adult gets shocked when hearing that from his peers. Now, …

“Get ready for war if you want peace”. These words of wisdom, which axiomatically mean maintaining stability through equalization, don’t seem to prove anything. Not because the weak don’t attack the stronger side, but rather because peace is not the antonym of war. If we turn these words around, the reader will probably understand what …

Presidents usually make a speech to the citizens of the country minutes before the clock strikes twelve on New Years’ Eve. This is called a New Year’s congratulatory speech and the leader of the country summarizes the year’s achievements and makes promises for the year to come. While listening to the speech made by president …

The New Year started off with the accident that took place which had to do with the workers at the “Armenia Electric Networks” company. The person that caused all the commotion was Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, poet Hovik Hoveyan and his son, who if I am not mistaken, plays the cello. …