Marzes

The Mayor of Echmiadzin has sold the premises of the city’s Folk History Museum after giving assurance that the city property would not be among properties being let in a series of business deals swung by the mayor. As previously reported in ArmeniaNow Mayor Hrachik Abgaryan has been criticized by some residents of Echmiadzin for …

People from all the regions of Armenia come to Bagratashen (Sadakhlo) to find a job, but there are more people coming from Noyemberyan and Alaverdi, especially from Ayrum. First of all, there is a higher level of unemployment in those areas and secondly, Alaverdi is near Bagratashen (a half hour drive). Both men and women …

Lida is 40 years old and she was born in Baku. She lives with her 4 minor children and mother in Bagratashen in a one room house built by the Norwegians. “I remember how I was born, but I don’t remember the others,” she says. Armen is 12 years old and is the oldest child. …

In all of her 54 years, Russian language teacher Silva Martirosyan has never known rural living. She lives in the town of Tchambarak and for most of her life “farming” was a matter of going to the market. But a lot of lives continue to change as Armenia moves from what it was to whatever …

Gevorg Malkhasyan was elected mayor of Sevan in 2002. His uncle’s son and former vice-mayor Robert Malkhasyan was running against him. However, Gevorg Malkhasyan won the election with 2500 votes. During this time period, according to residents of Sevan, the city has changed for the better. First of all, the bathrooms have been remodeled, the …