Society

Better late than never

17.10.2006

On October 13, “Noravank” scientific and educational foundation organized a seminar entitled “Information war in the Internet and Armenia”. The main reporter of the seminar was expert Samvel Martirosyan, who said that it was very important for Armenia to get more information and increase the level of security of the energy sector taking into consideration …

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Apple or idea?

17.10.2006

It is a fact that for making unbiased and deep analysis of the internal and external political developments analyzers should know the “color of underwear that politicians prefer”, in other words, the minor details. Professional analyzers can use that information too to make conclusions aimed at this or that person. However, if you discuss the …

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They attacked the journalists

17.10.2006

On October 13, Republican MP Nahapet Gevorgyan made threats to reporter for the “Aravot” paper Anna Israelyan at the parliament. The MP didn’t even know who the reporter was. After asking here and there, he approached the reporter and trid to “clear things up” with the journalist due to the fact that there had been …

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Oh, the water of my Armenia

17.10.2006

The World Bank provided the Armenian government with a 16 million dollar credit loan for four years. With this amount, the “Saur” company was supposed to implement 18 projects. According to French director of the company Patrick Loren, two of the projects are underway, preparatory work is almost done for five projects, while 10 drafts …

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T It’s easy to destroy, but hard to reconstruct

17.10.2006

It’ s hard to say whether the Armenian authorities would reconstruct the Argavand highway leading to Yerevan from the “Zvartnots” airport, the Isakov avenue and the boulevards in-between Teryan street and Azatutyan avenue if French President Jacques Chirac didn’t make the official visit to Armenia this year. It’s possible. Perhaps these streets would be reconstructed …

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Open Letter to Jacques Chirac and Robert Kocharyan

13.10.2006

Our readers probably know about the “Credit Yerevan” and the big controversy regarding its bankruptcy. It’s worth mentioning that the owner of that bank used to be deputy Martin Hovhannisyan , who isn’t in Armenia for a long time now because he is taking refuge. Before declaring bankruptcy, “Credit Yerevan” was pretty famous among Armenian …

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Reasons of murder not discovered yet

12.10.2006

The RA prosecutor’s office has not informed about any new details concerning the cruel murder in Zar village of Kotayk region as of October 1. For your information, the police found the body of Arthur Khalatyan, born in Yerevan in 1969, with the head cut and put in a bag in a car that belongs …

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Fireworks display to show cleverness or a repetition of thunder?

12.10.2006

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 …

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The Diaspora as a “milking cow”

07.10.2006

Nagorno Karabakh National Assembly MP and deputy head of the “Movement ‘88” party Gegham Baghdasaryan complains about the current level of cooperation between Armenia, Karabakh and the Diaspora. According to him, the reason is that there is no model to follow or strategy to this day. “Instead, we have many stereotypes and bad customs. To …

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The border between the past and the future

03.10.2006

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 …

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