Society

During the years of the Soviet Union as well as now, it is hard for children to go and relax at the best camp for kids-“Artek”. In order to spend the vacation at the “Artek” international children’s center, children must have special skills in music, theatre, dance and sports so that they can participate in …

During the final years of the Soviet Union and the fiery movement in Karabagh, there was practically no place to get away from it all. Everyone was talking about politics, starting from the people that knew everything and ending with those who had no idea. The people who had no idea were the ones who …

On Sunday morning, the staff of “168 hours” weekly visited National Assembly deputy Levon Khachaturyan’s home in Aparan’s Yernjatap village and found him like this.  Levon was sitting on the statue of a donkey, drinking coffee before going to the National Assembly. He has been doing this for the past month and a half.  As …

The water supply in Yerevan today is far from being normal. The system created in the years of the Soviet Union has been completely destroyed. Yerevan is facing the problem of having high-quality water supply. In 1998, the government of the Republic of Armenia asked the World Bank to make some investments for water supply …

One day, one of my Jewish friends who lives in America made an interesting comment: “Nobody comes back from America, just like from the underworld.” This is not a rude immigrant joke, but rather, a reality. We can compare this country to a water-mill that grinds everything until you get a homogeneous and faceless group …

The first edition of “168 hours” weekly featured an article about Alik Kharatyan who, at the age of ten, lost his eyesight and left hand during a missile explosion. Alik, who is a 2nd year student at the state university in Ijevan, had decided to drop out of the university due to various difficulties. As …

Knyaz Mheryan and Marlen Azatyan are duduk players who play at the Tokmakh cemetery. The two met each other in the 1950s while serving in the army. They have been friends since then. For over twenty years, Knyaz has worked as an equilibrist. In 1964, he has performed at the Kreml(Russia) convention. Nikita Khrushchov was …