Posts Tagged ‘Social’
The genocide problem – states, parliaments and people
There is a heated debate in Turkey following the decisions of the Swedish Parliament and the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee on the Armenian issue. If we put aside Turkey’s well-known official thesis on this subject, we must admit that there must also be a theoretical [...]
Lionel Shriver How I failed my best friend
I met Terri in the early 1980s at an arts camp in Connecticut. We were both in the metalsmithing workshop, and this sharply featured, appealingly surly Armenian taught me some new tricks. Her speciality was rivets and other "cold connections", an apt expression in her case. She was a wilful, [...]
CoE anti-torture Committee publishes report on Armenia
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its ad hoc visit to Armenia in March 2008, together with the response of the Armenian Government. Both documents have been made public at the [...]
Exchange rate for AMD per USD dollar reaches 405
Average market exchange rate of Armenian Dram to US Dollar on Armenia’s foreign exchange market reached AMD 405 for USD 1 as of March 19, 2010 press office of the Central Bank of Armenia reported
Turkey hasn’t changed
Diplomat, expert of Eastern Studies Ara Papyan assures that Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's claims against 100,000 illegal Armenians in Turkey are groundless. According to Erdogan, there are currently 170,000 Armenians living in Turkey and he has threatened to exile 100,000 illegal Armenians from [...]
Deputy’s car ran over a citizen
On March 17 at 8:40 p.m. Khachik A. (born in 1996) ran over Artyom Haykyan (born in 1966) in front of building #16 located on Mkhitar Heratsi Street of Yerevan in his "Chevrolet" car. Haykyan died on the spot. The "Chevrolet" belongs to "Arpa Sevan" Company, which belongs to Deputy of the ruling [...]