BlogrelA blog about Armenia: business, politics, the future and good lavash.U.S. Distances Itself From Envoy's Genocide Recognition- February 28, 2005 Well, today's Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Armenian Report probably won't surprise many people. The US Ambassador, John Evans, has had to distance himself from comments made recently referring to the massacre and deportation of Armenians living in the...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000583.html The Vochinch Syndrome- February 28, 2005 I'd like readers to see an article I wrote about the youth and also Armenian society at-large that was published on Hetq.am. The following is an excerpt and a link to the page. "An epidemic has erupted throughout Armenia and...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000582.html An Interview with Hovhannes Kourghinyan- February 27, 2005 Hovhannes Kourghinyan is better known as the lead singer of Vostan Hayots, one of the most popular Armenian rock bands of recent years. Considered to be representative of what has become known as the "third wave of Armenian rock,"...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000581.html Karabakh through the eyes of a Baku reporter- February 25, 2005 The big story in Baku press is a visit to Karabakh by a reporter from Azerbaijan, Eynulla Fatullayev of the Monitor Journal. Fatullayev visited Stepanakert and traveled around Artsakh and adjacent areas for more than a week this February. It...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000580.html Trafficking of Women & Children from Armenia -- 2- February 23, 2005 This week's Hetq Online continues to publish more articles on the trafficking of women and children from Armenia, and in particular, the investigation conducted by Edik Baghdasarian and Ara Manoogian who visited Dubai a number of times over the past...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000579.html Erasing history- February 23, 2005 There is a story on the Azg website about the Ud minority in Azerbaijan. "Christian minority in Azerbaijan gets rid of Armenian eyesore" Afraid of being associated with Armenians, they have erased Armenian inscriptions on their church and tombs. "Armenian-sounding...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000578.html Invisible People- February 22, 2005 A continuing study of homelessness in Yerevan by Hetq Online Today I made a return visit to a derelict school in the Shengavit district of Yerevan at the request of UNICEF who were assisting Shant TV in the production of...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000577.html Free Mojtaba and Arash Day- February 22, 2005 Today has been declared "Free Mojtaba and Arash Day". Arash Sigarchi and Mojtaba Saminejad are two Iranian bloggers. They have both been arrested for what they wrote on their blogs, and Arash Sigarchi is still in Lakan prison in the...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000576.html Armenian-Greek Tourism School- February 22, 2005 Azg reports that "Greece is going to support Armenia to open a unique tourism school". This school will be called "Armenian-Greek Tourism School" and amongst other things will teach Greek. Armenia is certainly in need of a tourism school, but...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000575.html We are now 5- February 22, 2005 Our fifth blogger has joined our ranks. His name is Christian Adanalian, and he has been living and working in Armenia off and on from 2002 to the present. In my essays about life in the homeland, I aim to...http://www.blogrel.com/archives/000574.html |