Posts tagged Armenia
The controversial reign of Armenia’s oligarchs might be challenged following the death of an army doctor at the hands of security guards at a restaurant owned by businessman, politician, and Armenian Football Federation President, Ruben Hayrapetyan.
An Armenian folk song (Aravodun Temin: At the Break of Dawn, compiled by Arusyak Sahakian), arranged by Ayşe Tütüncü and performed by 42 musicians.
April 24, 2012, marks the 97th anniversary of the massacre and deportation of around 1.5 million Armenians living in the then Ottoman Empire. Widely considered by many historians as well as the parliaments of several countries to be an act of genocide, the issue remains an emotive one.
Armenian and Greek priests have once again clashed, but this time at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, much to the astonishment and amusement of social media users worldwide.
Apparently stemming from a dispute over which priests would clean which part of the church, such brawls are nothing new.
At the beginning I could not figure it out, but later it sank in that it was an earthquake. What particularly made an impression were the mothers who wrapped their kids in duvets and ran out. Suddenly 1988 flashed in front of my eyes and when we were kids and our parents wrapped us in duvets and ran out in much the same way.
“The Yerevan Shoe Project” A fabulous photo series on shoe fashion in Yerevan, Armenia by Liana Aghajanian © on Flickr.
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After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
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A fire broke out this morning at the construction site of the upcoming Sidra Medical and Research Center.
Here’s the latest:
UPDATE | 2:51pm
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