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22 December 2011

Armenia: Activists Demand Controversial Governor's Dismissal

Written by Liana Aghajanian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Surik Khachatryan, the governor of Armenia's southern Syunik province, has been making headlines in the last month for all the wrong reasons. No stranger to controversy, activists are now demanding his dismissal.

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9 January 2011

Christmas in Armenia and Georgia… and on Twitter

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

While Christmas was observed in the West on 25 December, other countries instead celebrated it earlier this week. In Armenia, however, it even became a trending topic on Twitter .

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13 September 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Backseat musical musings… and ethnic conflict

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With the broadcast media heavily controlled in both Armenia and Azerbaijan there are few avenues left for independent journalists. Bloggers in both countries, however, react to a video posted online.

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30 August 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: More dialogue through film

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

With national television in Armenia and Azerbaijan controlled by the authorities or government-linked individuals, there is little opportunity for independent reporting. Now more objective and human interest stories can be found on the Internet.

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28 June 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: More Conflict Voices

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

As mentioned in previous posts on Global Voices, new and social media is increasingly playing a role in facilitating communication between Armenians and Azerbaijanis online. Locked into a bitter conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, there are few other possibilities for connecting other than meeting in third countries.

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12 June 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Conflict Voices

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

In the 16 years since a ceasefire agreement put the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh on hold, successive attempts to broker a final peace have faltered. Could blogs and other online tools now offer alternative voices the opportunity to have their opinions on the conflict heard?

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Updates about Armenian

1 July 2011

19 January 2011

Armenia

The Önər Blog [AZ] remembers Hrant Dink, the slain Turkish-Armenian journalist, editor and human rights activist who was murdered in Istanbul four years ago today. The post is also available in Armenian. 1+1=3 [AZ], another Azerbaijani blog, also posts an entry in memory of a figure who stood for reconciliation and friendship between nations.

• Onnik Krikorian

13 September 2010

Armenia

Having already visited Georgia, Expedition 206 arrived in Armenia. The initiative, sponsored by Coca-Cola, will see three bloggers visit 206 countries in 365 days. iReport [AM] posts photographs as well as an account of the travelers meeting with 20 local bloggers and says that they will travel to Azerbaijan tomorrow. Kiki's Blog [RU] also posts a brief entry about Expedition 206's 257th day on the road.

• Onnik Krikorian

28 August 2010

Ukraine

Ukraine's national anthem performed in 14 languages (Ukrainian, Greek, Tatar, Gagauz, Polish, Romanian, Georgian, Yiddish, Romani, Russian, Hungarian, Belarusian, Armenian, Azerbaijani) - at Ukrainiana.

• Veronica Khokhlova

24 July 2010

1 July 2010

9 June 2010

Updates

The Armenian Observer posts a video by a British-Armenian band, VO.X., saying that the song, I Love Armenia, contains some powerful messages. However, while Unzipped:Gay Armenia agrees to some extent, it also notes that the messages are not always positive. This is especially true for what the blog says is blatant homophobia which undermines the value of messages about poverty and other important issues facing the former Soviet republic. The blog notes that this is particularly ironic as the song uses a poem by a significant Armenian cultural icon, Yeghishe Charents, also but lesser known for his homo-erotic poetry. It has also has since placed VO.X in its Homphobia Wall of Shame.

• Onnik Krikorian

Comments on "Armenian"

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