Onnik Krikorian in Armenia: December 2008 Archives

  Last year ended with a state of emergency declared in the Republic of Georgia, but few could imagine that the events of 2008 would eclipse those of 2007. Three presidential elections, a war, and yet another state of emergency defined......more

 With the winter setting in and temperatures already dropping below freezing, the number of homeless on the streets of Yerevan is once again becoming noticeable. However, the government has yet to tackle the problem in earnest. Indeed, until we published the......more

 With the verdict still out on whether Armenia and Azerbaijan are any closer to negotiating a peace deal to end the long-running dispute over the mainly Armenian populated self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, most analysts and observers think that the......more

 The Guardian reports that seven detained opposition activists, among them a former foreign minister and three MPs, will go on trial this week charged with the "usurpation of state power" following February's disputed presidential election in the country. Following clashes......more

  One subject that's been a personal project over the past ten years of living and working in Armenia has been documenting the situation of socially vulnerable families, children deprived of parental care, and those with disabilities. In particular there is......more

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 1988 earthquake which devastated much of northern Armenia leaving 25,000 dead and many more homeless. Despite huge amounts of foreign aid flooding into the country after the tragedy, poverty in the second......more

With some media outlets reporting that momentum to striking a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues, the reality on the ground in both republics is that the two populations are not ready for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict......more

After a hectic two days accompanying a film crew from Al Jazeera English to interviews and locations I had planned for them before their arrival, time for a break now they're in Nagorno Karabakh. If the official representation of the......more