Onnik Krikorian in Armenia: May 2009 Archives

An opposition supporter friend and blogger calls it a travesty of democracy, but many of us are instead resigned to elections being business as usual in Armenia. Indeed, Josef Stalin summed up the situation perfectly. "Those who vote decide nothing;......more

Finally a real opportunity to put the Nokia N82 to the test. Deciding to quickly pass by Yerevan's manuscript museum to see if the 13th Century replica ship blocking the entrance to the main venue for the opposition to......more

If British folk-rock legends Jethro Tull materializing in the country last week -- with the Armenian prime minister going hell for leather in his return from Kazakhstan so he could catch his favourite band perform live in Yerevan --......more

Living in Armenia can be nothing if not bizarre, and just when you thought you've seen it all, something happens to remind you that in a former Soviet republic it's always best to expect the unexpected. Who would have......more

Sometimes I really hate my job. Having first been inspired some 27 years ago by the potential for photojournalism to effect change, the situation in regions such as the South Caucasus can instead be depressing. While there have been some successes......more

Foreign Policy magazine called the Eurovision Song Contest the "giddiest, stupidest, campiest, silliest international competition of them all," but don't tell that to anyone in the South Caucasus. Here, many take it very seriously indeed. With the opportunity on hand to perpetuate decades of......more

Defying earlier warnings, a group of youth activists last Sunday staged an action to protest the government's failure to declare a national day of mourning after 13 people were killed in a shooting spree at a Baku university on 30......more

In its annual worldwide survey on the media, Freedom House has once again categorized Armenia as "not free," a situation which has been the case since 2002 when the pro-opposition A1 Plus TV station was taken off the air. A......more

No sooner does the ruling Republican Party of Armenia inform journalists that there is no mutual hatred or enmity between political forces contesting the crucial municipal election to determine Yerevan's mayor on 31 May comes news of some minor......more

   Local elections in Yerevan -- you gotta love 'em. After years of being ignored, residents of the capital finally get a look-in during every campaign period with the distribution of vote-bribes or the sudden asphalting of back yards,......more

 Have no doubt about it. Frontline Club blogger Guy Degen has plenty to answer for. Not only has he been pretty much showing off in recent posts on this blog about streaming live video in Africa from a Nokia N82......more