Onnik Krikorian in Armenia: June 2009 Archives

The last time I visited Nagorno Karabakh was in 2006. Well, the intention had not been to visit Karabakh itself, but rather the strategic town of Lachin situated within what the international community considers sovereign Azerbaijani territory under Armenian......more

     It was for times such as this that I decided to follow the example of fellow Frontline Club blogger Guy Degen by getting myself a Nokia N82. After sitting at the Yerevan Opera uploading images taken with a Nikon DSLR,......more

  As mentioned in two previous posts, I've been spending the past week and a half fixing for the BBC and photographing for The National. With all that work now having finished last Friday, the first article by journalist Daniel......more

  Following Friday's disputed presidential election in Iran and clashes on the streets in Armenia's southern neighbour which have left several people dead, Iranian students studying in Yerevan again protested outside their Embassy. Alerted to the small protest which eventually......more

     After several days fixing for the BBC for a report on Armenia-Turkey relations and the conflict with Azerbaijan over the breakaway territory of Nagorny Karabakh, a photo commission from The National newspaper saw me return to the same......more

     Relations between estranged neighbours Armenia and Turkey is big news at present, and not least since the August war between Russia and Georgia last year and Obama taking the presidency in the United States. That's also good......more

Roads into Yerevan were reportedly blocked yesterday ahead of the first opposition rally staged after Sunday's muncipal election, the first to indirectly determine the mayor of the capital in 15 years. Even so, that shouldn't have made much of a difference in terms......more