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 Opposition Rally, Liberty Square, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian 2007Recent events in Tunisia and Egypt have captured the attention of the world's media and also encouraged and inspired other movements elsewhere, albeit in much bloodier ways as this week......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

  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

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

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

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

  Nothing is ever simple in the South Caucasus, and no sooner had world leaders hailed a ground-breaking announcement from Armenia and Turkey that might set the scene for the normalization of relations between the two estranged neighbors, than nationalists......more