Special Reports
Armenia in 2008
This article touches upon some of the most significant political and social events that impacted Armenia in 2008.
Armenia Votes
After the dawn of a new year, Armenian citizens prepared to cast their ballot for president. Although the elections were not held until Feb. 19, there was already widespread belief in the press and amongst the general public that Prime Minister Serge Sarkisian would undoubtedly win. Others staunchly opposed to the ruling regime pined for the return of Armenian Pan
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Concerning the environmental part, it is obvious, that Armenians need to become more aware of the effects of becoming a more westernised consumer-nation.
The last time i visited the coutrysides around yerevan and other regions where there are main roads to eg. the Sevan lake or Georgia, the roadside and the landscape was filled with plastic bottles and plastic-bags either thrown out of cars or blown away from small towns. You could litterally see a whole hillside covered with garbage. It was terrible, because you could truly see how devastating it was for the scenery and the beauty of the area. Sometimes i would stop by a river with my family to realx, and the river would be floating with plastic bottles and cans and potenially toxic garbage. This problem has increased in severity for the last 7 years at least, and you can truly see it getting worse every year. The government has to start protecting the scarce part of the beautiful caucasian landscape that armenians inhabit, instead of ignoring the need for eg. recycling management or an efficient public awareness campaign of ome sort. Our homeland is not a trashcan, and we’ve earned it through enough blood and tears, to start worrying about how we treat its ecological system.