“Spotlight on Our Media” is a special series for the Armenian Weekly highlighting the work of local journalists covering in-country issues. In the summer of 2016, journalist Tatev Khachatryan made a simple, yet startling observation: […]
It’s 2018, and among the many items on its agenda, the Armenian government is preparing to finalize a new initiative that will be a landmark for the country’s landfills: the construction of the first sanitary […]
For every majestic photograph of Mount Ararat from Yerevan posted to Instagram, there is a far less-appealing view lurking just outside the edges of its neatly cropped frame. Plastic bags, bottles, dirty diapers, used yogurt […]
Many of us would like to believe that the power to change the world lies in the hands of consumers—but does it actually? That’s a question I posed recently to Greg Asbed, a recent recipient […]
My decision to make contact with the other side—the Azeri side—came shortly after clashes erupted on the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) Line of Contact (LoC) in April 2016. I was living and working in Armenia at the […]
A young family of three enjoys a delightful meal on an uncommonly warm fall day in one of Armenia’s many outdoor restaurants. A doting father leans playfully across the table to poke a fork at […]
With the launch of its latest project, “The Spyurk Report,” the nonprofit organization ONEArmenia, 1A for short, makes its debut in the world of television—er, social media video series—er, whatever it is exactly the kids […]
A petition calling for the Armenian government to pass a law criminalizing domestic violence emerged last Friday on the website Change.org. The petition, addressed to Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, is the result of a […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly The future of pet care has looked pretty bright in the West for quite some time now. According to the Washington Post, in 2015 alone Americans spent $11 billion on products and […]
Special for the Armenian Weekly My first encounter with Yerevan’s curious accordion-playing visitor took place as I descended the stairs into the cavernous communal area in front of the Hanrapetutyan Hraparak (Republic Square) metro stop […]
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