Armenian voters look for their names on publicly displayed voter lists at a precinct in Ararat on election day, May 6, 2012 / image via flickr.com/oscepa

News and Views (May 8, 2012)

by Hrag Vartanian | May 8th, 2012 | 0 comments

This week, Armenia’s “mixed marks” election, an accident last Friday injures 144 in Yerevan, a bar bombed in Yerevan, Aznavour interviewed in LA and more…

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A graphic from one of the many May 6 election-related groups on Facebook that are sharing information about the Armenian Presidential elections. (via facebook.com/pages/Free-Elections-in-Armenia-2012)

Armenian Parliament E-lections

by Simon Maghakyan | May 6th, 2012 | 0 comments

Ahead of the upcoming May 6, 2012, parliamentary election for all 131 seats of ex-Soviet Armenia’s National Assembly, an opposition rally in capital Yerevan featured not only the country’s tricolor but also a purple flag with eight white letters. “I brought the Facebook flag to the rally to show the government that now there is a unique, reliable alternative [for information] to be used by everyone,” explained the 24-year-old activist to EurasiaNet.

Aris Sevag (right) with two of the dozen plus literary, historical and other works he has published, translated and edited. The books pictured are "Armenian Golgotha" by Peter Balakian and "The Life and Work of Dirkan Tchouhadjian" by Nikoghos K. Tahmizian, both were translated and edited by Aris Sevag.

Ararat Editor Aris Sevag Passes Away

by Hrag Vartanian | May 3rd, 2012 | 24 comments

On Saturday, April 28 at 8am EST, Ararat editor Aris Sevag passed away at his home in Jackson Heights, Queens after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 65 years old.

A homepage screenshot of www.armdiasporamuseum.com taken on April 2, 2012.

Is Ministry of Diaspora’s New Site a “Virtual Embarrassment”?

by Simon Maghakyan | April 2nd, 2012 | 3 comments

The “virtual museum” of Armenia’s Ministry of Diaspora is more reflective of government corruption than the project’s purpose.

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