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Marshutka Revolution: How Yerevan Residents Reversed a Bus Fare Hike 25 Jul 2013 | 11:47 pm
Photo via Twitter/MJMWordsPics When a bus fare hike came into effect in Armenia’s capital Yerevan five days ago, raising the price by 50 percent from 100 to 150 AMD, concerned citizens didn’t take th...
Reinventing the Tar: Miqayel Voskanyan’s Folk Music Quest 17 Jul 2013 | 11:36 pm
He’s having an off night. One of the 11 metal strings on Miqayel Voskanyan’s tar has snapped just before the start of his second set at Yerevan’s Wild West club and he is struggling with pulling the ...
Figs & Dogs: A Tribute to Sosé 1 Jun 2013 | 04:36 am
By Melanie Vartabedian The fig tree in our backyard is a temperamental beast. Last year it decided to give hardly any fruit. The summer of 2011, the branches were practically dripping with fruit. We u...
Q & A: Sevan Nisanyan, Turkish-Armenian Blogger Sentenced for Blasphemy 25 May 2013 | 11:45 pm
A criminal court in Istanbul has sentenced Turkish-Armenian journalist and commentator Sevan Nisanyan to 13 and a half months in prison for a post Nisanyan wrote last September in response to the rele...
Orange County’s Anatolian Festival: A Meeting of Worlds 25 May 2013 | 12:13 am
For the past five years, Orange County, Calif. has hosted the Anatolian Cultures & Foods Festival, a four-day event full of music, dances, food and family fun. The weekend of May 16th through the 19th...
A Store, and Life Full of Treasure: Boston’s Pat Bartevian 21 May 2013 | 08:19 am
The wave of stale heat hit me hard. It was reminiscent of my attic or my grandparent’s house, something quite fitting given the fact that many of the items in the store looked like they came from thos...
In Memoriam: Allen Yekikian and Sosé Thomassian 11 May 2013 | 09:26 pm
By Aris Hovasapian I turned 30 earlier this year. Many people mark that milestone as the last of their youth, and first of their old age, but to me, it didn’t matter much. I felt the same on my last d...
Armenia: Voter Complaints Dismissed by Yerevan’s Electoral Commissions 10 May 2013 | 11:12 pm
By Tamara S. Voskanian Following Yerevan’s May 5th municipal election, in which a variety of voting day violations were observed by election monitors, attorneys have filed approximately 160 complaints...
Armenia: Elections Fraught with Allegations of Corruption 6 May 2013 | 12:08 pm
By Greg Bilazarian With polls now closed in Yerevan, today’s mayoral election has been marred by extensive reports from local and Diasporan observers of intense cheating, interference and corruption. ...
Shift It: Arlen’s Transmission Commercial Takes Internet By Storm 2 May 2013 | 04:38 am
The most amazing commercial in the world dropped on the internet just 2 days ago and so far, it has garnered over 250,000 views on YouTube, featured on the Huffington Post and Mashable and more or les...
