The lowest wage earners in Armenia are physicists, mathematicians, educators and critics.On a personal note, I know quite a few people through people through people in Armenia who are sitting at home with college degrees unable to fill jobs, as there are none.
...in recent years there has been an increase in jobs, but the role of employment agencies remains small. Jobs are still acquired mainly through friends and acquaintances.
...he will live with friends and resume the artistic and musical hobbies he missed while in prison. His lawyer and friends have said he plans to live on a small pension and Social Security while doing some writing and make some speeches......and euthanize some more people!
...the agreement allows prospecting on half of Armenia's territory adjacent to Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the states rich in oil and gas. "We suppose the south of Armenia has similar potential."Then again, a lot of oil-rich countries have become lazy vis-a-vis business development. Too much reliance on any one resource will do that to a country.
Between June 21st through the 27th, a bicycle race sponsored by the Armenian Technology Group will be held from Yerevan to Stepanakert and back to Yerevan again, covering a total distance of 1,200-1,300 km. Twenty cyclists will be involved in this annual competition, nine of them from the United States of America.That's more than 750 miles without the comfort of your cushy SUV or German Import! No es impossible!
"As no suitable compromise could be found between the two associations it was decided to cancel the two matches, namely Azerbaijan-Armenia scheduled for Sept. 8 and Armenia-Azerbaijan scheduled for Sept. 12," UEFA said in a statement.Sadly, both teams were awarded zero points.
Armenia wanted the games played on a normal home and away basis but Azerbaijan refused to host the Armenians and proposed a neutral ground for both matches.
50 Turkish children from poor families were circumcised in a butchers in Geyve, north western Turkey on Monday, an event organised and paid for by Geyve Municipality. The children were lain down on a bench in the butcher's and circumcised one by one.If you doubt the butcher claim, have a look at the surroundings: it's a market and the signs and writings in the video prove it.
Turkish demonstration in Washington on April 24, the 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. You can see from the picture the outrageously ahistorical character of their claims: 3 million Turks were killed by Armenians and Greeks? This is the inversion of history. I suppose soon we will advance from Holocaust denial to the claim that Jews killed six million Germans.There is a serious side to this, of course: that of misinformation, revision of history, and so on. Regardless, I ask all of you to look at the other side, the side which shows every single pathetically uneducated Turk making a fool of himself and herself in Washington D.C. under the guise of patriotic duty. One thing's for sure, it's utterly funny and pathetic!
The growth of Armenia’s GDP in January-May of 2007 totaled 10.2%, as compared to the same period of 2006.That's almost $207 dollars a month, which compares favorably with the $186 a month in 2006, converted with today's currency exchange rates. Of course, this is assuming zero inflation and zero numbers fudging, both of which have to be taken into account with all purposely incomplete government statistics.
The average monthly salary in Armenia in January-May of 2007 increased by 18.0%, as compared to the same period of 2006, thus making 71016 drams.
Armenian vipers are rather short, stout venomous snakes with a total length of 60-80 cm, which includes a short tail. Their head is broad and flat, and covered with small scales, except for the large scales above the eyes.Did you also know that in 2002 the Armenian Viper was honored on Armenian stamps?
The process is the same in every case: culling through a collection of books, pulling particular titles, and eventually grouping the books into clusters so that the titles can be read in sequence, from top to bottom.Nina has a lot of other projects on her website, including maps as seen on moss, crossdressing animals, renovated mushrooms, and much more.
Armenia's diamond trade overall however has hit a rough patch in the past two years. Armenia reported a 35 percent decline in rough imports from all nations for the first couple of months in 2007, following an overall diamond export drop of 20 percent in 2006 to $212 million.The article does not mention the reasons for this decline, but I suppose it has to do with cheaper labor in places like India and globalization. Anything can be blamed on globalization!
The Istanbul prosecutor office urges up to 3 years of imprisonment for Arat Dink, the son of Hrant Dink. An action against Agos editor Arat Dink and his fellow Sargis Serobyan was brought for a repeated publication of Hrant Dink’s interview where he recognized the Armenian Genocide.Absurd isn't quite the word I'd use to describe the laws and lack of freedoms in Turkey!
"The most absurd and dangerous is the fact that describing a historical event as 'genocide' is perceived as insulting Turkishness," Arat Dink said.
Armenian Copper Program (ACP), with approval from Armenia’s Ministry of Nature Protection, plans to clear-cut over 1,500 acres of Teghut's forest in order to establish an open pit strip mining operation for copper and molybdenum ore.I don't think any of you want to see a forest cut down and the environment polluted. Even if you don't care about the animals, trees, and so on, you almost certainly care about the people there who would have a higher risk of disease, birth defects, and so on.
In addition, ACP plans to create a "tailing dump" in a nearby pristine gorge, where heavy metals and other toxins from mining waste will leach into the ground and into the river flowing through the gorge, ultimately contaminating the local water supply.
347: Average number of people injured or killed in Armenia for every 1,000 vehicles, making Armenians the world's worst drivers. In the USA, the number is 16.Does this make us - or rather those in Armenia - the world's worst drivers or the world's worst pedestrians? There is hardly any doubt in the minds of tourists who visit there that driving in Armenia is a dangerous affair!
"We are working with the rest of the international community to push Iran to comply with its international obligations [on nuclear non-proliferation]..." We have expressed our concerns to the government of Armenia on all levels."Iran has always been our neighbor and if the U.S. wants greater support for its actions, perhaps it can only be warranted by further aid to Armenia to help offset the natural losses that would occur by turning against our friend. Then again, should a conflict arise in the future, Russia and Iran are Armenia's two true allies and the United States could not be counted upon, in my opinion, to help matters in our favor.
...the diplomat went on to urge the Kocharian administration to be a "more active partner" in US-led international efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
The Armenian government has avoided any criticism of Tehran’s nuclear program, contenting itself with general calls for a peaceful resolution of the dispute.
...the number of refugees across the globe reached 10 million in 2006...and including more than 300,000 in Armenia. The Iraqi crisis is cited as the main reason for the increase.Two important points to realize:
About 400,000 people took refugee in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh because of the Karabakh conflict that broke out in 1988...some 360,000 came to Armenia from Azerbaijan, and the other 40,000 came from other republics of the former USSR...many of the refugees abandoned Armenia because of heavy social conditions.
