Armenian Economic Newspaper Launched

If you don't get the little joke with the picture above, then you should probably stay away from a career in literature or business. Oh, and humor.

"Capital" economic weekly newspaper in Armenian language has been launched in Armenia. It will only cover the business and economic news of both local and international importance, Chairman of Editorial Board of the magazine Araik Manukian reported.

Manukian pointed out that the newspaper adheres to the principle of not having staff reporters. The newspaper intends to cooperate with professionals on contract bases, Manukian said.

Not only is it Armenia's first economics-only newspaper, it is also very much like a printed blog!

Source: Arka

Journalist's Car Burned

It's hard to keep track of the cars that get burned. Should I start a tally on the blog?

On February 8, at about 8:00 p.m., unknown people burnt the car "Nissan-Jeep" belonging to Ara Saghatelyan, owner of Panorama.am and "My Right" newspaper.

...he was the first to see the burning car and saw nobody on the site. He has received no threats over the passing days.

Mr. Saghatelyan suspects no one and he will give names only after the investigation.

Armenia has to graduate from this phase of illegal democracy before it can truly prosper.

Source: A1+

Hrant Dink's Agos Newspaper Receives Death Threats

Even though many took to the streets in support of condemning Hrant Dink's murder, there are some who want more.

Employees of the bilingual “Agos” weekly said they received a letter late Wednesday that described Dink as an “enemy dog” and warned that anyone calling World War One-era massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey a genocide will meet his fate.

“If you fail to exercise caution, many of your other dogs will also die,” read the letter signed by the obscure Turkish Revenge Brigade (TIT). “We have enough explosives to send the ‘Agos’ building skywards.”

“If you claim to have endured a genocide in 1915, then you don’t know what a genocide is. A real genocide will begin now,” it said.

The newspaper will not be swayed, even if a small group of ultranationalist pigs believe otherwise. I'm convinced that Turkey is on the verge of enormous change, but I fear that more killings of the sort will take place in the meantime.

Source: ArmeniaLiberty