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Hopes High as Armenia Faces Off With Ireland in Euro Qualifier

Fresh off a win against Macedonia last Friday which delighted fans around the globe, Armenia is preparing for a destiny-deciding game tomorrow, taking on the Republic of Ireland and hoping for the chance to book their place in the European Championship playoff. As supporters get ready to don their colors from both sides, Armenian coach [...]

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Wide Angle: An Armenian Summer

Before the chilly winds and snow sets in, here’s a short look back at summer in Armenia via mobile photographer and PicPlz editing software, where the vodka flowed from North to South and thunderstorms in the evenings were a welcome relief from the unforgiving sun. Photos © ianyanmag.com

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Marshutka Fever: Public Transport, Caucasus Style

Deep within the Post-Soviet space, a public transportation system of mythical proportions (and one that virtually breaks any and all safety code violations known to the West) exists on pot-hole riddled, yet beautiful picturesque roads. It glides up and down streets, blasting the most awesomely bad play list of Armenian, Russian and Eastern European songs, [...]

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Emigration Threatens Armenia: Libaridian’s Appeal

The following unabridged essay was written by Dr. Jirair Libaridian, who holds the Alex Manoogian Chair in Modern Armenian History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Libaridian previously served as an adviser to former President of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrossian and First Deputry Minister of Foreign Affairs. See a previous interview with Libaridian about the [...]

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In Armenia, a Country Wide Water Fight

Text by Liana Aghajanian, photos © K. Shamlian As they have for thousands of years, Armenians gathered on a hot summer day to partake in a festival with pagan-era roots where people of all ages have free reign to drench strangers in water, at least for a whole 24 hours anyway. [...]

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Wide Angle: The Barber of Ashtarak

Twenty miles north west of Armenia’s capital Yerevan, lives a barber named Hagop in Ashtarak, the capital city of Aragatsotn province founded in the 9th century along the Kasagh River. Hagop, his parents and grandparents were all born in Ashtarak, known for its economical contributes to the country and three ancient churches , which according [...]

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Armenia Lifts HIV Travel Ban

The government of Armenia recently made the decision to lift its travel restrictions for people living with HIV, aligning its policy with international public health standards, a move much welcomed by Unzipped, who called it excellent news and the blog of NGO Public Information and Need of Knowledge (PINK) in Armenia,which included information about when [...]

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The Street Shoe Project: Stops in Vanadzor and Tbilisi

The Street Shoe Project has been on the road, making stops in Northern Armenia in the town of Vanadzor (Kirovakan) and even crossing borders to Tbilisi, Georgia. The high-heeled phenomenon continued outside of our base in Yerevan, more notably in Armenia than Georgia, where less towering shoes were seen. The presence of so many shoe [...]

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The Yerevan Street Shoe Project

Tell the high heel loving girls of Yerevan that their shoe choices have been known to cause some serious medical problems in the form of torn ligaments and broken ankles, and they’ll probably shrug it off with a chuckle. For the thousands of women who wear the platforms, wedges and pencil heels among the (sometimes) [...]

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Armenia: Debating Sexual Abuse Against Women

Reporting from Yerevan – On June 8, the Institute for War & Reporting, in collaboration with the Women’s Resource Center of Armenia hosted a round table discussion on sexual abuse against women in Armenia, a taboo topic in the confines of the country that has been slowly but surely gaining grounds for awareness in the [...]