So far I talked only about reclaiming the confiscated personal and institutional properties and wealth. Here comes the very difficult question, what about our territorial claims, “Հողային պահանջատիրութիւն”. In general, our territorial claims are understood to be the territory within the boundaries of the Sevre Treaty of August 10. 1920. So far all three administrations… Continue reading ARMENIANS and TURKS (Part 3)

Yesterday a barbaric and cowardly act of terrorism in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, claimed the lives of 28 innocent people many of them foreigners including 6 from Quebec Canada. A 65-year-old professor, his wife, their son, 37-year-old daughter, and two friends. These Good Samaritans have been in the country for three weeks… Continue reading Reveillon in Ouagadougou.

It is time that we the Diaspora Armenians start to find ways and means to help create a positive atmosphere where justice can be pursued for the Genocide victims. First, maybe we too must start looking for ways and means for possible dialogue with those ethnic Turks, who live in the same country as we… Continue reading ARMENIANS and TURKS (Part 2)

The history of the Armenian and Turkish relationship is centuries old. Maybe it can be best characterized by a brutal Turkish Empire that conquered the Armenian lands, and brutally victimized the inhabitants of the land culminating in the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the “Մէծ Եղերն”. A crime of unprecedented scale that was well planned, and brutally… Continue reading ARMENIANS and TURKS (Part 1)

One of the most talked about and important issues, both, in Armenia and Diaspora, is the out-migration from Armenia to Russia, North America, Europe, etc. It started immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union and still continuing with a lesser degree. Both the seasonal, and permanent out-migrants are trying to help their extended family members… Continue reading Out-Migration from Armenia.

Recently I requested some information on the electoral process in Armenia, from a friend who moved to Armenia, and for over 15 years lives permanently in Yerevan and is an active citizen. Judging from what he wrote via email, It seems  that, the electoral rules and the regulations in Armenia are almost identical to our… Continue reading Armenia and the New Constitution (Part 4)

I must say that I followed the referendum process for the New Constitution of Republic of Armenia on the internet, and the falsifications that I saw, makes me think that, this New Constitution is at least a questionable, if not an illegitimate document, and as such, the citizens of Armenia might have the right to dis… Continue reading Armenia and the New Constitution (Part 3)

Before talking about the new constitution and its implications, let me also briefly talk about the so called oligarchs in Armenia. It seems that, any person who is very rich, and have a fair size business in Armenia, is considered to be an  oligarch, and it is perceived that, they accumulated their wealth at least… Continue reading Armenia and the New Constitution (Part 2)

On December 6, 2015, a controversial new Constitution was passed by an equally controversial referendum in the Republic of Armenia that prompted me to start this blog and the monologues. But before commenting on the Constitution and the referendum, first a very brief look at the 25 year political history of the Republic of Armenia,… Continue reading Armenia and the New Constitution (Part 1)

The Centennial year of the Armenian Genocide is over. It has been a very busy year. Armenia and Diaspora, have done their best to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, and remind the world of the cruelty of the unpunished crime, and its effect on the surviving generations. THANK YOU to all… Continue reading “Know Thyself”. “Ծանիր Ըզքէզ”*