Full Coverage: Armenia

31.03.2008 Tens of thousands of Armenians -- many forced to flee their homes during the 1988 earthquake or the 1990s war with Azerbaijan -- are still struggling to survive in makeshift homes originally established as temporary housing.

04.03.2008 Over the weekend, the Armenian government violently repressed opposition activists protesting the recent and allegedly rigged elections, imposed a state of national security, and continued its tight control of all media and news outlets.

23.10.2007 Some expressed outrage and others jubilation -- a diverse group of Americans, Armenians, and Turks recorded online their reactions to the U.S. Congressional resolution to consider the mass killings of Armenians in early 20th century Ottoman Turkey as genocide.

30.07.2007 Thirteen years after the cease-fire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, villagers still living along the Azerbaijani frontline remain trapped in a state of neither peace nor war.

06.03.2007 Young people in Armenia are taking leadership roles in their towns and villages and gaining valuable skills through a program to engage youth in Armenia’s civic life.

23.10.2006 The Women’s Rights Center in Armenia, the Secretariat of the International Consortium for Domestic Violence, has the pleasure to announce about the organization of the Second International Conference on Domestic Violence, which will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, on December 4-6, 2006.

20.12.2005 A new wind power plant in northern Armenia marks the country’s intent to develop renewable energy sources, but it will be a long time before it offers a real alternative to nuclear power.

12.12.2005 Eleven years after Armenia fought in southern Azerbaijan over a breakaway republic, unexploded landmines continue to make arable land too dangerous to sow and put locals at risk in their daily lives. Discover the process that's slowly giving villagers back their land, and meet some of those the mines have touched.

16.11.2005 In a region dominated by ethnic divisions and a history of violence, development projects are building more than livelihoods--the dividends of peace, education, and understanding have spread across Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

17.06.2005 A public meeting held in Yerevan may have been the last chance for environmentalists to persuade the Armenian government to abandon plans to build a road through one of the country’s few surviving forests. Onnik Krikorian reports that the NGO community is united in its opposition.

17.06.2005 A public meeting due to be held in Yerevan today may be the last chance for environmentalists to persuade the Armenian government to abandon plans to build a road through one of the country’s few surviving forests. OneWorld Volunteer Editor Onnik Krikorian reports that the NGO community is united in its opposition.

18.05.2005 A Canadian authority on genocides of the 20th century is surprised that Israelis and Armenians have not shown greater affinity with the victims of Rwanda.

08.04.2005 “From that day on my misery started: he was sending around 50 clients a day, sometimes even more. I did not understand what was happening. I had no right to be sick, I had no right to refuse or choose.”

28.12.2004 Neglected is too kind a word to describe the village of Vanand, abandoned is more like it. Located in western Armenia right on the border with Turkey, some 500 people live here without electricity, gas or running water. Residents blame the local authorities for the primitive conditions, “this is a border village and they can’t be bothered with it.”

04.06.2004 Though many fonts are available for the Armenian language, these are not standardised enough for a reliable information exchange. UNESCO and the Matenadaran Institute in Yerevan of Armenia have jointly launched a project to develop a unicode compliant font of the Armenian language which dates back to 405 AD.

23.04.2004 Les massives manifestacions contra el Govern de Robert Kocharian perquè renunciï al seu càrrec després de les acusacions de frau en les eleccions presidencials de l’ any passat, i la repressió contra manifestants i oposició, que s'ha saldat amb el tancament de les seus dels principals partits polítics i l'arrest de líders parlamentaris, han augmentat la inestabilitat a Armènia. L'Escola de Cultura de Pau adverteix que aquesta situació, unida a la greu crisi econòmica, podria desencadenar un canvi polític seguint l'exemple de la veïna Geòrgia i insta la comunitat internacional a intervenir per acabar amb la repressió en aquest país.

23.04.2004 Las masivas manifestaciones contra al Gobierno de Robert Kocharian para que renuncie a su cargo, tras las acusaciones de fraude en las elecciones presidenciales del pasado año, y la represión contra manifestantes y oposición, que se ha saldado con el cierre de las sedes de los principales partidos políticos y el arresto de líderes parlamentarios, han aumentado la inestabilidad en Armenia. La Escuela de Cultura de Paz advierte que esta situación, unida a la grave crisis económica, podría desencadenar un cambio político siguiendo el ejemplo de la vecina Georgia e insta a la comunidad internacional a intervenir para acabar con el hostigamiento y la represión en el país.

25.11.2003 A new information and communications centre was recently opened in Armenian capital Yerevan as part of the country’s efforts to boost access to the Internet and e-governance. The centre, which has 38 workstations and can accommodate 600 users a day, will promote ICT through research and training programmes, and public discussions, and will serve as a hub for Freenet public access sites being established in many regions.

04.06.2003 The One Minutes Jr. is organising its second workshop for young people between the ages of 12-20 from the CIS countries. The four-day workshop provides hands-on training on how to produce their own video messages, use storyboards and gives advice on shooting and editing.

03.04.2003 Australia has come under fire for its desire to boot out East Timorese asylum-seekers who fled the former Indonesian territory more than a decade ago.