by David Zenian
Dr. Ara Babloyan has the distinction of performing the first kidney transplant in Armenia. The operation took place in late 1991, with an assisting Swiss team of surgeons and nurses and a kidney flown in from St. Petersburg.
Still...
by David Zenian
YEREVAN - If teaching is difficult, imagine a situation where you have to erase what has become second nature to generations of youngsters born and raised under the shadow of communist ideology.
"We are not out to teach...
by David Zenian
Even with the best of intentions, the simplest problems are sometimes the most difficult to resolve.
Old habits, personal or social, do not disappear as easily as political systems or economic orders. When making decisions,...
by AGBU News
Raffi Hovannisian - Foreign Minister of Armenia
Opening Armenian embassies in the United States, England and soon Canada, Argentina, France, Germany, Lebanon and Central Asia, welcoming the arrival of Foreign Ambassadors in Yerevan,...
by Louise Manoogian Simone
It was only a few years ago when the doors of the Araratian Diocese in Yerevan were locked shut at 5 p.m. All religious institutions were subjected to severe scrutiny by the Soviet government with only a small percentage...
by AGBU News
The Mkhitar Sepastia School on the outskirts of Yerevan is a fine example of democracy on the move. Creative arts, computers, a video studio, colorful murals on the walls and the smiling faces of children give confidence that the...
by AGBU News
Three hundred scientists and three hundred technicians and laborers are employed at the Mnjoyan Factory in Yerevan. Relying on raw materials from Russia and Eastern Europe, the lack of supplies and the demand for foreign currency has...
by AGBU News
"It's not for the faint-hearted," explains Rouben Terzian. Establishing the ArmenToy joint venture in Armenia two years ago, the company has had to face the collapse of the Soviet Union, sky-rocketing inflation, shortage of energy and...
by AGBU News
Built in 1969, the Yerevan Vitamin Factory is at a standstill. The production of C, D and E vitamins were all dependent on shipments of raw materials from various parts of the former Soviet Union and abroad. Vitamin C has not been...
by Louise Manoogian Simone
"A friend and I had the idea of opening a take-out dolma (stuffed cabbage) store but after a while we thought, how much dolma can people eat?" Instead, Artur Moughnetzian, an opera singer by profession, opened "Dzorakugh"...
by David Zenian
Tbilisi, Georgia— For a country with three ports on the Black Sea, Georgia is as dependent on the goodwill of its neighbors as landlocked Armenia. Stores in downtown Tbilisi, like others in the countryside, are mostly empty. Power...
by David Zenian
Tbilisi, Georgia — If name recognition is important in international politics, then the former Soviet republic of Georgia could not dream of a better man at the helm than Eduard Shevardnadze. If it wants a man with experience in...