Karabakh liberation movement: how it happenedThroughout 26 years, none of the people of Karabakh ever allowed the thought of returning under Azeri jurisdiction. February 12, 2014  February 12, 1988 signaled the start of the Nagorno Karabakh national liberation movement, with Hadrut becoming a stage for a protest rally, the first among many to follow. Participants of the rally, organized by the future chair of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) Supreme Council Artur Mkrtchyan, members of underground committee Krunk Igor Muradyan, Grigory Hayrapetyan, among others, demanded Karabakh’s reunification with Armenia. Tourism in Artsakh could be a life-changing experienceI will be making many more visits there and am thankful that I had the good fortune to find this enigmatic land a few years ago. January 13, 2014  If you are a person seeking the darker side of life with gangs in the streets, muggings, shootings, protests, people being intimidated, bombs etc then you will be disappointed by Nagorno-Karabakh. You need to go to the more popular destinations of London, and other European and “Western” capital cities to see such excitement. If you want impressive landscapes, unusual cultural traditions, different cuisine, and a friendly, welcoming and safe environment then perhaps Nagorno-Karabakh is an option for you? There is life after VilniusArmenia sandwiched between two Unions November 27, 2013  Announcing the successful conclusion of negotiations on free trade and bunch of side effect agreements (such as visa liberalisation) after a three-and-a-half year marathon of negotiations with the European Union, and in fact becoming the champion among all six Eastern Partnership nations with the pace of its reforms, Armenia surprised many by performing a U-turn back to the Kremlin embrace, just in the eve of its independence 22nd anniversary. Many in the expert community (plus the diplomats off the record) doubted it was blind pressure from Russia that eventually bore fruits. Armenia-Russia: everything hinges on CSTOThe only thing not fitting into the scheme is the absence of a common border. EU and Armenia, however, don’t have a common border – Turkey we don’t count. September 4, 2013  Nothing unexpected happened in Moscow: Armenia couldn’t possibly refuse a union with Russia. There are several reasons for that including Armenia’s military capacity, needed by no one but Russia. Armenia won’t be included in NATO which Yerevan has no striving for, in full understanding that the price to pay will be inordinate. Odette Bazil: Penal Code 301 and Turkish scholarsJournalists are the conscience of the people. By removing and killing them, Turkey is killing and removing its own conscience. April 18, 2013  Again, another Turkish journalist is to be thrown in jail for - according to Turkish Penal Code 301 (insulting the Turkish Nation, the Turkish Republic, its government or governmental institutions), one of the leading London-based Armenian activists, Odette Bazil says.  The true history of Azeris' resettlement from ArmeniaThe Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR helped the resettled population sell their houses, with monetary compensation also provided. March 29, 2013  Azerbaijan continues its habit of distorting history: while accusing Armenia of every mortal sin, it pretends to be a lamb, misunderstood by everyone in the world except Turkey. It was ex-President Heydar Aliyev who first tried to "rewrite" the history. Even now, Baku is trying to prove that the resettlement of Azeris from Armenia was "the doing of Armenians." Turkey facing Ilham Aliyev’s “righteous anger”?Azerbaijan is waiting for Turkish explanations on the opening of Yerevan-Van flights, the latters not matching Ankara’s official stance. March 20, 2013  A report on the opening of direct Yerevan-Van flights threw Baku into another fit of hysterics. Azerbaijan seems to believe that any Armenia-related step initiated by Russia or Turkey must be coordinated with Baku for fear of the “righteous anger” of Ilham Aliyev. Armenia faces post-electoral homeworkOn the side of the authorities, there should now be thorough investigations into who violated the electoral code and with that produced a burden for their own candidate, Serzh Sargsyan. March 2, 2013  On 1 March, five years after the tragedy of post-electoral unrests in Yerevan with 10 casualties, it is worth noting that Armenia today is no longer comparable to Armenia in 2008. Today, all political forces are represented in the parliament, there is freedom of assembly, freedom of the media, the electoral law has been improved following the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, the technical organisation of the elections has improved, and most importantly, there is no violence on the streets. Baku’s new tantrum: Gul’s congratulation on Sargsyan reelectionAlmost every Azeri MP made a point of commenting on the fact, accusing “fraternal” Ankara of congratulating a sworn enemy. February 22, 2013  Turkish President’s congratulating his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargyan on reelection came as a whole new reason for Baku’s hysteria. Armenians jeopardized in IstanbulMassacres of the Christian population of the Ottoman Empire and its successor Turkey are an integral part of the country's domestic policy. January 26, 2013  Every now and then, Istanbul turns into a city that poses extreme danger to Armenians. This does not mean it had been safe otherwise; still, sometimes Armenians are facing really hard times. 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