The
Mobile Eye Hospital made its first mission to Ashtarak,
where 5,000 were screened and 200 received surgeries and
laser treatment free of charge.
A Sight to See: Mobile Eye Hospital
makes maiden voyage in Armenia
By Viorica Vladica
ArmeniaNow Correspondent
One person is getting a diagnosis, another is being
examined, a third is being operated on and three others
await their turn while a team of doctors rush into tiny
rooms. It might be a common scene in a regular hospital.
Early Birds in a Sleepy City: A
visitor finds life in the quiet of Yerevan mornings
By Moritz Gathmann
ArmeniaNow/CMI intern
It has been said of many places, most famously New York
City: "This is the city that never sleeps".
Such a reputation usually comes because of a nightlife
in which streets stay alive after dark, where clubs
are open till dawn and tired shopkeepers stare from
behind counters around the clock.
If summer is traditionally play time for students who
spend three months forgetting about school, it is something
much different for teenagers trying to take the next
step into university.
"Documentarian", a film by Armenian director
Harutyun Khachatryan won second place in the Documentary
category of the 38th Karlovy Vary International Film
Festival held in Czech Republic July 4-12.
Drawn to Stay: Young Diaspora finding
a home in "the homeland"
By Lala Demirdjian and
Sossi Essajanian
ArmeniaNow interns
"There is some sort of magnet here. I believe it
is the 3,000 year old history that continues to draw
us to Armenia. No matter what reason brought you here,
you end up discovering your roots."
Defensive errors and a failure to convert their many
chances into goals resulted in Pyunik crashing to a
0-2 defeat to Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia in Yerevan's Republican
stadium.
About 10 to 15
students sat outside the Presidential Residence in Yerevan
Thursday to protest the closing of student hostels.
They held banners saying "Think about future students"
and "Mr. President are you with us?" The government
is dismantling the student hostels, forcing non-resident
students to find other housing.
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