It is a story that has become too familiar in Armenia:
Soldiers who should be fighting for each other instead
fight against each other.
Over the past year Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan
has bragged that the number of soldier-on-soldier crimes
has decreased. And in fact statistics support the claim.
My colleague Zhanna Alexanyan brings an interpreter
into my office and with her help tells me: "I can't
write any more stories like this. They are too depressing."
For the past three weeks Republic Square in Yerevan
has looked more like a corral than a public meeting
place. Large strips of metal construction fencing have
closed off the popular dancing fountains, sidewalks
and thoroughfares in the heart of the city.
Cultural Exchange: Forget Paris,
Buddha Bar Lounge brings the mellow mood to Yerevan
By Viorica Vladica
ArmeniaNow correspondent
Near a dormitory where Indian students studying medicine
in Yerevan frequently pass the night with their own
music, the more contemporary noise of imported exotic
ambiance invites attention inside the Buddha Bar Lounge.
After his disappointing performance at the Telecom
Italia Masters Roma tournament May 5- 11, David Nalbandian
improved his game at the Tennis Masters in Hamburg,
Germany. The tournament concludes Sunday.
He is already a Lord, and Secretary General of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. And as of Wednesday George Robertson
adds an honorary doctorate from the French University of Armenia.
Following ceremonies at the university Lord Robertson spoke
with students and media.
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