http://oneworld.blogsome.com Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:06:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ethnic Armenian, Tsopi, Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2009 Following a recent collaboration between Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines blogger Arzu Geybullayeva and Global Voices Online’s Caucasus editor, an online project using new and social media to overcome negative stereotypes in the South Caucasus entered a second stage last ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2010/01/05/overcoming-negative-stereotypes-in-the-south-caucasus/ Now that the 19 February presidential election in Armenia is over, the Armenia Election Monitor 2008 has become The Caucasian Knot and will take over from this blog as my primary one. The blog has already covered the recent war between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia as well ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2009/08/20/1991/ Matenadaran, Yerevan, Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2009 If British folk-rock legends Jethro Tull materializing in the country last week — with the Armenian prime minister going hell for leather in his return from Kazakhstan so he could catch his favourite band perform live in Yerevan — was ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2009/05/26/all-hands-on-deck-yerevan-sails-into-election-week/ Ian Anderson, Yerevan, Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2009 With the Armenian prime minister rumored to be one of the biggest Jethro Tull fans in the country, rumors circulating last year that the legendary British rock band would perform in Yerevan were certainly not to be sneezed at. ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2009/05/22/jethro-tull-in-yerevan-armenia/ In its annual worldwide survey on the media, Freedom House has once again categorized Armenia as “not free,” a situation which has been the case since 2002 when the pro-opposition A1 Plus TV station was taken off the air. A huge question mark then hung over the future of the ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2009/05/09/banned-tv-station-resumes-broadcasting-via-mobile/ Tensions appear to be rising as official campaigning kicked off for this month’s crucial municipal election in Yerevan. While the Republican and Armenian Revolutionary Federation — Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) parties planted trees in various districts of the city, Prosperous Armenia held a free concert in Komitas on Sunday. RFE/RL also reports ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2009/05/07/tensions-rise-as-yerevan-election-campaign-kicks-off/ World Vision Child Development Center, Malatia-Sebastia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 As mentioned in a previous post, The Caucasian Knot has now started to work on shooting images for an exhibition on disabilities and especially the need to integrate handicapped children into mainstream education as ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/11/07/world-vision-armenia-child-development-center/ World Vision Child Development Center, Malatia-Sebastia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 One theme that’s been a consistent one over the past few years of living and working in Armenia has been that of socially vulnerable families, children deprived of parental care, and those with disabilities. ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/11/03/armenia-world-vision-child-development-center/ Azerbaijani Prisoner of War, Stepanakert, Republic of Nagorno Karabakh © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 1994 True, we’ve been here before with the media reporting that a solution to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh might finally be in sight, but the possibility for ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/11/01/nagorno-karabakh-peace-in-sight/ Ararat Zurabian Kentron Pre-Election Rally, Yerevan © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 Yesterday saw an apparently unsanctioned pre-election rally ahead of tomorrow’s local election in Yerevan’s Kentron (Center) district. Some observers consider the vote an important test for democracy following a disputed presidential election earlier this year and a way ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/09/27/armenia-opposition-local-election-rally/ Ferik, Armavir Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 As mentioned in a previous post, yesterday saw a return visit to Ferik, a small Yezidi-inhabited village in the Armavir region of Armenia. According to the locals, Ferik was a predominantly Azerbaijani village until they fled persecution in ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/09/18/armenia-return-to-ferik/ Armenia-Turkey World Cup Qualifier, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 Perhaps one of the most historical moments of recents years in Armenia has been and gone. Amid high security, Turkey beat Armenia 2-0 in a World Cup qualifying match in Yerevan attended by both the Armenian ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/09/07/turkey-2-armenia-0/ ARF-D activist burns Turkish flag during a Genocide memorial event, Liberty Square, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian 2008 Ahead of tomorrow’s match between Armenia and Turkey, as well as the arrival of Turkish President Abdullah Gul, nationalist forces in both countries are voicing their opposition to what others hope ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/09/05/armenia-criticism-ahead-of-historic-football-match/ ARF-D Karabakh Indepence Anniversary, Matenadaran, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 Yesterday marked the 17th Anniversary of the declaration of independence for the self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. Situated within Azerbaijan, but inhabited mainly by ethnic Armenians, Nagorno Karabakh is just one of three frozen conflicts ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/09/03/armenia-dashnaks-celebrate-karabakh-anniversary-demand-autonomy-in-georgia/ Mikhail Saakashvili, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 The Georgian president, Mikhail Saakashvili, has responded to recognition of the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev. Civil Georgia reports that Saakashvili has called the move a “strategic mistake,” the comments ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/08/27/georgia-south-ossetia-abkhazia-update/ Russian Roadblock, Gori, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 With reports that much of Russia’s military presence in Georgia has been withdrawn, reflection on a serious conflict which threatened to ignite the entire South Caucasus is becoming more and more the order of the day. For whatever ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/08/27/georgia-dispatches-the-aftermath/ Gori, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 After the failed attempt to enter the Russian-occupied town of Gori in a convoy organized by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union on Saturday, another opportunity emerged two days later when Moscow indicated it would give ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/08/23/georgia-dispatches-inside-gori/ IDP, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 With some very real doubts and concerns raised by Moscow’s inability to withdraw its troops from urban centers such as Gori as well as ethnic-Georgian populated towns and villages in West Georgia and South Ossetia, the number of Internally ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/08/22/georgia-dispatches-humanitarian-needs/ Russian soldier, Igoeti, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 It was meant to be the day to check the situation of IDPs in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, but a routine call to a government media coordinator changed all of that. Peter Semenby, EU Special Representative for the ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/08/22/georgia-dispatches-on-the-road-to-gori/ Mikhail Saakashvili, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia © Onnik Krikorian / Oneworld Multimedia 2008 Almost everybody was waiting for Friday’s joint press conference with the U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and the Georgian president, Mikhail Saakashvili — literally. With Georgian forces having been defeated by the Russian military in South Ossetia ... http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2008/08/22/georgia-dispatches-condoleezza-visits-misha-speaks/