http://www.e-channel.am/ en echannel.am php for echannel.am http://www.echannel.am/images/logo.gif http://www.e-channel.am/ Reporter Hrant Ter-Abrahamyan, blogger Tigran Kocharyan and analyst Arthur Avtandilyan have been discussing the efforts and chances of closing the page of March 1 at the parlor of E-channel. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3184 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3184 Analysis In the middle of summer people strive to organize their rest as effectively as possible. There are a lot of options but the chances to use them are limited because of the crisis. At the same time, the global financial/economic crisis does not seem to affect the Armenian tourism industry. At least, if we judge by official statements, the number of tourists having visited Armenia in the first half of this year has remained on the same level, as compared to the same period of the last year, forming about 207 thousand people. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3167 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3167 Analysis The Armenian blog community very quickly responded to the statement of USA, France and Russia presidents Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitri Medvedev. In the statement, they have urged the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to regulate the long-lasting conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3123 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3123 Analysis Armenian-Turkish relations and all the developments related with them continue to be an agenda topic, not only in Armenia and Turkey but other countries as well. Although the mass media of both of these countries are flooded with information about this topic, the main accent is focused on the responsible parties of internal relations and on the announcements and comments of experts. At the same time, the societies of these two countries have fallen into the role of passive observer. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3054 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3054 Analysis In April and May of this year representatives of Peace Dialogue NGO had several meetings and interviews in Istanbul, Turkey among the citizens of the city to reveal the approach and moods of Turkish society regarding the present state of Armenian-Turkish relations. Discussions were organized among those citizens of Istanbul from different ethnic origins, with intellectuals, and with ordinary people. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3043 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3043 Analysis Yerevan municipal elections took place on May 31. The preliminary official results became clear the next morning – RPA got 47.39 percent of the votes. PA and ANC crossed the border, too but ANC turned down the mandates on the same day. As a result of re-calculations, several violations were found at different polling stations in Yerevan. Thus, what happened on May 31? Bloggers tell their impressions. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3001 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=3001 Analysis As President Barack Obama’s 100 days in office went by the American analysts tried to find out how many of US President’s 514 campaign promises had been fulfilled, making use of the famous Obameter. Turns out Obama has fulfilled 27 of his campaign promises, broken 6, took a compromise decision about 7 of them. Fri, 01 May 2009 10:53:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2800 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2800 Analysis For the past few days the foreign press has covered a lot the latest developments of Armenian-Turkish relations and Barack Obama’s April 24 statement. Some analysts think that the “Mets Yeghern” expression of Obama is the “happy medium.” Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:08:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2788 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2788 Analysis “Armenia and Turkey have agreed on a comprehensive framework for the normalization of their bilateral relations,” is said in the joint statement disseminated by the Armenian and Turkish foreign ministries. Hot discussions around the statement have started in the blogs. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:06:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2784 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2784 Analysis Have you heard the new joke about the economic crisis? It reaches Armenia after wandering around the globe, taking an exhausted breath and saying, “Finally, I am home.” Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2760 http://www.e-channel.am/?topic_id=2760 Analysis