Armenia: Between a mountain and a hard place

Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide. It is situated on a hill overlooking Armenia’s capital city, Yerevan. Every year on 24 April, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather there to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Armenian – a language “half as old as time”

Reinvigorating a language in the age of digital communications ought to be easy. After all, the Internet makes sources and resources widely available and social media technologies encourage linguistic improvisation. Armenian – threatened by historical exile and then by Russification – is a case in point.

Armenia: Once more unto the breach!

The Turkish prime minister has said a bill passed by the French parliament on the mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule is “racist” and that it has “murdered freedom of thought”. Since most people now know for certain what took place in Armenia in 1915, the claim is bizarre to say the least.

Armenia: A time to heal

Nearly a century after the Armenian genocide, Turkey is still at loggerheads with anyone who calls a spade a spade. If the country wants to play a significant role in regional politics, it must change its tune.

Fiddlers and angels: Signs of genius

Two brilliant painters of the 20th century, both exiled from their countries of birth, lived in New York at the same time, yet never met. Both were profoundly affected by childhood trauma, which figures in their works of art. The name of one is honoured worldwide. The other described himself as a “black angel”.

Armenia – an ancient splendour

Armenia is a landlocked country bordered to the west by Turkey, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan, and to the south by Iran. Its highlands include Mount Ararat, upon which Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest after the flood.