When I first started this blog I promised myself to never write about politics; not because it’s unimportant or outside of my personal interest, but because there are few domains that are capable of dividing a nation as much as politics. But desperate times require desperate measures so I too will weigh in on...
Does Nagorno-Karabakh have the legal right to independence?
For those who still haven’t heard the news, a brutal conflict was recently reignited between Azerbaijan and the ethnic Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh. Hostilities between Christian Armenians and Muslim (Trukic) Azerbaijanis have a long history, but this specific conflict could be best traced to the early days of the Soviet Union. After the 1st...
Are Armenians Caucasians?
This is a subject that will certainly ruffle some feathers and potentially cost me more than a few subscribers. But I’m sitting home in quarantine with nothing better to do, so I thought to myself, it’s time for a good old fashioned digital controversy. All joking aside though, if you thought the “dolma wars”...
Protesters in Hungary Ask Forgiveness Over Extradition
The Wall-street Journal reports the protest of Hungarian people against their government’s release of the Azerbaijani murderer. A very welcome gesture from the Hungarian people, it certainly means a lot to us. Bravo! By Gergo Racz A crowd of about 1,500 people gathered late Tuesday in Budapest and asked for Armenia’s forgiveness in the extradition of an Azerbaijani man, who...
Hungarian government FOR SALE!
Early this week the Hungarian government released a cold blooded axe killer Ramil Safarov to his homeland Azerbaijan where he was immediately pardoned by the President and hailed as a national hero. While attending English courses during the NATO-sponsored Partnership for PEACE program in Hungary (2004), the Azeri army officer Ramil Safarov (35) snuck into the bedroom of his Armenian colleague lieutenant Gurgen...
Nowhere, a Story of Exile as E-Book
On June 17, hybooksonline.com, a newly established publisher specializing in the publication of electronic books (e-books), released Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte’s Nowhere, a Story of Exile, which chronicles her lost childhood in Azerbaijan. In 1988, Astvatsaturian Turcotte was a 10-year-old girl living in the seaside city of Baku, in the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan. Like any...
Rhode Island Legislature Supports Freedom of Artsakh
From The Armenian Weekly State House Calls on U.S. Government to Recognize Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s Independence PROVIDENCE, R.I. (A.W.)—The Rhode Island House passed a resolution today calling on the U.S. President and Congress to recognize the independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR). The resolution also encouraged the republic’s “continued efforts to develop as a...
