Ukraine is on the brink of a civil war. The current Ukrainian movement is a continuation of a string of movements which actually started in…
Posts published in “The Gampr”
The Gampr is a blog founded by William Bairamian in 2013. It now exists on The Armenite as a platform for unfiltered opinions that are outside the analytical and research-based scope of the rest of The Armenite.
The Gampr is named for the dog native to Armenia that is fiercely loyal to its master (i.e. Armenia) and ferociously defense of its master against attackers.
There are stories that show the exceptional devotion to the Armenian homeland among a new generation of young Armenians who realize that the future of…
I want to wish all my readers a very happy 2014. It’s going to be a great year because we’re going to make it a…
Updated: Armenia Admits More Syrian Refugees Than France, Italy, the UK, Spain, and Germany Combined
Updated: Armenia Admits More Syrian Refugees Than France, Italy, the UK, Spain, and Germany Combined
UPDATED: 13 December 2013, 21:30 According to numbers in a report by Amnesty International and an article in The Economist magazine, Armenia has taken in…
The end is nigh. All hope is lost. Vultures await our death. Armenia and the Diaspora are on the cusp of disappearance. At least that’s…
The Armenia Tree Project and Sose and Allen’s Legacy Foundation have teamed up to plant a forest in memory of Sose and Allen in Armenia. Each…
Hrant Gadarigian, the English-language editor for Hetq, posted a note on Facebook earlier today that read, “The Armenian communities of the Diaspora are dominated by…
Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, visited Armenia on December 2, 2013. His visit inspired a rancorous response in some circles. Below is a translation (mine)…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Armenia has been the source of a protest in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital. Here are some images, some in preparation…
For years, there has been a coordinated effort to dissuade Armenians from donating to the All-Armenian Fund. Why?
The All-Armenian Fund was a target of attack during Serzh Sargsyan's administration even though the allegations were unfounded.
Policy Forum Armenia published a report nominally concerned with elucidating the state of corruption in Armenia but it is a weak and unscrupulous effort.
You may have seen or read that explosives were detonated after protesters clashed with police in Yerevan today. This is the level of maturity of…
An encouraging piece of news about Yerevan’s mayor, Taron Margaryan, announcing that 20,000 trees will be planted in the city in 20 days. I look…
A story about bodyguards being overworked for little pay by News.am aroused a simple solution in my mind: the bodyguards of oligarchs should unionize. What’s…
The Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank, released its annual “Prosperity Index” and, as reported by PanArmenian, Armenia came it at #95. After looking through the…
The Huffington Post reported today on a study that compares the math and science skills of students in American states and countries around the world. According…
And excited!
There is something that has irked me for the past few years and a convergence of some things brought me to write this. Yesterday, in…
When people agree to being governed, that is, they agree to limitations on their absolute freedom, there is an implied understanding that they will be…
It seems like in Armenia “boycotting the elections” has become code for “we have no good candidates but want to look like we’re doing something.”…
Yerevan is Armenia’s biggest city. Like most big cities, its citizens have peculiarities that distinguish them from those of other cities in the country. If…
(Second of a several part series) If you watched “300” and wished you could have visited Sparta, good news: there is Artsakh. The parallel between…
Looking at history, it’s easy to think that significant, groundbreaking events in the past were sudden, unexpected, and without premise. That’s hardly the case, of…
(First in a several part series about Artsakh) There are a lot of complaints about the Republic of Armenia. It’s corrupt, there is no respect…
For those of you who don’t know, numbers are a big thing in Armenia. So important that people go to great lengths to secure numbers…
Taxicabs are tabloids on wheels. Their drivers will tell you all sorts of stories, some true, some not. Yerevan’s taxi drivers aren’t as talkative as…
I’m fascinated by bathrooms. These places of respite can exacerbate or calm. Disgust or pacify. Some can even be beautiful. This one is cool; the…
Armenia likes to think it straddles the east and west. Almost every descriptive text introducing the country makes some reference to the mix of western…