Yearly Archives: 2025
December, 2025
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15 December
Rescued Cats and Dogs, Bucha Region, Ukraine
Hostomel shelter hosts over 600 cats and dogs, most of them rescued from the war zone. -
7 December
“Слава Україні” sounds very much like “Слава Украине”
The popular theory was that this was the start of the inevitable and fast fall of the Russian Empire. I still don’t know how those people were measuring “fast.” -
5 December
Listen to an Unprofessional Ukrainian
I remember meeting my brother at the kamvolni. His face streaked with blood, one eye swollen, clothes torn...
November, 2025
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29 November
Hair and Lip Fillers Off, Chest Flattened — I Go to See My Folks
People don’t really clock me: neighbors, shopkeepers — no clue I’m trans. -
27 November
My Mom Has Dementia — and Soon I Might Too
My mother always said: “If something happens to me, take me to a care center without guilt...” -
24 November
Yet Another Night of Shelling: Reporting from Kyiv
We never managed to reach other districts—it was already dark, and a new air-raid alert had been declared. -
21 November
Don’t Forget to Remember: Dementia Is No Priority for Armenian Health Care
Most often, we learn about the illness from the caregivers. They look exhausted, limit their social lives, struggle with depression and burnout.. -
13 November
There is No Such Thing as Documentary
...we are afraid to show our confusion in public, but much depends on how we respond to it. -
8 November
Samvel’s Campaign Cash, Robert’s Map, Nikol’s Sorrow, and Gagik’s Christ
What’s going on in pre-election Armenia?
October, 2025
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15 October
KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”
“The chance to speak Russian without an accent” — that’s how the chief explained his curiosity about our company. We, for our part, admitted that we’d never before shared a table with an officer of the Russian FSB.
Epress.am News from Armenia