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AI Data Center in Hrazdan Proceeds While Environmental Checks Are Bypassed

AI Data Center in Hrazdan Proceeds While Environmental Checks Are Bypassed

Firebird AI’s project smokescreens a multitude of issues that such a large-scale enterprise could raise, particularly for the environment and public health..

Listen to an Unprofessional Ukrainian

Listen to an Unprofessional Ukrainian

I remember meeting my brother at the kamvolni. His face streaked with blood, one eye swollen, clothes torn...

KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”

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.

Not everybody can become an entrepreneur: Shamshadin

Not everybody can become an entrepreneur: Shamshadin

“The only thing this government has done right is asphalt.”

Demarcation on the Ground: Along Armenia’s Tavush

In Shamshadin, people want the borders to reopen. In Azatamut, they prefer things to stay as they are. One thing is clear: it won’t be like it was before 1987..

‘Sew Faster’ at Gunpoint: Indian Workers Strike at Ijevan Factory

‘Sew Faster’ at Gunpoint: Indian Workers Strike at Ijevan Factory

Workers both live and work on-site, under continuous surveillance—more than 40 cameras are installed throughout the premises...

I’m a Workaholic. It’s Like Alcoholic, But For Work

I’m a Workaholic. It’s Like Alcoholic, But For Work

Through foraging, Anahit raised four children and put three of them through higher education — “exclusively thanks to nature”..

The Allure of the Armash Lakes

The Allure of the Armash Lakes

Mary and I went down to Yeraskh, the last village in the Ararat Valley, right on the border with Nakhichevan...

Zangezur Mine Workers Demand Pay Raises, Strike Enters Third Day

Zangezur Mine Workers Demand Pay Raises, Strike Enters Third Day

Armenia’s largest mine, the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC), has been at a standstill for three days as workers have gone on strike.

My friends feel closer to me than my family

My friends feel closer to me than my family

Single people displaced from Karabakh have no way to find housing even in remote villages in Armenia. There...

My Mom, Too, Had Four Children

My Mom, Too, Had Four Children

- Did you marry loving? - Respect grows into understanding each other.  Love  emerges with time, I guess. As a matter of fact, I didn't understand what the word love is. 

Hundreds Hitchhike Daily As Public Transport Reform Fails In Armenia 

Hundreds Hitchhike Daily As Public Transport Reform Fails In Armenia 

The transportation system out of Yerevan has always been a mess, but with gentrification pushing more people to commute from rural areas, it's become untenable.