This week, we’re keeping unusual caged pets and things are getting a little spooky.
A year after unleashing war crimes against Armenians, Azerbaijan's threats continue – Forbes - Panorama
panorama.am - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from panorama.am Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Edmond Y. Azadian. El genocidio cultural como herramienta política
sardarabad.com.ar - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sardarabad.com.ar Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What’s new? A Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended a six-week war in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan regained most of the territory it lost to Armenian forces in the first war, which ended in 1994. Russian peacekeepers have deployed to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Why does it matter? Decades of failed negotiations after the first Nagorno-Karabakh war hardened positions on both sides, which culminated in 2020’s six weeks of bloodshed. Today, the ceasefire plan leaves many questions unanswered, including the crucial issue of Nagorno Karabakh’s status, but immediate efforts to force compromise on that risk backfiring.
What should be done? Rather than seek an elusive comprehensive agreement, parties and stakeholders should prioritise humanitarian needs and international support to rebuild infrastructure and forge cooperative ways forward, including through commerce. Of outside actors, Russia will play the lead role, but success is more likely if Eu
1
If you stand at the corner of Artsakh Avenue and East Broadway in Glendale you’ll catch a glimpse of a surreptitiously installed public monument.
It shows a woman’s face veiled by lace a still from Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 film, “The Color of Pomegranates” along with the phrase “ARTSAKH ENDURES.” Emanating from the piece is a soulful mix of Armenian songs.
To see (and hear) this unusual art piece, you’ll need a cellphone since “Monument to the Autonomous Republic of Artsakh” is totally virtual visible only via an augmented reality app and visible only at that specific geographic point. It’s a poignant work: a reminder of a bloody conflict thousands of miles away in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan (known as Artsakh by Armenians), one that has left thousands dead and centuries of Armenian cultural legacy imperiled.