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The Army and Society: Public Discourse
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Who Boycotts NATO?
President Serzh Sargsyan’s failure to go to Lisbon was an additional foreign policy blunder and an involuntary sign that Armenia’s diplomacy has accepted defeat. Acting upset and boycotting the NATO summit will not bring Armenia any diplomatic dividends. The practitioners
Cases of abuse among women by a partner (2008-2009)
Repressive 61.0% Psychological 25.0% Physical 8.9% Sexual 3.3% Physical and/or sexual 9.5% source: armstat.am
Number of registered crimes in Armenia
Number of filed criminal cases Number of people in penitentiaries 2009 13,372 4,313 2008 8,383 3,965 2007 7,438 3,539 2006 8,484 4,063 Source: armstat.am, moj.am
Agricultural (1) and mining industry (2) output per resident in thsd AMD, 2009
1 2 Yerevan 4 3 Aragatsotn 385 2 Ararat 320 3 Armavir 384 0 Gegharkunik 392 10 Lori 132 12 Kotayk 142 4 Shirak 200 4 Syunik 221 515 Vayots Dzor 206 0 Tavush 182 4 Source: armstat.am
Salpi Ghazarian: On Armenia, Diaspora and Missing Ideologies
Recently, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian appealed to Armenian youth around the world to come and serve in Armenia’s army, as is done in Israel. In an interview with Capital Daily, Salpi Ghazarian, Director of the Civilitas Foundation, says that
Money transfers to Armenia by individuals in Jan-Sep, mln USD
Total from Russia from USA 2010 431 272 52 2009 519 367 59 2008 649 485 71 2007 901 727 60 2006 1,205 1,003 47 2005 786 629 42 2004 886 722 48 Source: cba.am Ընդամենը
Calendar days required to deal with construction permits in 2010
Armenia 137 Azerbaijan 207 Georgia 7 Slovenia 63 Singapore 2 Source: doingbusiness.org
Exports (1) and Trade Balance (2) in bln USD, Jan-Sep.
1 2 2010 0.7 -2.0 2009 0.5 -1.8 2008 0.8 -2.3 2007 0.8 -1.4 2006 0.7 -0.8 Source: armstat.am