The 11th October was the Annual Harvest Festival which is held in the main square adjacent to the Presidential Palace in central Stepanakert. This event started only a few years ago – I was fortunate enough to attend when it… Read More ›
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Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) – Life and People July 2014
A collection of 12 images from my visit in July 2014 under the general theme of Life and People in Artsakh. A series of moments that begin to paint an understanding of life in this country.
Azerbaijan’s continuing siege of Stepanakert (Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh)
Whilst it might be considered that the Karabakhi Armenians won the war to defend their right to live independently from Azerbaijan, they are losing some of the main, post-ceasefire, elements of “passive warfare”. Azerbaijan is successfully winning the propaganda war… Read More ›
Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh
During my last visit to Artsakh in early January it started to snow heavily in the last few days before I had to return to Yerevan. The main road from Stepanakert was sufficiently covered in snow to prevent the throughput… Read More ›
Presentation on Youth in Action at Artsakh Youth Development Center, Stepanakert
Written by Susanna Petrosyan, Director, Artsakh Youth Development Center On November 22 representatives of the Karabakhian delegation who participated in Youth in Action project on November 1-4 in Switzerland organized a presentation about the program and their impressions about the… Read More ›
Artsakh: An enigmatic country
“We advise against all travel to Nagorno-Karabakh and the military occupied area surrounding it. This area is the subject of a continuing dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia and although a cease-fire has been in place since 1994 there are regular… Read More ›
Stepanakert (Nagorno-Karabakh) : A Celebration
88 years after Khankendi was renamed Stepanakert after Stepan Shahumyan ( the ethnic Armenian “Caucasian Lenin”) the city is now a vibrant place to be, and looks positively to the future. This is despite the fact that 20 miles to… Read More ›
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