Karine Ter-Saakian
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In this country, even the doctors and politicians who warn of the evils of nicotine are smokers themselves.
Much of Armenia’s job market remains in the shadows as an unofficial labour exchange continues to flourish.
In devout Orthodox Christian Armenia, only four women have become nuns – but they don’t regret it
In a country normally associated with strong Christian identity, many are opting for the old gods.
Resettlement programme aimed at bolstering depressed border regions is gaining momentum.
The decline of what was once the biggest wholesale market in the South Caucasus marks a change in the way Armenia and Georgia trade with one another.
Almost half the inmates of the country’s only women’s prison are serving sentences for murder.
Young Armenians are mixing up pagan, Christian and Western love festivals – and the church is not impressed.
Thousands of Armenian women end up being sexually exploited in Turkey or the UAE – and the perpetrators are going unpunished.
As men go off to Russia in search of work, many poor rural villages are inhabited almost entirely by women