Serious things

If those reading my blog get an impression that nothing serious is happening in Armenia, let me assure you - life is happening here, like nowhere else. The reasons I don't report the political and social happenings here, is a) this is a family blog and b) there are other, better informed people doing it already - so, being generally removed from the events, I would be just copying stuff from them.

In brief, the State of Emergency, declared by the president after March 1 clashes between the demonstrators and the police/army, was lifted on March 20. While it was in effect, a law passed that made it more difficult to get a permission to hold a protest/demonstration/etc. So, on the very first day after the State of Emergency and the army was supposed to be withdrawn, the opposition tried to hold a "silent protest" and ended up getting into skirmishes with the police (or was it army again?)

In case you really want to know more of what's going on, please refer to http://hnazarian.blogspot.com/, http://www.armenianow.com/ and other websites dedicated to reporting the events and commenting on them.