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☆ Gen Zers are willing to buy fixer-upper homes. Some already regret the decision, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

About one in five Gen Zers, or 22%, say a lack of affordable starter homes poses as a barrier towards homeownership, according to a new report. Some believe fixer-upper homes might be the answer to the issue. More than half, 57%, of Gen Zers polled said they are willing to put an offer on a fixer-upper, according to a new report by Clever Real Estate. The site surveyed 1,000 Gen Z adults 18 and older; 126 were homeowners and the remaining 874 do not own a home. To that point, of the 40% of Gen Z homeowners who did buy a fixer-upper, about 27% regret it, the report found.

Persons: Gen Zers, Jaime Dunaway, Seale, Marine Sargsyan Organizations: Finance, Marine

☆ Rehab failed me 6 times. When I finally healed my trauma with my parents, I properly healed my addiction.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Taron Sargsyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

When I finally decided to work on my relationship with my parents, I was able to get sober. My parents didn't know if the next phone call was going to be from the cops or the hospital telling them I had died from an overdose. I just didn't know how to accept their love after their rejection. I wanted to heal the rift in our relationship, but I didn't know where to start yet. My parents finally know who their gay son is, and I finally feel accepted and loved for who I am.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Disney

☆ Karabakh refugees in Armenia face uncertainty and poverty in exile
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Felix Light | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/5] Elada Sargsyan, 54, a refugee from Nagorno-Karbakh region, poses for a picture in a disused kindergarten, where she now lives temporarily along with dozens of other refugees from Karabakh, in the town of Masis, Armenia November 22, 2023. Born in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Sargsyan fled her hometown in 1988, aged 19, as the Soviet Union began to fall apart. In 2020, they lost another home, when Azerbaijan - by now closely allied with Armenians' bête noire, Turkey - reconquered much of Karabakh including their village in a second war. Like many refugees, they have struggled to find work in Armenia. Alvina, a grandmother aged 65, has become the family’s main breadwinner, earning a little money selling homemade "jingalov hats" or "green bread", a flatbread stuffed with herbs that is a staple for Karabakh Armenians.

Persons: Elada Sargsyan, Irakli, Sargsyan, I’ve, they’ll, Masis, Alina Harutyunyan, Harutyunyan, I'd, Lilia Abrahamyan, Felix Light, Kevin Liffey Organizations: REUTERS, Soviet Union, Mount, Karabakh, Thomson Locations: Nagorno, Karabakh, Masis, Armenia, Azerbaijan, MASIS, Baku, Soviet, Soviet Armenia, Aknaghbyur, Turkey, Armenia’s, Yerevan, Mount Ararat, Harutyunagomer, Ottoman Turks, Karabakh's, Vanadzor, Alvina

☆ More than 100,000 refugees arrive in Armenia as exodus swells
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region sit in a bus upon their arrival in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, September 29, 2023. "Many are hungry, exhausted and need immediate assistance," Filippo Grandi, head of the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, said on social media late on Friday. Italy said Armenia had asked the European Union for temporary shelters and medical supplies to help it deal with the refugees. "This exodus is already unbearable physically because we have already spent 16 hours on this road... Reporting by Emma Farge, Angelo Amante and Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Giles Elgood; Editing by Christina FincherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Irakli, Filippo Grandi, Siranush Sargsyan, Sargsyan, Emma Farge, Angelo Amante, Giles Elgood, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, UNHCR, European Union, Armenia, Thomson Locations: Nagorno, Karabakh, Kornidzor, Armenia, Italy, Azerbaijan, Republic of Artsakh, Soviet Union, Artsakh, Kalbajar

☆ Nagorno-Karabakh: Nearly half of the population has fled. What happens next?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani offensive. No Armenian will be left here within maybe two weeks,” a Karabakh resident told CNN. Nonna Poghosyan, the American University of Armenia’s program coordinator in Stepanakert, told CNN that her family realized this weekend that it was safer to leave than to stay. Residents told CNN before the latest offensive began that they would have to wait in line for hours to get their daily share of bread. Analysts told CNN before the evacuations began that they feared Azerbaijan might prevent certain members of the population from leaving.

Persons: –, Vasily Krestyaninov, Stepanakert, ”, Russia –, Olesya, “, Ilham Aliyev, Siranush Sargsyan, rakli Gedenidze, Farid Shafiyev, ” –, ” Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan, Poghosyan, ’ ” Poghosyan, Poghosyan's, Nonna, Pashinyan, Samantha Power, Power, ” Vartanyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Vardanyan Organizations: CNN, Wednesday, Karabakh, Soviet Union, Russia, Refugees, International Relations, Armenia’s, American University of, United States Agency for International Development, USAID, Residents, US State Department, Crisis, ICRC Locations: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s, Baku, ”, Soviet Union, Soviet, Turkey, Russian, South Caucasus, Stepanakert, Kornidzor, Baku –, Artsakh, Republic of Armenia, Goris

☆ Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan says it wants to "reintegrate" breakaway region. What does that mean?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Karabakh officials said their forces were outnumbered and had no choice but to surrender. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has long been explicit about the choice that confronts Karabakh officials. In a speech delivered in May, he told Karabakh Armenians they needed to “bend their necks” and accept full integration into Azerbaijan. “It’s a mess.”It is also unclear where Karabakh Armenians will travel to, if evacuations are able to begin. Azerbaijani officials met with ethnic Armenian representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh in Yevlakh, Azerbaijan, September 21, 2023.

Persons: ” Olesya, “, ”, Ilham Aliyev, Aliyev, AZA, Nikol Pashinyan, Miroslav Jenca, Siranush Sargsyan, Sargsyan, Reuters Olesya Vartanyan, Vartanyan, –, Armenia doesn’t, Farid Shafiyev, Shafiyev, Anna Ohanyan, Ohanyan, ” Ohanyan, …, Catherine the Great Organizations: CNN, Azerbaijan’s, Karabakh, Armenian, United Nations, UN, UN Security, Russian, Russian Defence Ministry, Reuters, ICRC, ”, International Relations, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, gaslight Locations: Azerbaijan, Armenian, Nagorno, Karabakh, South Caucasus, Armenia, Soviet Union, Baku, Yevlakh, Stepanakert, ”, Russian, Soviet Azerbaijan, Russia, Eurasia

☆ Turkey says it played no direct role in Karabakh operation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Azerbaijan mounted a lightning offensive to retake control of its breakaway Karabakh region on Tuesday. On Wednesday, NATO ally Turkey publicly threw its support behind Baku's "steps to preserve its territorial integrity" but it had been unclear whether Ankara played any active role in the 24-hour military operation. "It was Azerbaijan army's own operation, there was no direct involvement of Turkey," a Turkish defence ministry official told reporters on Thursday. The move was condemned by Azerbaijan, Turkey and Ukraine. In a phone call with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev late on Wednesday, Erdogan reiterated Turkey's "heartfelt support" of Azerbaijan, his office said.

Persons: Siranush Sargsyan, Tayyip Erdogan, Baku's, Nikol, Pashinyan, Ilham Aliyev, Erdogan, Turkey's, Huseyin Hayatsever, Gareth Jones, Alex Richardson Organizations: Rights, NATO, United Nations General Assembly, Ece Toksabay, Thomson Locations: Stepanakert, Nagorno, Karabakh, Rights ANKARA, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkish, Ankara, Azerbaijani, Russian, Baku, Yerevan, New York, Ukraine

Karabakh Armenian authorities accused Azerbaijan of violating a ceasefire agreed on Wednesday after a lightning Azerbaijani offensive forced the separatists to agree to disarm. When asked about giving up weapons, Babayan said his people could not be left to die, so would security guarantees first. Talks took place on Thursday in the Azerbaijani city of Yevlakh between Azerbaijan and representatives of the Republic of Artsakh, as the Karabakh Armenians call themselves. He said the region's ethnic Armenians would enjoy full educational, cultural and religious rights. An aide to Aliyev said Baku had given Yerevan a new draft peace agreement, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Persons: Pashinyan, GORIS, David Babayan, Samvel Shahramanyan, Babayan, Ilham Aliyev, Melkumyan, Stringer, Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan, Khankendi, Gayane Sargsyan, Felix Light, Guy Faulconbridge, Nailia Bagirova, Mark Trevelyan Organizations: Azerbaijan reclaims, Protesters, Reuters, National Assembly of, REUTERS, Karabakh, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Armenia, Nagorno, Karabakh's, Azerbaijani, Yevlakh, Republic of Artsakh, Artsakh, Soviet Union, AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA, Caucasus, Baku, Yerevan, Russia, Moscow, Stepanakert, Goris

☆ Armenian protesters demand Pashinyan ouster after Karabakh surrender
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Felix Light | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The protesters gathered on Republic Square in the heart of Yerevan. Many demanded the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who presided over defeat to Azerbaijan in a 2020 war, and now the final collapse of Karabakh's Armenian authorities. Some of those in Republic Square yelled "Artsakh! Others threw bottles and stones at the prime minister's office on Republic Square. Azerbaijan said that it wanted a "smooth reintegration process" for Karabakh's Armenians, and rejected Armenian accusations that it wanted to "ethnically cleanse" the region.

Persons: Nikol Pashinyan, we've, Pashinyan, Irakli, Reuters Graphics Samvel Sargsyan, Sargsyan, Khachatur Kobelyan, Guy Faulconbridge, Kevin Liffey, Alex Richardson Organizations: Karabakh, . Riot, Protesters, REUTERS, Reuters Graphics Samvel, Theatre, Cinema University, Thomson Locations: YEREVAN, Karabkh, Azerbaijan, Yerevan, Karabakh, Nagorno, Armenia, Artsakh, Karabakh's, USA, Russia, Ottoman

CNN —Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh accepted a ceasefire proposal made by Russian peacekeepers Wednesday, a day after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the disputed territory. Azerbaijan on Tuesday began what it called an “anti-terrorist” campaign against separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which Karabakh officials said killed dozens and wounded hundreds more. Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said it had agreed to suspend its operation, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. Taking this into consideration, the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh accept the proposal of the Russian peacekeeping contingent’s command regarding a ceasefire,” the Nagorno-Karabakh Presidential Office said, according to Armenpress. Russia’s defense ministry said it had evacuated around 2,000 civilians from Nagorno-Karabakh overnight Tuesday.

Persons: “, “ Regrettably, Nikol Pashinyan, Pashinyan, ” Pashinyan, Baku’s, Siranush Sargsyan, Armen Grigoryan, Dmitry Peskov, ” Peskov, Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliyev Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Russian, RIA Novosti, Karabakh, Defense Army, Army, Office, Armenian Armed Forces, Armenia doesn’t, Criminal Court, Azerbaijan, Armenia’s Security, Armenian Locations: Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan’s, Armenia, Russian, Yevlakh, ”, Republic, Artsakh, Armenpress, Moscow, Russia, Karabkh, Baku, Yerevan

☆ Azerbaijan-Armenia: The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Armenia and Azerbaijan have already fought two wars over Nagorno-Karabakh since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh to Armenians, is a landlocked region in the Caucasus Mountains and lies within Azerbaijan’s borders. Under the Soviet Union, of which Azerbaijan and Armenia are both former members, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region within the republic of Azerbaijan in 1923. After years of sporadic clashes between the two sides, the Second Karabakh War began in 2020. The news of fresh strikes on Nagorno-Karabakh sparked cryptic reactions from prominent Russian figures showing little sympathy for Armenia.

Persons: –, Tofik Babayev, “, Siranush Sargsyan, Nikol Pashinyan, Ilham Aliyev, Aliyev, ”, Armenia’s, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Dmitry Peskov, Karen Minasyan, Vladimir Putin, Pashinyan, haven’t, Armenpress, Margarita Simonyan, Judas Organizations: CNN, Soviet Union, Karabakh, Artsakh Defense Army, Armenian Soviet, United Nations General Assembly, Kremlin, ” Analysts, Getty, Collective Security, Organization, US Locations: Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Soviet, Artsakh, Azerbaijan’s, Soviet Union, Turkey, Russia, Moscow, AFP, Azerbaijani, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Turkish, Ottoman, Baku, Ukraine, Rome

☆ Armenii votează duminică pentru un nou parlament într-un scrutin anticipat
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Secţiile de votare s-au deschis la ora locală 08:00 (04:00 GMT) şi se vor închide la ora 16:00 GMT, când va începe numărarea voturilor. Potrivit ultimului sondaj privind intenţia de vot, citat de EFE, blocul armean al fostului preşedinte Robert Kocharian va câştiga cu 24,1% din voturi. Pe locul al doilea se află partidul actualului prim-ministru în exerciţiu, Nikol Pashinyan, cu o susţinere estimată la 23,8%. Popularitatea record a premierului în exerciţiu s-a prăbuşit după ce Armenia a pierdut un război cu Azerbaidjanul vecin în toamna anului 2020 pentru controlul Nagorno-Karabah, o regiune separatistă azeră cu o populaţie majoritar armeană. Potrivit AFP, în cazul în care duminică nu se va forma o majoritate sau o coaliţie majoritară, va trebui să aibă loc un al doilea tur de scrutin pe 18 iulie între cele două partide cu cele mai mari scoruri.

Persons: preşedinte Robert Kocharian, Robert Kocharian, Nikol, Serzh Sargsyan Organizations: agerpres, Adunarea Naţională Locations: Nagorno - Karabah, Armenia, Armeniei, preşedinte, exerciţiu, Azerbaidjanul, armean

☆ Premierul Armeniei vrea să-l ofere pe fiul său Azerbaidjanului, în schimbul prizonierilor de război
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Premierul armean în exerciţiu, Nikol Paşinian, a propus liderilor de la Baku să-l dea pe fiul său, Ashot, la schimb pentru toţi prizonierii armeni deţinuţi de Azerbaidjan de la încheierea violenţelor în Nagorno-Karabah în noiembrie trecut. Fiul lui Paşinian însuşi, care a luptat anul trecut alături de voluntarii armeni în războiul din Nagorno-Karabah, s-a declarat dispus să fie predat Azerbaidjanului dacă Baku promite eliberarea tuturor celorlalţi prizonieri armeni. ”Sunt pregătit să fiu predat Azerbaidjanului în schimbul returnării prizonierilor de război armeni şi a celorlalţi cetăţeni armeni deţinuţi cu un alt statut”, a scris Aşot Paşinian pe pagina sa de Facebook. De asemenea, purtătorul de cuvânt al Serviciului European de Acţiune Externă (SEAE), Peter Stano, a lansat un apel similar la 28 mai, cerând autorităţilor azere „eliberarea imediată“ a prizonierilor de război armeni. Eliberarea prizonierilor armeni se înscrie printre temele actualei campanii electorale în Armenia, unde alegeri legislative anticipate sunt preconizate pentru 20 iunie, primul scrutin după înfrângerea suferită de Erevan în conflictul reizbucnit în Nagorno-Karabah în toamna trecută.

Persons: preşedinte Serj Sargsyan, Paşinian, Charles Michel, Ursula von, Peter Stano, Robert Kocearian, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Facebook, Europene Locations: exerciţiu, Baku, Azerbaidjan, Nagorno - Karabah, Shirak, ţării, preşedinte, Azerbaidjanului, Ursula von der, deţinuţi, SUA, Armenia, Erevan, Kocearian, Kremlin

☆ VIDEO, FOTO/ Sindromul postbelic: Cum a trăit Armenia capitularea?
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-20 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +12 min

Totuși, nimeni nu a fost pregătit pentru o astfel de escaladare a acțiunilor militare, relatează Jam News. Aceasta a fost prima demonstrație care a arătat o scădere rapidă a ratingului partidului de guvernământ din Armenia. 17 partide de opoziție s-au consolidat chiar înainte de semnarea acordului, iar după încetarea ostilităților, mii de oameni s-au alăturat cererii de demisie a Guvernului și a liderului acestuia. Cei care l-au ales au fost mai mulți în 2018, pentru că el a fost singurul care a decis să-și asume această responsabilitate. Am moștenit instalațiile vechi și a fost târziu să schimbăm ceva, nu ni s-a dat timp pentru asta.

Persons: Pashinyan, Armen Sargsyan, Liana Samvelyan, Erevan ., Anahit, Grant Mikaelyan Organizations: News, Ministerului Apărării, Poliția, Adunării Naționale, Academiei Naționale, Științe, Militar, Facebook, Erevan . Ea Locations: Karabah, Armenia, Erevan, Armeniei, Azerbaidjanului, Rusiei, Baku, Shushi, Nagorno, Pashinyan, Anahit, Azerbaidjan

☆ Armenia ii este datoare Azerbaidjanului peste 1 trilion de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-25 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +9 min

Armenia ii este datoare Azerbaidjanului peste 1 trilion de dolari30 de ani trăiesc ilegal pe teritoriile azere. Inamicul a comis o crimă de război și a fost deja instruit să calculeze daunele provocate, pentru a se asigura că acestea sunt înregistrate. Apropo, prin decretul fostului președinte al Armeniei Serzh Sargsyan, Sirmakes a fost numit consul general în Franța și a primit Ordinul de merit pentru Patrie. Acest lucru a fost afirmat de șeful departamentului de investigații speciale al Parchetului Militar Emil Tagiyev. Dreptul internațional umanitar, Convențiile de la Haga și Geneva oferă, de asemenea, baza urmăririi penale a persoanelor și a funcționarilor, dacă nu a statelor.

Persons: Armenia ., Aliyev, elvețian Vartan, Valery, Artur Mkrtumyan, Vartan Sirmakes, Franck Muller, Armeniei Serzh Sargsyan, Sirmakes, Emil Tagiyev, Hajiyev, El, Natig Jafarli Organizations: Franck Muller Group, Armeniei Serzh, ONU, Banca Mondială, Curtea Europeană, Drepturilor, Europene, Armeniei Locations: Armenia, Azerbaidjanului, azere, Azerbaidjan, Karabah, armeană, Elveția, Franța, jefuita, Armeniei, Azerbaidjanul, Armenia statului azer, Nagorno, CEDO, Moscova, Republica Armenia, Haga, Geneva, Republicii Azerbaidjan, Moldova

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