Today we live in a society, which can not imagine life without expressing views on social media. Probably it does have certain advantages. Nevertheless, many participants of active discussions have already forgotten or do not even know about the developments, which unfolded in Armenia 5, 10 or 15 years ago.  

To fill the gap Mediamax presents 5/10/15 project, which introduce developments in Armenia 5, 10 and 15 years ago.

•    15 YEARS AGO: MARCH 23-29, 2005

“The opposition consoled itself with vain hopes”

On March 23, opposition Justice Bloc MP Shavarsh Kocharian said that “the opposition consoled itself with vain hopes for the possible holding of referendum on confidence in Armenian President Robert Kocharyan”. He said that “after the falsification of presidential elections in 2003, the opposition forces showed insufficient will for carrying out a velvet revolution”. At the same time, he noted that the Armenian society, in its turn, was not consistent enough in opposing authorities as it was in Georgia and Ukraine.

“Today, Armenia sharply needs a leader who can gain the people’s confidence and consolidate all forces,” Shavarsh Kocharian stated.

On March 24 ,” political scientist and the expert of the German Fund of Sciences and Politics, Uwe Halbakh said that Armenia did not yet have its “Saakashvili” who could have “raised the country to a peaceful change of power”.

The attempted at the life of SCC head

In the morning of March 24, an explosion set off near the building of the State Customs Committee (SCC) of Armenia. The explosion set off at the moment when the car of the SCC head Armen Avetisyan approached the building. Avetisyan was unharmed, but his car was damaged.

 

On the same day Armenian President Robert Kocharyan held a meeting with the heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and ordered to take the measures to solve the crime.

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan said at the government’s session:

“Nobody should cherish hopes that by such actions it is possible to impede the activity of customs and taxation bodies.”

•    10 YEARS AGO: MARCH 23-29, 2010

"Ian Gillan - the special guest of Hay Superstar"

"Ian Gillan - the special guest of Hay Superstar" joint project of Mediamax with Shant TV, broadcast in prime time on March 28, was a success with the audience.

 

According to GFK Telemediacontrol Company data, "Ian Gillan - the special guest of Hay Superstar" Sunday show rating made 10.41%, and the share made 29.23 %.

•    5 YEARS AGO: MARCH 23-29, 2015

The address of Ter-Petrosyan

On March 24 former President of Armenia, head of Armenian National Congress (ANC) party Levon Ter-Petrosyan published his draft address to the international community on behalf of Armenia, ahead of the centennial of the Armenian genocide. The full text, which is comprised of 13 points, is available here (in Armenian).

100 Seconds

On March 23 Mediamax media company and VivaCell-MTS presented 100 Seconds project in Yerevan.

The project is based on testimonies of Armenian Genocide survivors published by the National Archive of Armenia. People with public influence around the world and in their respective countries (writers, musicians, directors, actors) read out 100-second extracts from the testimonies.

 

24 videos were filmed and presented at www.mediamax.am/100seconds and on a Youtube channel.

Secretary of State Commission Coordinating Events Dedicated to the Armenian Genocide Centennial Vigen Sargsyan expressed his gratitude to Mediamax for 100 Seconds project. 

He recalled that the Armenian Genocide Centennial commemoration was built around four cornerstones: memory, gratitude, international struggle and rebirth.

 

“100 Seconds project is a great input in the “memory” section. The dissemination of the stories of the Genocide survivors has exceptional significance as we can show through it how this crime might roll into every family,” said Vigen Sargsyan.

Ara Tadevosyan