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WHY ARMENIA'S PM THANKS GOD (SOMETIMES) FOR LACK OF OIL
Posted By: Antonia Oprita
CNBC.com
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43329561/
08 Jun 2011 | 02:52 PM ET
JOHN CARNEY, CNBC, NETNET, NET NET, OPEC, ENERGY
Radio Yerevan--supposedly the only communist radio that told the
truth--was, during the former communist regimes in Eastern Europe,
an imaginary radio station in Armenia and a very popular feature of
jokes that circulated in that bleak region before the 1989 revolutions.
The punch lines were basically answers to questions addressed by
listeners to Radio Yerevan. One popular joke was: "Would it be
possible to bring communism to Switzerland?" a listener asks. "Yes,
but it would be a pity," Radio Yerevan answers.
The Eastern Europeans in the audience at a conference about Russia
during the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in Vienna
could be forgiven for remembering - fondly--Radio Yerevan jokes after
hearing the answer of Armenia's Prime Minister, Tigran Sargsyan,
to a question from the audience.
"Is the high price of commodities a blessing or a curse for your
country?"
one participant asked representatives of Russia, Kazakhstan and
Armenia at the panel "Spotlight on Russia" on Wednesday afternoon.
"Sometimes we say thank God we don't have oil," Sargsyan answered,
smiling.
"We have to use our brains instead."
______________________________________________ © 2011 CNBC.com
From: Baghdasarian
Posted By: Antonia Oprita
CNBC.com
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43329561/
08 Jun 2011 | 02:52 PM ET
JOHN CARNEY, CNBC, NETNET, NET NET, OPEC, ENERGY
Radio Yerevan--supposedly the only communist radio that told the
truth--was, during the former communist regimes in Eastern Europe,
an imaginary radio station in Armenia and a very popular feature of
jokes that circulated in that bleak region before the 1989 revolutions.
The punch lines were basically answers to questions addressed by
listeners to Radio Yerevan. One popular joke was: "Would it be
possible to bring communism to Switzerland?" a listener asks. "Yes,
but it would be a pity," Radio Yerevan answers.
The Eastern Europeans in the audience at a conference about Russia
during the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in Vienna
could be forgiven for remembering - fondly--Radio Yerevan jokes after
hearing the answer of Armenia's Prime Minister, Tigran Sargsyan,
to a question from the audience.
"Is the high price of commodities a blessing or a curse for your
country?"
one participant asked representatives of Russia, Kazakhstan and
Armenia at the panel "Spotlight on Russia" on Wednesday afternoon.
"Sometimes we say thank God we don't have oil," Sargsyan answered,
smiling.
"We have to use our brains instead."
______________________________________________ © 2011 CNBC.com
From: Baghdasarian