ACCORDING TO SURVEY CONDUCTED BY VOX POPULI, EVENT OF YEAR IN ARMENIA WAS JACQUES CHIRAC’S VISIT AND CHARLES AZNAVOUR’S CONCERT

Noyan Tapan
Dec 26 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Within the framework of Vox Populi
public opinion study center’s December 17-22 survey, Yerevan residents
were proposed mentioning the most important events and persons of the
year in Armenia and in the world. According to the report provided
to Noyan Tapan, the following answers were received to the question
"what event of 2006 that happened in Armenia do you consider as most
significant (event of the year): Jacques Chirac’s visit to Armenia
and Charles Aznavour’s concert in Armenia 21.4% Andre’s participation
in the Eurovision contest 11.3% Armenian chess-players’ victory in
Turin 9.6% 15th anniversary of RA independence 7.8% A-320 plane’s
accident 7.8% Varduhi Vardanian’s death 7.6% The following answers
were given to the question "what event of 2006 do you consider as the
most significant (event of the year in the world): Recognition of the
Armenian Genocide by the French Parliament 15.8% Conflicts in Near East
(Israeli-Lebanese war, Iraqi war) 15% Aggravation of Russian-Georgian
relations 5.4% The respondents gave the following answers to the
question "who can be called Man of the Year in 2006 in Armenia:
Gagik Tsarukian 13.5% Robert Kocharian 11.8% Andranik Margarian
10.9% Andre 8.6% Tigran Karapetian 7.1% Artur Baghdasarian 4.2%
Serge Sargsian 3.7% Vartan Oskanian 3.5% The answers to the question
"who can be called Man of the Year in the World in 2006" are the
following: Charles Aznavour 16.2% Vladimir Putin 15% Jacques Chirac
8.2% George Bush 6.24% The Pope 4.2% K.Kerkorian 3.20% Kofi Annan 2.1%
593 Yerevan residents aged 18 and above took part in the survey.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress