VOX POPULI SURVEY: JACQUES CHIRAC’S VISIT AND CHARLES AZNAVOUR’S CONCERT – MOST IMPORTANT EVENT IN ARMENIA IN 2006

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Dec 26 2006

YEREVAN, December 26. /ARKA/. Visit of Jacques Chirac to Armenia and
Charles Aznavour’s concert, held in Yerevan, are considered to be most
important events for Armenia in 2006, according to telephone survey,
held by Vox Populi Public Opinion Study Center among 593 citizens of
Yerevan from December 17n to 22.

Survey shows that 21,4% surveyed find Jacques Chirac’s visit to Armenia
and Charles Aznavour’s concert most important events of 2006, 11,3% –
participation of singer Andre in Eurovision, 9,6% – victory of Armenian
chess players in Turin, 7,8% – 15th anniversary of Independence of
Armenia, 7,8% – air crash of À-320 air pane, 7,6% – death of singer
Varduhi Vardanyan, 5,56% surveyed gave different answers, and 26,64%
found it difficult to answer to that question at all.

At that 15,8% surveyed find recognition of Armenian Genocide by the
Parliament of France most important event in the world. 15% surveyed
consider conflicts in the Middle East to be the most important event
of this year, and 7,5% – aggravation of Russian-Georgian relations,
7,5% – gave different answers, 56,3% – found it difficult to answer.

Eighteen years old and elder inhabitants of the capital of Armenia
took part in the survey.

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