Armenia to roll out mandatory health insurance in 2026 after years of delay
Armenia will launch a mandatory health insurance system in 2026, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan announced in an interview with Factor TV, ending years of delay and setting the stage for a sweeping...
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Ohio University journalism professors lead workshops at AUA
By Charlotte Snoonian and Minahil Arif The Armenia Project (TAP) is hosting professors from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University to conduct workshops on trauma and conflict...
View ArticleArmenia open to outsourcing Syunik road management, insists on full jurisdiction
By Elen Muradyan The Armenian government has reiterated that while it remains open to outsourcing the business management of infrastructure projects, any transfer of territorial control or legal...
View ArticleArmenia resolves brandy export delays with Georgia
Armenia’s long-running problems with exporting brandy through Georgia appear to be resolved, Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan announced, following months of bottlenecks that had hampered the shipment...
View ArticleUncovered garbage containers pose serious health, environmental problems for...
Yerevan faces a major environmental and public health challenge as most garbage containers across the city remain uncovered. During the summer, this issue becomes especially serious, leaving residents...
View ArticleThomas de Waal: “Batumi, the world’s first oil port, between 1917 and 1921”
Thomas de Waal, British journalist, author, and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, delivered a lecture titled “Batum/Batumi, The World’s First Oil Port, between 1917 and 1921: British Occupation,...
View ArticlePashinyan’s wife’s campaign gets free prime-time slot on state TV
By Siranush Adamyan An education campaign led by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s wife, Anna Hakobyan, is being aired free of charge during prime time on the state-funded Public Television...
View ArticleOPINION – Corridor Politics: What Azerbaijan Really Wants From Armenia
Op-ed by Georgi Mirzabekyan Azerbaijan’s true priority in its negotiations with Armenia is the establishment of an extraterritorial route or corridor through southern Armenia—rather than any changes...
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Despite legal framework, Armenia sees no cadaveric organ donations
By Siranush Adamyan Karen Badalyan waited years for a corneal transplant. The delay took a toll: “There were times when the tissue arrived, but the lab results didn’t match, so they postponed the...
View ArticleNew constitution likely to be ready before 2026 election, justice minister says
Armenia’s Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan told CivilNet that no final decision has been made regarding the controversial preamble of the Constitution that Baku has identified as an obstacle to signing...
View ArticleArmenia’s AI strategy starts in the classroom
How can a small country like Armenia compete in the global AI race? Suzanna Shamakhyan, Executive Director of the Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST), says the answer is through...
View ArticleFrom Artsakh to Iran, an emerging generation of documentary filmmakers
The newly formed Armenian Documentary Association (ArmDoc) is making its official debut with a week-long international workshop in collaboration with DOCA Documentary Association Georgia, a non-profit...
View ArticleOPINION: The Hypocrisy Behind Azerbaijan’s Nagorno Karabakh Narrative
Op-ed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s former foreign minister (1998-2008) In an interview with Berliner Zeitung, Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to President Ilham Aliyev, called for...
View ArticleArmenia to provide compensation if electricity grid is nationalized, justice...
By Elen Muradyan Armenia’s Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan has assured that if the Electricity Networks of Armenia (ENA) is nationalized, compensation to current owner Samvel Karapetyan will be...
View ArticleYerevan dismisses U.S. lease proposal for Syunik corridor, citing legal...
By Elen Muradyan Armenia has never discussed and will never consider any proposal that is not permitted under its national legislation, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan said, in response to...
View ArticleIran opposes Western involvement in Armenia–Azerbaijan normalization
Jailed Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan plans to lead a new political movement bearing his name, his nephew announced. Iran urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to intensify efforts toward...
View ArticleValentina Izmirlieva: “Eastern Christianity and the Cult of War in Russia”
Dr. Valentina Izmirlieva delivers a lecture on ‘Eastern Christianity and the Cult of War in Russia’ at the 2025 Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. The presentation was given on June 26 in Batumi as...
View ArticleUncontained wildfires in Karabakh put Armenian heritage at risk
By Alexander Pracht Severe wildfires that have been burning in Nagorno-Karabakh since early last week have yet to be contained and pose a threat to Armenian cultural heritage in the region, the...
View ArticleSamvel Karapetyan to lead new political force, says nephew
By Siranush Adamyan Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan will personally lead the new political force currently being formed under his name, according to a statement made by his nephew and...
View ArticleInternational arbitrators order Armenia to halt utility seizure: THIS WEEK IN...
Arbitrators ordered Armenia to halt its seizure of the country’s power grid, arguing the nationalization of Electric Networks of Armenia would violate an international investment treaty. Armenia’s...
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