Georgia’s “foreign agents” bill sparks mass protests
Georgia’s parliament approved the first reading of a bill on “foreign agents” this week, sparking protests in the capital Tbilisi. The proposed law would require media outlets and non-profit...
View ArticleAzerbaijan destroys historic Armenian church in Karabakh
Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed upon sections of border in the northeastern Tavush region. The International Criminal Court is formally requested to investigate Azerbaijan’s leaders for genocide...
View ArticleDemocracy Watch: Assault on opposition activist, attack on the media,...
Introduction Welcome to DEMOCRACY WATCH, brought to you by CivilNet and the Regional Center for Democracy and Security. Weekly recaps will highlight and examine the pivotal challenges facing Armenia’s...
View ArticleConcessions In Tavush
In this episode of the Civilnet Podcast, host Patrick Elliott discusses the recent changes in Armenia with guest Eric Hacopian. They unpack the border delimitation agreement with Azerbaijan starting...
View ArticleInside CFTJ’s demand for Azerbaijan to be investigated for genocide
The Center for Truth and Justice, a U.S.-based nonprofit, formally asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Azerbaijan’s leaders for genocide last week, marking the first such petition to...
View ArticleDemonstrators block roads to protest planned border demarcation
Controversy is raging over the Armenian government’s agreement with Azerbaijan to demarcate parts of the border which critics call a unilateral withdrawal from territory by Armenia. Residents of the...
View ArticleNew reports emerge of damage to Armenian heritage in Karabakh
Ani Avetisyan Several reports showing visual evidence of the damage or complete demolition of cultural and religious sites in Nagorno-Karabakh emerged in the past week. Among the destructed areas are...
View ArticleProtests continue in Tavush amid border demarcation
Protests continued in Tavush today as Armenian and Azerbaijani teams delimited parts of the border. Pashinyan says re-engagement with the CSTO military alliance will be impossible if things continue...
View ArticleNever Forget, Never Repeat: Commemorating the Armenian Genocide
On this week’s Insights, host Eric examines the upcoming departure of EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar from his role in the South Caucasus. He analyzes what led to this change and considers its...
View ArticleAzerbaijan re-asserts demand for a corridor through Armenia
Armenia and the world commemorated the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Azerbaijan re-asserts its demand for a corridor through Armenia while the demarcation process threatens to interrupt...
View ArticleBuilding a powerful Armenian identity
Renowned British comedian Kev Orkian joins Patrick on the Civilnet podcast to share his insights as an Armenian in the Diaspora. They discuss the importance of remembering the Armenian Genocide and...
View ArticlePashinyan says border delimitation is a matter of Armenia’s existence
Prime Minister Pashinyan says border delimitation is painful but must be done to secure the future of Armenia. Armenia agrees to hold normalization talks with Azerbaijan in Kazakhstan. U.S. State...
View ArticleCall for transparency, divisive rhetoric and political polarization:...
The past week saw a surge in the use of divisive and polarizing language by key political figures in Armenia. The government’s decision earlier this month to initiate the delimitation process with...
View ArticleAntelias, the Armenian nation’s beating heart
By Tigrane Yegavian On April 20-22, the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia hosted a conference dedicated to studying the continuous nature of the Armenian genocide and the issue of Artsakh....
View ArticleReviving the Art of the Armenian Rug
“A rug is life. It’s alive, it breathes. It is organic. Pure wool, cotton and natural colors. It comes from nature itself. When it is woven by hand, the artisan puts his soul, his breath into it.”...
View ArticleArmenia and Azerbaijan’s top diplomats to meet in Kazakhstan
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s top diplomats have agreed to meet for talks in Kazakhstan on an unspecified date, an Armenian government spokesperson confirmed. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held...
View ArticleArmenia-Turkey process of normalization: illusive deadlock?
Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Despite the growing frequency of optimistic statements by officials and experts in both countries, the prospects for progress in...
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EXPLAINER: Azerbaijan border delimitation deal sparks protests in Armenia
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian Earlier this month, Armenia formally launched a long-delayed process to delimit, or legally define, a section of its border with Azerbaijan for the first time, sparking...
View ArticleHungary blocking EU military aid to Armenia, RFE/RL reports
Armenia’s ruling party defeated a bill put forward by the opposition meant to prevent the handover of four abandoned border villages to Azerbaijan. Hungary is blocking the European Union from...
View ArticleThe Turkish Malaise: A Conversation with Cengiz Aktar
On the Tsitsernakaberd hill in Yerevan, near the Memorial of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, renowned Turkish political scientist and activist Cengiz Aktar sat down with CivilNet’s Eric Hacopian to...
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