30 protesters detained attempting to stop border delimitation process in Tavush
Armenian protesters attempting to block the border delimitation process with Azerbaijan were briefly detained as the process moves to Kirants village. Former Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan inaugurated...
View ArticleCFTJ accuses Azerbaijan of torturing Armenian prisoners of war at UN
Last week, the United Nations Committee against Torture reviewed Azerbaijan’s compliance with its commitments under international law. Prior to the hearings, the Center for Truth and Justice, a...
View ArticleArmenia and Ukraine’s top diplomats hold rare phone call
Police block the road to Kirants village for a second straight day while protesters demand a halt to the current approach to demining and border delimitation work. Armenia remains the freest country...
View ArticleArmenia remains freest country in region for media
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian Armenia remains the freest country for the press in the South Caucasus and one of the best in the entire former Soviet Union, the Paris-based non-profit Reporters Without...
View ArticleArmenia taps local developer for World Trade Center Yerevan: THIS WEEK IN...
Armenia’s Central Bank this week cut interest rates to 8.25%, as inflation in the country continues to remain well below target levels and the economy continues to grow. The Armenian government...
View ArticleDemocracy Watch: Violent dispersion of protesters and media polarization
By Tigran Grigoryan and Karena Avedissian Violent Dispersion of Protesters in Kirants Police have violently dispersed demonstrators protesting the handover of four villages to Azerbaijan. The...
View ArticleTavush residents march to Yerevan as opposition to border delimitation deal...
By Mark Dovich Hundreds of residents from the border village of Kirants in Armenia’s northeastern Tavush region and supporters are marching to Yerevan, as opposition to a border delimitation agreement...
View ArticlePashinyan to skip Putin’s inauguration, close ally confirms
Residents of Armenia’s northeastern Tavush region and their supporters continued their march to Yerevan, demanding an end to border delimitation work with Azerbaijan. Armenia and Azerbaijan’s top...
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U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Pays First Visit to Shushi Under Pressure from...
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian The U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mark Libby made a visit to the occupied town of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh today following public pressure from Azerbaijani officials. In an...
View ArticleArmenia watches as protests against ‘foreign agent’ bill rock Georgia
Tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets in cities across Georgia for over a month now to protest the ruling Georgian Dream party’s renewed plans to require groups that receive...
View ArticleArmenia hopes to normalize relations with Baku by November, says Pashinyan
By Mark Dovich Yerevan hopes to sign a normalization deal with Baku by November and expects steps in that direction at talks later this week in Kazakhstan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has...
View ArticlePashinyan defends border deal with Baku, says opposition seeks to ‘incite war’
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan continued to defend his administration’s agreement to a controversial border delimitation deal with Azerbaijan. He accused the growing opposition movement of...
View ArticleAnti-government protests grow in Armenia amid border deal with Azerbaijan
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian A second senior clergyman of the Armenian Apostolic Church has started a march to Yerevan in opposition to a controversial border delimitation deal with Azerbaijan....
View ArticleLIVE BLOG: ‘Tavush for the Homeland’ protest in Yerevan
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian A protest march led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, which began Saturday from Kirants village in Armenia’s northeastern Tavush region, is culminating Thursday with a rally...
View ArticleStirrings of Solidarity: Assessing Protests and Demands in Georgia
On this week’s edition of Insights, Eric Hacopian discusses the latest anti-government protests in Georgia and what they mean for democracy in the region. He also analyzes new positive developments...
View ArticleUnpacking The Tavush To Yerevan Protest Movement
In this episode of the Civilnet Podcast, host Patrick Elliott and Eric Hacopian unpack the protest movement led by archbishop Bagrat Srpazan Galstanyan, sparked by the delimitation agreement with...
View ArticleProtest movement in Yerevan demands Prime Minister’s resignation
The “Tavush for the Homeland” movement led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan held a rally in Yerevan’s Republic Square. The demonstrators are demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. On...
View ArticleArmenia protest leaders call for acts of civil disobedience
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian Protesters from the “Tavush for the Motherland” movement gathered in Yerevan’s central Republic Square for a second evening after a day of marches and student boycotts. The...
View ArticleArmenia considering raising taxes on small businesses: THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS
Armenia’s cabinet proposed doubling taxes on small businesses in the country, saying the move is needed to boost transparency and simplify the tax administration system. It remains unclear when...
View ArticleAurora Prize for Awakening Humanity awarded in Los Angeles
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian The eighth annual Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was awarded Thursday evening in Los Angeles to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a world-renowned gynecological surgeon and human...
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