IMF NAMES ARMENIA GDP LEADER IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
6,636 Nagorno-Karabakh residents have left Armenia and not returned as of December 14. Speculation rises as to whether Prime Minister Pashinyan will take part in meetings of Russian organizations in...
View ArticleAzerbaijani state outlet responds to CivilNet regarding University of Utah...
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian Earlier this week, a CivilNet investigation revealed that the reporting of a recent workshop dedicated to Heydar Aliyev at the University of Utah included fabricated quotes...
View ArticleArmenia chases Europe as neighbouring Georgia succeeds
By Ani Avetisyan Armenia’s northern neighbor, Georgia received an EU candidate status on December 14, marking the realisation of its European aspirations. Amid changes in its foreign policy and...
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Transnistria: An Outlier Amongst Post-Soviet Conflicts
By Gor Petrosyan In the tumultuous aftermath of the Soviet Union’s dissolution, the echoes of ethno-political upheavals reverberated across its once-unified territories. Amongst the tapestry of...
View ArticleBidding Farewell to Artbridge Bookstore Cafe
Join CivilNet for an intimate conversation with Shakeh Havan Karapetyan, the founder of Artbridge Bookstore Cafe, a cultural and culinary home and haven in Yerevan for over two decades. As Artbridge...
View ArticleEnergizing the Economy: Powering Progress through Green Projects
In this episode, Civilnet host Patrick Elliott sits down with Asian Development Bank Country Director for Armenia Don Lambert. They discuss ADB’s preparation and implementation of its new Country...
View ArticleArmenia’s parliament speaker admits peace deal with Baku could be separate...
Russian Ambassador to Armenia claims that all outstanding military contract obligations to Armenia will be resolved. Armenian Parliament Speaker does not rule out separating the border demarcation...
View ArticleAzerbaijan is unable to provide Europe the promised volumes of gas
By Benyamin Poghosyan, senior analyst at Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI) It’s been more than a year and half since the signing of the Azerbaijan-European Union memorandum on...
View ArticleNikol Pashinyan ends boycott by attending key Russian summit
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ends the boycott of Russian-led summits by attending Eurasian Economic Council session. Armenia suspends rebroadcast of Russian state-run Sputnik news agency for 30...
View ArticlePashinyan Addresses Eurasian Economic Union
Prime Minister Pashinyan continues his participation in Russian-led summits today with an informal meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The price of an annual parking permit in...
View ArticleA conversation with Armenia’s chief rabbi
On November 16, information spread in the media that an unknown person tried to set fire to the Yerevan synagogue. This incident was the third case of vandalism in a short period of time in relation...
View ArticlePashinyan and Aliyev in Russia for CIS Summit
The Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev met informally on the sidelines of an unofficial summit of the Commonwealth of Independent states yesterday in St. Petersburg,...
View ArticleThe peace agreement is unlikely to address any of the fundamental issues in...
On December 25, it became known that Baku gave Yerevan a new package of proposals regarding the peace treaty. It was preceded by a series of notable statements by Azerbaijani and Armenian officials...
View ArticleAfter Artsakh: Maintaining Gains, Learning Lessons in the Post-War Era
In this year-end episode of The Weekly Civilnet Podcast, hosts Patrick Elliott and Eric Hacopian take stock of 2023. They evaluate key events like the fall of Artsakh, Armenia’s foreign policy...
View ArticleRussia’s Lavrov dismisses Armenia’s tilt to the West
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called out Armenia for “trying to reformulate its foreign policy line” and for blaming Moscow for the loss of Karabakh. Armenia’s method for reimbursing...
View ArticleJerusalem’s Armenian community attacked by a mob amid land dispute
A piece of land in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter came under attack by a mob of 30 men on Thursday, amid a dispute over a lease for a luxury hotel. The Armenian Patriarchate responded by calling the...
View ArticleJingyalov Bells: Year End Show With Eric Hacopian
In this year-end special, host Eric Hacopian cooks an Artsakh specialty, Jingyalov Hats, while answering questions from the audience. Don’t miss his insights on the concept of Armenia’s garrison...
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AND IN OTHER NEWS: Azerbaijan Begins “Greenwashing” Through COP29
December has been a bit of a respite from the constant (mostly tragic) news of the past months, and has even seen a few bright spots, such as the release of 32 prisoners of war from Azerbaijan after...
View ArticleLessons from Jerusalem
By Tigran Yegavian Jerusalem’s Armenians camped in the Garden of the Cows (Goveroun Bardez) on New Year’s Eve in a climate of tension and fighting spirit. Determined and mobilized, they are...
View ArticleRewriting The Armenian Story
In this Civilnet podcast, host Patrick Elliott sits down with guest Raffi Niziblian, repat and founder of DEEM Communications to discuss what it means to be Armenian, and what the vision for the...
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