Pashinyan calls Soviet-era maps pivotal to secure Armenia’s sovereignty
By Lia Avagyan Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan defends the use of Soviet-era maps in the ongoing border delimitation process with Azerbaijan, calling attempts to dismiss these maps “dangerous...
View ArticleArmenian FM draws parallel between 1915 Genocide and 2023 Karabakh ethnic...
By Alexander Pracht Armenia’s foreign minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, compared the 1915 Armenian Genocide with Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh that happened last year, asserting that...
View ArticleAzerbaijan demands EU observers be removed from Armenia border
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian Azerbaijan’s presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev has expressed concerns about the deployment of any third-country forces in Armenia, stating that there is “no need for...
View ArticleAurora leaders on the transformative power of education
Partner content. A discussion on the right to education took place at the Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum in Los Angeles this year. Organized by the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative in collaboration...
View ArticleUnderstanding the fall of Assad regime
In this episode of Insights, host Eric Hacopian delves into three distinct yet interconnected developments shaping the geopolitical landscape of the Caucasus and beyond. He first examines Armenia’s...
View ArticleTAP leads discussion on media integrity and reform in Armenia
Leading media figures and democracy advocates gathered in Yerevan this week to urge clarity, transparency, and independence in Armenia’s proposed media self-regulation law. In a series of lively...
View ArticleAll but 2 points of Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization deal agreed upon
Armenia’s foreign minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, compared the 1915 Armenian Genocide with Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh that happened last year. Azerbaijan says it wants the European...
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Armenian-founded ServiceTitan has explosive opening on Nasdaq
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian ServiceTitan, the Armenian-founded cloud-based tradesperson software company had an explosive initial public offering on the Nasdaq Thursday, soaring 42% from the opening...
View ArticleUncharted statue on Armenia-Azerbaijan border stands as symbol of fragile...
By Gevorg Tosunyan and Alexander Pracht The section of the border separating Armenia’s Tavush province from Azerbaijan’s Gazakh district is the most complex and challenging stretch of the frontier....
View ArticleA look into Georgia’s democratic backsliding
In this interview, Tinatin Khidasheli, the head of the Georgian think tank Civic — IDEA, provides an assessment of the democratic challenges facing her country. Drawing on extensive experience as...
View ArticleArmenia, EU launch visa-free travel negotiations
The European Commission’s Deputy Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs, Johannes Luchner, and Armenia’s Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan, launched negotiations aimed at establishing...
View ArticleOld Practices Back: The Curious Case of Hovik Aghazaryan
By Tatev Baghdasaryan and Tigran Grigoryan In the ongoing controversy surrounding Hovik Aghazaryan, a former member of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party, allegations of blackmail and political...
View ArticleArmenia’s Team Group expands to EU with Ireland acquisition: THIS WEEK IN...
ServiceTitan made its debut on the Nasdaq, making history as the first Armenian-founded IT company to go public on a major U.S. stock exchange and pushing the firm’s market capitalization to nearly $9...
View ArticleShe’s Next Empowered by Visa Successfully Concludes Second Wave with Online...
SPONSORED CONTENT Visa, the global leader in digital payments, has successfully concluded the second phase of She’s Next Empowered by Visa initiative. The program features online masterclasses for...
View ArticleRuben Vardanyan could face life sentence in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani prosecutors today presented a massive new indictment against former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, comprising roughly45 charges that could result in a sentence of life...
View ArticleArtsakh people’s right of return: Why Swiss Parliament’s decision is important
Op-ed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s former foreign minister (1998-2008) Today, the Swiss Parliament adopted a resolution urging Swiss authorities to establish a forum for dialogue between...
View ArticleEmpty promises: Yerevan’s new metro station plans at standstill
By Hayk Hovhannisyan Decades after its Soviet-era construction in the 1980s, Yerevan’s underground transit system remains frozen in time, with successive city governments failing to deliver meaningful...
View ArticleSwitzerland passes motion on right of return for Karabakh Armenians
The Swiss parliament’s lower house passed a motion today calling for Switzerland to host an international peace forum on Nagorno-Karabakh that will negotiate for the right of the expelled population...
View ArticleArmenia reopens embassy in Syria
The lower house of Switzerland’s parliament passed a motion calling for the country to host a Nagorno-Karabakh peace forum. Prosecutors in Azerbaijan have referred a criminal case to the Baku Military...
View ArticleBaku brings secretive charges against Ruben Vardanyan, other former Karabakh...
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian Prosecutors in Azerbaijan this week have presented massive criminal cases against former Nagorno-Karabakh senior officials and prisoners of war. The indictment against former...
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