Hungary blocks EU aid proposal for Armenia
By Alexander Pracht Hungary has been blocking a €10 million ($11.35 million) European Union assistance package for Armenia for six consecutive weeks, Radio Free Europe reported on Monday following a...
View ArticlePashinyan proposes signing peace deal with Baku and dissolving Minsk Group at...
By Lia Avagyan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed that Armenia and Azerbaijan simultaneously sign a peace treaty and jointly request the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. In his...
View ArticleWaste Not, Want Not: Armenia’s Struggle to Modernize Waste Systems
By Lia Avagyan Armenia faces a growing waste management crisis as landfills rapidly fill up, forcing municipalities to confront the difficult problem of allocating new spaces. Over the past two...
View ArticleArmenia’s ice hockey team victorious in second consecutive game
Armenia’s national ice hockey team clinches a 3-2 shootout victory in a neck-and-neck game against Uzbekistan on April 14, the second day of the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship,...
View ArticleIn rare speech, Serzh Sargsyan rebukes Pashinyan and calls for change
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has proposed that Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a peace treaty and simultaneously request the formal dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. Hungary has blocked an EU...
View ArticleOpposition candidate elected mayor of Gyumri amid ruling party boycott
By Alexander Pracht Vardan Ghukasyan, a mayoral candidate nominated by the Armenian Communist Party, was elected mayor of Gyumri on Wednesday, receiving the support of 18 out of 33 members of the...
View ArticleKarabakh war report faces further delays despite promises of release “this year”
By Elen Muradyan The long-awaited report on the 2020 44-day Nagorno-Karabakh war faces yet another postponement, as commission chairman Andranik Kocharyan vaguely promises it “must be released this...
View ArticleOPINION | Armenian-Iranian drills send strategic signal amid regional...
By Eduard Arakelyan On April 9–10, 2025, Armenia and Iran conducted what appears to be their first-ever joint military exercise along their shared 44-kilometer border. Billed as a counter-terrorism...
View ArticleArmenia must adopt a balanced approach between political realities and the...
By Gurgen Petrossian The Republic of Armenia constantly faces both threats of aggression and accusations of aggression. The periodic allegations from Azerbaijan claiming that Armenia is preparing for...
View ArticleIran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan’s opposing paths on political Islam
In this in-depth interview, internationally renowned expert on the Middle East, Gilles Kepel, explores the complex dynamics of political Islam. He evaluates the future of Iran’s regime in the face of...
View ArticlePashinyan backs dropping independence declaration reference from Constitution
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced that Armenia is hopeful for a positive outcome regarding the European Union Peace Facility’s proposal to allocate €20 million to the country this...
View ArticleNewly elected Gyumri mayor vows to cooperate with central government
By Elen Muradyan Vardan Ghukasyan, Gyumri’s newly elected mayor, has pledged to work with Armenia’s central government despite his previous criticism of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In an exclusive...
View ArticleKarabakh parliament in exile extends presidential term via constitutional...
By Hayk Ghazaryan On April 15, the National Assembly of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), currently operating in exile in Yerevan, adopted a constitutional amendment aimed at preserving the office of the...
View ArticleAliyev’s constitutional referendum & the war on Artsakh Armenians
In this episode of Insights, host Eric Hacopian dedicates the entire show to the sharp reduction in state support for Artsakh refugees and examines what appears to be a politically motivated campaign...
View ArticleRare meeting in Tbilisi brings together deputy foreign ministers of Armenia,...
By Alexander Pracht In a rare diplomatic move, the deputy foreign ministers of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan met in Tbilisi on Thursday to outline their visions for potential areas of regional...
View ArticleArmenia’s Constitutional Court holds up controversial asset confiscation law
Gyumri’s new mayor, Vardan Ghukasyan, tells CivilNet he will work with Armenia’s central government despite deep disagreements with it. Armenia’s Constitutional Court has largely upheld a...
View ArticleAmbitious Academic City project raises concerns over feasibility and vision
By Alexander Pracht For over a century, Yerevan has been Armenia’s higher education hub, following a model common in former Soviet states. The privately owned and centrally located trade schools of...
View ArticleArmenia’s largest mine acquires 100% stake at country’s sole domestic airline
By Alexander Pracht Armenia’s only domestic passenger airline, NovAir, has come under new ownership after its acquisition by the country’s largest mining company, investigative publication Hetq...
View ArticleArmenian, Georgian, Azerbaijani deputy foreign ministers hold unprecedented...
A group of displaced Artsakh residents staged a protest outside the Artsakh Representation in Yerevan, demanding the return of allegedly embezzled funds from the breakaway republic’s Investment Fund....
View ArticleArmenia’s businesses step up criticism of new tax policy: THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS
Armenia’s business community collected more than 2,300 signatures from entrepreneurs on a petition demanding the government repeal a policy that doubles taxes on small businesses. The changes, which...
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