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Barriers to Employment: The Struggle of People with Disabilities in Armenia
By Lia Avagyan By the window of her adapted workplace in Yerevan, Lusine Kerobyan reflects on her journey from Vanadzor to the capital in pursuit of employment opportunities. As one of only 27,000...
View ArticleFormer major official charged with money laundering
Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office submitted to court a criminal case involving alleged large-scale money laundering linked to Mikayel Minasyan, the former ambassador to the Vatican and formerly...
View ArticleYerevan mayor’s lawyer says dismissive media remark was not about CivilNet
By Gevorg Tosunyan Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan’s controversial claim that “the media has become a garbage dump” was not aimed at CivilNet, but was instead a general remark about disinformation in the...
View ArticleArmenian Jerusalem Patriarchate condemns Russian Church’s honor for...
By Paul Vartan Sookiasian The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem has strongly condemned the head of the Russian Orthodox Church for honoring Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva during his visit...
View ArticleEU–Azerbaijan relations are a blueprint for authoritarians
Editorial from OC Media The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note. The appointment of former Estonian Prime Minister...
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Informal employment, low awareness hinder labor rights in Armenia
By Alexander Pracht In a message marking International Labor Day last week, Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan acknowledged that the country continues to face a range of systemic...
View ArticleFormer presidents argue over tactics to topple Pashinyan
Tensions among Armenia’s opposition forces deepened as former President Robert Kocharyan’s Armenia Alliance accused Serzh Sargsyan’s We Are Awake movement of attempting to blackmail its MPs amid...
View ArticleArmenia affirms India’s right to self-defense amid renewed tensions with...
By Elen Muradyan Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has expressed support for India’s right to defend itself against terrorism amid a new escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan....
View ArticlePashinyan heads to Moscow as Aliyev snubs Victory Day celebrations
By Zhanna Avagyan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to Moscow to take part in the May 9 Victory Day celebrations, underscoring what he described as Armenia’s “balanced and balancing”...
View ArticleJustice Minister: Draft of Armenia’s New Constitution Expected in 10 Months
By Elen Muradyan Armenian Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan said on Wednesday that no decision has yet been made on when the draft of a new Constitution will be put to a referendum. Speaking to reporters...
View ArticleArmenian alcohol exports stuck at Georgia-Russia border amid customs delays,...
Dozens of Armenian trucks carrying alcoholic beverages have been stuck at the Georgia-Russia border in recent weeks, as Georgian customs authorities subject the shipments to unexpected laboratory...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament calls for Ankara’s stronger role in Yerevan–Baku...
By Alexander Pracht The European Parliament adopted a new report on Turkey during a plenary session on Wednesday, expressing support for the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and...
View ArticleWhat would it take to defeat Pashinyan?
In this episode of the CivilNet podcast, commentator Eric Hacopian surveys the political field ahead of the 2026 Armenian parliamentary elections, which will pit Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan against...
View ArticlePashinyan heads to Moscow despite strained Russia ties
Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan will attend Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations tomorrow amid strained ties with Russia. Armenia voiced strong support for India’s right to self-defense after recent...
View ArticleActivists sue to halt financing of Armenia’s Amulsar gold mine: THIS WEEK IN...
A group of civil society organizations and concerned citizens filed a lawsuit challenging the Armenian government’s decision to grant the operator of the long-stalled Amulsar gold mine a $150 million...
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Yaghdan: A Greek Village in Armenia
The Greek village of Yaghdan is located in Armenia’s northern Lori province. According to the regional administration website, it currently consists of roughly 100 residents, most of whom are...
View ArticleArmenia joins Ashgabat Agreement on international transport corridor
By Alexander Pracht The Armenian government voted on Thursday to join the Ashgabat Agreement, a multinational pact establishing an international transport and transit corridor linking Central Asia to...
View ArticleArmenia shuts down public access to tax records used to track shadow employment
By Alexander Pracht A once-accessible public database that helped estimate the number of officially registered employees in Armenian companies is no longer functional, further limiting transparency...
View ArticleArmenia’s energy transition stalls amid grid challenges and underinvestment
Despite the government’s aspirations to increase the share of renewables in the energy sector, Armenia’s electric grid remains unprepared for rapid expansion, and authorities have done little to...
View ArticleKey Yerevan infrastructure projects remain stalled
Armenia has voted to join the Ashgabat Agreement, with aims of becoming a strategic transit hub linking Central Asia to the Persian Gulf. A public tool that helped expose shadow employment in Armenia...
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