Armenia, Hungary eye embassy openings to boost cooperation
A Swiss parliamentary committee — established to support the right of return for displaced Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh — held its inaugural session in Bern. Armenia and Hungary’s foreign...
View ArticleMay 28: A Celebration Shadowed by Undermined Sovereignty
Op-ed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s former foreign minister (1998-2008) Each year on May 28, Armenians around the world pause to commemorate the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia in...
View ArticleBorder delimitation strengthens Armenian sovereignty, reduces vulnerability,...
By Alexander Pracht Armenia is reinforcing its sovereignty and minimizing security risks through the ongoing border delimitation process with Azerbaijan, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Mher...
View ArticleThe hidden politics of Armenia’s constitutional impasse
By Tigran Mughnetsian and Armen Mazmanyan The article was originally published on Constitutionnet.org In early 2025, despite years of delayed reform efforts and limited public engagement, the Armenian...
View ArticleDesigning schools that help children thrive
Ian Craig, Professor at the University of Buckingham, joins Aram Pakhchanian to reflect on how schools can adapt to provide effective education to children and be a place for broader learning beyond...
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Hye Notes: The Rise of Armenian Jazz
By Vartan Esenyan For those who know where to listen, there’s a rich and vibrant Armenian jazz scene pulsing beneath Yerevan’s surface, one that’s both deeply rooted in tradition and boldly reaching...
View ArticleWhy Armenia’s new army conscription law misses the point
In this episode of Insights, host Eric Hacopian focuses on Armenia’s newly passed conscription reforms, and asks if it’s the correct approach to solving the military’s many issues. Hacopian breaks...
View ArticleControversy stalls Armenia’s new conscription legislation
Armenia’s leadership continues discussing a controversial new conscription bill which, if adopted, will allow young men to significantly decrease their service term should they make a substantial...
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Lines Across Time: Istanbul, Old and New
For most, a city is a place. For Levon Lachikyan, Istanbul became a pilgrimage—one rendered not in footsteps but in ink, flowing deliberately line by line. An acclaimed Armenian illustrator and art...
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Armenians follow politics but reject political parties, survey shows
By Alexander Pracht Armenia is a country that experienced a dramatic surge in political engagement during and immediately after the 2018 Velvet Revolution, when massive crowds took to the streets to...
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Arriving in Armenia for beautiful smiles and noses
By Anna Yeganyan Ekaterina Malkova had access to countless plastic surgeons in Moscow, but none of their work impressed her. “It was important to me that the surgeon’s work appealed to me 10 out of...
View ArticleArmenia’s football star Mkhitaryan to play in Champions League final
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenia’s biggest football star and Inter Milan’s midfield juggernaut, will get what could be his last chance to win the UEFA Champions League, the world’s most prestigious club...
View ArticlePashinyan uses profanity in latest attack on church leadership
Armenia talks peace with a visiting U.S. official, but Baku’s preconditions – particularly the demand for a land corridor – continue to block a final agreement amid renewed border tensions. Turkey and...
View ArticlePashinyan’s attacks on the Church betray his own insecurity
Op-ed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s former foriegn minister (1998-2008) In a time of deep national crisis—after the loss of Artsakh, the displacement of over 120,000 of our compatriots, and the...
View ArticleArmenia’s Zangezur mine seeks $12 from fired strike organizers: THIS WEEK IN...
The Zangezur mine, one of Armenia’s largest and most profitable companies, is seeking $12 million in damages from former employees who led a strike earlier this year in protest of what they called low...
View ArticleThe admiral who defied orders to save a people
In 1915, Admiral Louis Dartige du Fournet took it upon himself to rescue 4,000 Armenians from certain death on Musa Dagh. Over a century later, Armenia honored his legacy by enshiring him among the...
View ArticleArmenia moves to regulate real estate agents with licensing, fines, and...
By Lia Avagyan Armenia’s government approved draft legislation last Thursday that would formally regulate the country’s real estate brokerage sector for the first time, imposing mandatory...
View ArticlePashinyan escalates conflict with Armenian Church
By Alexander Pracht Tensions between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church reignited last week after Pashinyan launched a profanity-laced tirade against the Church...
View ArticleVisa SecurePay survey reveals more than three-quarters of Armenians...
Sponsored content As part of the ongoing SecurePay campaign in Armenia, Visa conducted a nationwide online consumer survey focused on security and online shopping. The findings reveal a growing...
View ArticleInside the U.S. lobbying effort to support Armenia
Tim Jemal, president of the non-partisan advocacy organization Global ARM, shares how his organization is reshaping U.S. policy toward Armenia through strategic lobbying and bipartisan outreach. He...
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