The Armenian Cultural Heritage Institute is racing to digitally preserve the country’s endangered cultural legacy. Using cutting-edge technology, its team is creating a permanent, open-access archive of Armenian monuments, safeguarding history threatened by war, revisionism, neglect and the passage of time.
Drawing from a deeply personal chapter of her life, Sheila Paylan reflects on the hard, often unflattering work of trying to become better. Exploring relapse, discipline and self-forgiveness, she argues that progress is not erased by the moments we fall, but revealed in how we rise again.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 3: The European Union announces tariff-free regime for 80% of Armenian exports; Armenia and Iran launch construction on the Kajaran tunnel, a key component of the North-South Highway; Armenia’s Government approves a $650 million public investment package for three major infrastructure projects and more.
Nearly six years after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War exposed Armenia's vulnerability to drone warfare, the country's military has unveiled a dramatically expanded UAV fleet. Hovhannes Nazaretyan examines how Armenia got here, and whether new capabilities can translate into real battlefield effectiveness.
Armenia's 2026 parliamentary vote confirmed the incumbent’s victory, but it also revealed the growing effects of the "cost of ruling," an emerging anti-incumbent electorate, and a more sophisticated voting public. Nerses Kopalyan dissects the data behind the country's evolving political landscape.
Հայաստանի և Ադրբեջանի անկլավների ծագմանը, իրավական կարգավիճակին, միջազգային զուգահեռներին և խաղաղության գործընթացի շրջանակներում քննարկվող հնարավոր տարբերակներին անդրադարձող հոդվածի ՁայնաԳիրը:
Drawing on feminist art history and recent exhibitions, Vigen Galstyan examines the persistent marginalization of women artists in Armenia’s cultural canon. From forgotten modernists to the patriarchal structures that shape institutions and historical memory, he argues that reclaiming these voices is essential to reimagining Armenian art itself.
They’re on crosswalks, building facades, phone cases, and tote bags. Armenian rug patterns are everywhere this summer, except on actual rugs. As the centuries-old craft of rug making disappears, Kyle Khandikian asks whether celebrating the symbol has come at the expense of preserving the tradition itself.
Lake Sevan has long been the summer escape for Armenian families, a place for lazy beach days, splashing kids, and picnics that stretch into golden evenings. Now, the lake is heating up in a new way, with sailing, water sports, sun-drenched cafes, open-air cultural events, and eco-tourism drawing a fresh wave of visitors.
May’s issue of On View follows Armenia through the final stretch of the parliamentary election campaign, examining competing visions for the country’s future, the role of lobbying in Washington, the politics of enclaves, deepening European integration, military parades and questions of security, democracy and governance. The issue also explores Armenia’s high-tech ambitions, environmental challenges and the personal, cultural and lifestyle stories that reveal the country beyond the headlines.
EVN Report’s mission is to empower Armenia, inspire the diaspora and inform the world through sound, credible and fact-based reporting and commentary. Our goal is to increase public trust in the media. EVN Report is the media arm of EVN News Foundation registered in the Republic of Armenia in 2017.
