In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of May 9: Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attends Victory Day celebrations in Moscow; Armenian lawmakers warn of potential Russian interference in the 2026 parliamentary elections; UNHCR announces suspension of its operations in Azerbaijan and more.
Baku’s “Western Azerbaijan” campaign uses fabricated historical claims and cultural appropriation to assert territorial ambitions over Armenia. Armine Tigranyan traces the roots, tactics and international reach of this systematic campaign of historical revisionism and cultural erasure.
A work trip to Sisian unfolds from dreary mediocrity into an unexpected revelation. Through the evocative paintings of Armen Hakobjanyan, Sisian’s stark landscapes transform, revealing a timeless beauty hidden beneath the town’s crumbling surfaces, and quiet melancholy.
The exhibition “Victory Over the Victory” critically reexamines war and its legacies, bringing together global artists to challenge war narratives and explore memory, trauma and resistance. Curators Sona Stepanyan and Natasha Dahnberg create a space for dialogue across geographies and generations.
In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Nerses Kopalyan unpacks Russia’s evolving strategy to undermine Armenia’s democracy, focusing on hybrid tactics, electoral interference, and soft power ahead of the 2026 parliamentary elections and explores how these pressures could shape Armenia’s political future and societal resilience.
The enduring myth of “Celestial Armenia”, a spiritual, idealized vision rooted in religious doctrine, has long been manipulated by political and clerical elites and exploited by Russia, hindering the emergence of a sovereign, realistic Armenian state grounded in political responsibility and modern geopolitics.
In the face of mounting concessions to Azerbaijan, Sheila Paylan argues that Armenia risks trading dignity for illusionary peace and explores the fine line between pragmatism and surrender, and why national self-respect must never be collateral.
As AI reshapes creativity and replaces human labor, much contemporary art feels stagnant—recycled, safe and system-bound. A revival, if it comes, will rise from urgent, crisis-driven contexts like Armenia, where meaning still demands to be made. In this edition of ARTINERARY, Vigen Galstyan spotlights exhibitions where artists confront technology, identity, and post-war trauma in works pulsing with transformative promise.
In Yerevan’s evolving bar scene, the Martini reigns as a symbol of elegance, aspiration, and social identity. This first-ever cocktail review explores three iconic bars, Santa Fe, Minas and Daboo, to uncover how Armenia’s cocktail culture is refining itself, one sip at a time.
Lent in Armenia is making a quiet comeback, not as a purely religious fast, but as a cultural tradition reshaped by modern life. From ancient onion dolls to nut milk and festive breads, centuries-old customs surface in unexpected ways.
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