Podcast

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 26: Azerbaijan ramps up rhetoric, again threatening Armenia with war; European Council approves 10 million euros in EPF funding for the Armenian Armed Forces; Yerevan City Hall asks Armenian Government to review its contract with Veolia Jur, the French company servicing the water management system and more.

Հայաստանում փոքր նվիրաբերությունների ներուժին, կիրառվող միջոցներին ու հարթակներին անդրադարձող հոդվածի ՁայնաԳիրը՝ հեղինակի ընթերցմամբ։

Perouz Taslakian, a research scientist at Service Now, and Erik Arakelyan, a Ph.D. student at the University of Copenhagen, discuss the recently held “Summer School on Large Language Models (LLMs)”. The program brought together researchers from around the world in the field of AI to Yerevan to teach a week-long summer school on the most recent advancements in LLMs. Perouz and Erik talk about the program’s impact in advancing research and scientific ecosystems, and how to strengthen collaboration between the Armenian diaspora and local students, engineers and scientists in Armenia. Finally, Perouz and Erik share insights on advancing AI research in the country.

Հայաստանը սկսում է ընդլայնել ռազմական հարաբերությունները մի շարք երկրների հետ։ Այս գործընթացին, ինչպես նաև ռազմական ոլորտում Հայաստանի նախկին ու նոր գործընկեր երկրներին անդրադարձող հոդվածի ՁայնաԳիրը։

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 19: Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations at an impasse once more; the European Commission to start visa liberalization talks with Armenia; Russia bans import of fresh fruit and vegetables from Armenia citing food safety concerns and more.

What can documentary photography do in times of crisis? How can it help us understand and affirm our identities? We speak about these and other questions in our first English-language podcast with the internationally-renowned LA-based photographer Ara Oshagan.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 12: Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Washington DC; USAID Administrator Samantha Power makes second visit to Armenia within a year; Armenia’s Anti-corruption Court charges several army officers and doctors with corruption and taking bribes and more.

When we record history, we typically do so chronologically, documenting facts and events, capturing footage, etc. In the process, the human voice often gets lost. It is the voice of the witness of the times that this podcast aims to capture and archive, preserving their experiences and perspectives.

Հարկադիր կատարման համակարգում փոփոխությունների արդյունավետությանն ու խնդիրներին անդրադարձող հոդվածի ՁայնաԳիրը։

In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan notes that public discourse in Armenia incorrectly attempts to situate the country’s security context within the larger international constellation. He argues that a more cogent and empirically substantive approach can be established through the concept of Regional Security Complex Theory.