Podcast

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of December 19: the European Union approves 20 million euro military aid package under the European Peace Facility; the National Security Service releases document alleging Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan, the Catholicos’ brother collaborated with the Soviet KGB in the late 1980s; Azerbaijani gasoline reaches Armenia for the first time via the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Armenia rail route and more.

After discovering 180 of her great-great-grandfather’s shadow puppets in an attic in Aleppo, actor, writer, producer and director Sona Tatoyan realized that she had just stumbled upon a living thread connecting her to her family’s pre-genocide past. In this episode, Tatoyan speaks about her multimedia performance AZAD (The Rabbit and the Wolf), where she brings these puppets back to life, and explores what it means to carry memory onto a contemporary stage, a powerful act of storytelling.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of December 12: Armenia and Germany sign joint declaration on a new Strategic Agenda for bilateral partnership; Yerevan and Baku begin talks on potential export of Azerbaijani fuel to Armenia; Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposes a joint roadmap with Azerbaijan to close two issues: the return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh and Baku’s so-called “Western Azerbaijan” narrative and more.

In 2025, a new initiative exploring cultural dialogues between Europe and the Middle East was launched, involving organizations from Italy, France, Croatia, the Netherlands and Armenia. Titled Cross-Looking, the project examines how contemporary visual artists can challenge inherited colonial frameworks and reimagine perceptions of the "Other." It brings together 22 young artists for residencies in Yerevan, Cairo, Istanbul, and Rome. In this special English-language podcast episode, we speak with the project’s initiator Andrea Savorani Neri about the initiative’s goals and his work in Armenia.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of December 5: Armenia and the EU adopt a new Strategic Agenda; Church–state tensions continue to escalate as ten bishops call for the Catholicos’ resignation; Government releases key OSCE Minsk Group documents from past Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations and more.

Jon Najarian, co-founder of Market Rebellion and TradeMonster, discusses how his first trip to Armenia and his daughters' influence have deepened his relationship to his heritage. He shares a remarkable family story, from the founding of the Lazar Najarian–Calouste Gulbenkian School in Syria to pioneering organ-transplant surgery in the United States.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 28: A major rift erupts inside the Armenian Apostolic Church; wildfires across several regions of the country have been contained; Armenian civil society representatives visit Baku for a second round of dialogue with Azerbaijani counterparts and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of November 21: U.S. approves Nvidia chip exports to Armenia for the country’s first major AI data center; PM Nikol Pashinyan urges U.S. action on Armenian detainees held in Baku; Armenia and Kazakhstan to deepen ties, planning a strategic partnership and more.

Բայց և սակայն, այնուամենայնիվ․․․ Անկախությունից հետո հայաստանյան բազում արվեստագետներ մշտական բնակություն են հաստատել աշխարհի տարբեր անկյուններում։ Սակայն շատերի ստեղծագործությունները մնում են կապված հայրենիքի հետ՝ դարձնելով «հայկական» ժամանակակից արվեստն ապակենտրոնացված ու միջազգային, նոր հարցադրումներ ու ձևակերպումներ առաջադրող։ Այս մասին զրուցում ենք բեռլինաբնակ, գյումրեցի արվեստագետ Ցոլակ Թոփչյանի հետ՝ Հայաստանում իր առաջին անհատական ցուցահանդեսի շրջանակներում։

When the lens becomes more than a tool that captures a moment, when it becomes a way of listening, communicating and connecting, those moments add up and human stories start weaving history. For 26 years, photographer Winslow Martin has been capturing Armenia through a deeper gaze. His “Love Letter to Armenia” is a multimedia performance that invites documentary photography onto the stage as a live confession of times past and an intimate narration of one photographer’s ongoing journey to a country and connection with its people.