Politics

EVN Report takes a comprehensive look back on the events that shaped 2019, from high profile criminal cases to foreign relations.

The International Republican Institute recently published its fourth public opinion survey since the Velvet Revolution. The survey found that a healthy majority of Armenians believe the country is heading in the right direction.

Protests have gripped Georgia for the last week following a vote against promised constitutional amendments that would have changed the country’s electoral system.

Opposition parties in Armenia’s second and third largest cities considered the last municipal elections to be illegitimate and refused to attend council meetings for a year. The concerns they raised can be addressed before 2021.

Armenia’s Law on Referenda was passed in 2018 but how effective is it at giving citizens a voice?

In critical post-revolutionary times, public discourse shapes politics. Thus, it is important to be aware of the nature of our digital-political environment. Everything we read, share or say on social media is not necessarily a reflection of the truth.

Residents in Artsakh went to the polls on September 8 to elect mayors and local councils across the Republic. Harout Manougian writes about his experience as an observer in the capital Stepanakert and about the process of the vote.

Harout Manougian writes about how Armenia’s political parties are financed and how that could change as part of the National Assembly’s ongoing electoral reform effort.

When a young woman was found strangled to death in Yerevan, some in Armenian society decided to give themselves the right to discuss what she must have done to deserve such a fate.

Electoral Code reform has been on the agenda in Armenia following the Velvet Revolution last year and the Republic of Artsakh just enacted amendments to its Electoral Code as it prepares for national elections in 2020. Harout Manougian looks at the situation in both republics.