Raw & Unfiltered

Despite efforts to strengthen intellectual property laws in Armenia, the country still faces challenges in effectively protecting and enforcing these rights.

In Armenia, patients who are alone, with no immediate family or a caregiver often find themselves in difficult circumstances. Unfortunately, it seems that there is not yet a solution to this problem.

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day and on that occasion Reporters Without Borders released its 2023 World Press Freedom Index. While Armenia’s ranking improved, concerns about impartiality and the business interests of media owners persists.

Armenia has achieved significant progress in utilizing renewable energy sources, primarily through hydropower. However, the majority of the country’s electricity still comes from non-renewable sources. Hovhannes Nazaretyan breaks it down.

Fences made from radiators are a powerful symbolic and tangible point of inquiry into the entangled history of Armenia's (de)modernization, which is linked to the dynamics of colonialism and independence, as well as the different state practices in the making.

Can Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its weaponization of the Orthodox faith and Putin's references to Peter the Great and his campaigns indicate historical precedents for Russia's re-emerging imperialism?

Sometimes, a seemingly trivial incident can reflect deep-rooted problems of an entire society. As “Women’s Month” in Armenia comes to an end, Hranoush Dermoyan is reminded of a story that is typical of persisting stereotypes.

Living in Yerevan usually means living with constant noise — noise from cars, cafes and pubs, entertainment venues, fireworks — impacting the health and welfare of residents. What can or should be done?

Following the 2020 Artsakh War, the diaspora’s engagement generated innovative solutions and more notably, a sense of urgency. The Armenian Society of Fellows, a network of experts and scholars from the Armenian Diaspora and Armenia, is one of those initiatives.

Improvements in low-carbon technologies, driven in part by foreign energy policy, have created new opportunities for Armenia, a country without fossil fuel reserves, aligning environmental concerns and the pursuit of higher energy security more than ever before.