Following the 2023 ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, USAID pledged millions of dollars in humanitarian assistance. As the U.S. significantly cuts aid, Hranoush Dermoyan examines international contributions and the Armenian government’s relief efforts to address the crisis.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of March 7: Ruben Vardanyan’s family shares his emotional audio message; EU considers an additional €10 million in EPF funding for Armenia; Russian border guards withdraw from Margara crossing on the Armenia-Turkey border and more.
Syria's political landscape is transforming at breathtaking speed and while historical opposition groups and countless refugees welcome this development, Armenians and other minorities face an uncertain future. From Yerevan's perspective, the urgent question now is how to organize the evacuation of our compatriots, leveraging support from the UN and diplomatic representations operating in Syria.
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.
Reflecting on a taxi ride in Yerevan, Sheila Paylan challenges the traditional masculine narrative of national identity. In her next piece for "Unleashed", she explores a feminist reinterpretation of patriotism that celebrates nurturing values and champions women’s pivotal roles in shaping Armenia's society and future.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of June 28: Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan says Russia took Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenians, returned it to Azerbaijan and left; Armenia proposes joint ceasefire investigation mechanism to Azerbaijan; a shareholder of the Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine sues the Armenian Government.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of March 22: Discussions about the handover of four abandoned villages to Azerbaijan continued; Armenians from Artsakh hold a rally in Yerevan’s Freedom Square demanding more aid from the Armenian government and international security guarantees for their return; Armenia’s national carrier, FlyArna’s license is suspended for six months and more.
In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of August 4, 2023: Despite calls from around the world to lift the blockade of Artsakh, Baku continues to strangulate 120,000 people; the abduction and arrest of a 68-year-old resident of Artsakh during a humanitarian transfer raises fears of deepening the already acute crisis in the region; diplomats accredited to Armenia and UN agencies visit Kornidzor where trucks of humanitarian aid continue to be blocked by Baku.
Earlier this year, the Armenian Government announced a new subsidy program to help attract top talent to the country. The program will subsidize anywhere from 20%-70% of the salaries of graduates from top 400 universities or people who have 10 years of work experience at leading global companies. The program was developed jointly by the Investment Council of Armenia and the Ministry of Economy. Hovsep Patvakanian, head of the Investment Council, joins us to discuss the impact he hopes this program will have, and what other legislative proposals they are currently working on. Hovsep also shared with us his take on Armenia’s economic growth in 2022.
A year after the end of the war in Artsakh, Armenia and Azerbaijan are far from a sustainable peace. Regardless of how many olive branches are gifted to the leaders of the two sides, we are once again back to a “no war, no peace” situation, writes Tatev Hayrapetyan.
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