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October 18, 2022
Ashot Papoyan and Haig Eskandarian: Biotech and Experimental Biology

Ashot Papoyan and Haig Eskandarian: Biotech and Experimental Biology

This week on EVN Disrupt we are continuing our series of podcasts from the Science and Technology Convergence Conference. Once again, we have two guests on this week’s podcast. Our first guest is Ashot Papoyan, a biotech executive who is the Chief Operating Officer at Biosim and CEO of Elm Tree Research. Our second guest is Haig Eskandarian, a microbiologist at the University of California, San Francisco. With our two guests we spoke about experimental biology and commercializing science findings in the biotech industry.

September 6, 2022

Stepan Aslanyan: Accelerating Business Intelligence

This week on EVN Disrupt, Stepan Aslanyan, the co-founder and CEO of Hexact, joins us to discuss the problems they are working on solving by building no-code business intelligence tools. We also discussed Stepan’s long business career in Armenia and his thoughts on the country’s business culture.

August 23, 2022

Zareh Zurabyan: Understanding the Biotech Ecosystem

Zareh Zurabyan, the head of the Americas division at eLabNext, a European biotech company, joins us to discuss problems the biotech industry is currently working to solve. Zareh describes who the different players in biotech ecosystems are and what trends he is seeing in the industry in 2022. We also discussed his efforts to mentor Armenian start-ups and his thoughts on Armenia’s biotech scene.

June 20, 2022
Armenia in Demographic Crisis

Ձայնագիր. Հայաստանը ժողովրդագրական ճգնաժամում

«Մարդ և հասարակություն» բաժնում հրապարակված՝ Գայանե Մկրտչյանի «Հայաստանը` ժողովրդագրական ճգնաժամում» հոդվածի ձայնագիրը: Ընթերցում է Գոհար Աբրահամյանը: Ժողովրդագրական վերջին տվյալները գուժում են Հայաստանում ճգնաժամային իրավիճակի մասին։ Ծերացման բարձր ցուցանիշ ունեցող երկրում ժողովրդագրական իրավիճակը բարելավելու և ծնելիությունը խթանելու նպատակով իրականացվում են ծրագրեր, սակայն արդյոք դրանք արդյունավետ են։

February 8, 2021

The Demographic Face of War

War casualties are one of the major components of Armenia’s demographic crisis. Beyond their immediate impact, they also leave traces for years afterwards.

May 27, 2019
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Armenia’s Food Basket: Reality or Battle for Survival?

Over 5500 senior citizens in Armenia who are not eligible to receive a pension, are on welfare. They receive about $50 US per month. Armenia’s minimum food basket, according to the Ministry of Health stands at about $72 US per month. In this photo story, EVN Report tries to understand how these pensioners survive.

January 13, 2018

Armenia at the Center of State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks

A close look at cyber operations against Armenian state and non-state institutions, as well as individuals highlights a number of well known cases behind which are state-sponsored hacker groups or even state structures themselves. Samvel Martirosyan writes about how Armenia, in recent years, has become a subject of interest in almost all major cyber investigations.

December 10, 2017
Dignity, Human Rights and the Politician

Dignity, Human Rights and the Politician

How we treat the most vulnerable in our society is a reflection of ourselves. December 10 is Human Rights Day – the day the UN General Assembly, in 1948, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this essay, Maria Titizian writes about dignity and how certain politicians view the condition of Armenia's poverty-stricken.