The European Commission’s first progress report on Armenia’s visa liberalization reforms highlights advances in border management, biometrics, anticorruption and digital governance, while identifying major gaps that still need to be addressed before Armenians can eventually secure visa-free travel to the European Union.
As Armenia’s parliamentary election campaign intensifies, the issue of Soviet-era enclaves between Armenia and Azerbaijan has re-emerged as a sensitive political and security question. Sossi Tatikyan explores their historical origins, legal status, international parallels and the possible scenarios being discussed within the peace process.
Indian migrant workers at a textile factory in Ijevan went on strike over abusive working conditions, unpaid wages and rising production quotas. Their protest exposes deeper problems in Armenia’s labor system, where weak protections leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation, surveillance and coercion. Garren Jansezian’s report from Ijevan.
As Armenia heads into parliamentary elections, debates over peace, memory and democracy are colliding amid rising polarization and the latest assassination threat. In this op-ed, Sheila Paylan argues that suppressing public grief and demands for justice over Artsakh risks eroding civic trust and weakening the democratic resilience Armenia seeks to preserve.
Ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections, political forces are placing domestic concerns at the center of their campaigns. In this primer, Hranoush Dermoyan examines competing visions on the economy, education, healthcare, governance, agriculture and social policy, revealing how different forces seek to address Armenia’s socioeconomic challenges.
Yerevan’s Hrazdan River embodies the city’s contradictions: beauty and neglect, belonging and exclusion, ecological loss and fragile possibilities for coexistence, public life and environmental consciousness. In this personal observation, Taline Oundjian looks at what the river reveals about the city itself.
As Armenia and Azerbaijan compete for influence in Washington, a new lobbying battle is reshaping U.S. engagement in the South Caucasus. From diaspora advocacy to multimillion-dollar lobbying campaigns, both sides are working to influence American policy, peace efforts and regional power dynamics.
Armenia’s tech labor market is being reshaped by three converging shocks: a global venture capital slowdown, geopolitical fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war, and the rapid rise of AI. Together, they are transforming hiring, redefining skills, and exposing vulnerabilities in the country’s tech growth model.
An Armenian exile’s daughter who became one of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated performers, Tamara Khanum used dance to challenge patriarchy, embody cultural resistance, and redefine womanhood in Central Asia, even as her art was folded into the Soviet project.
Foreign policy and security have emerged as defining issues in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary election, with parties sharply divided over relations with Russia, deeper integration with the West, regional normalization, TRIPP and the country’s broader geopolitical direction amid growing uncertainty in the South Caucasus.
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