In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of May 8: Armenia’s parliamentary election campaign officially kicks off; several major international summits place Armenia on the map; Armenia and Poland to hold joint military exercises and more.
Armenia is seeking to redefine its global role through “smart power". By hosting the European Political Community Summit and a series of major international forums, Yerevan is leveraging diplomacy, connectivity and strategic partnerships to expand its international relevance, resilience and foreign policy autonomy.
The first-ever EU–Armenia Summit in Yerevan marked a major milestone in bilateral relations, advancing cooperation on connectivity, energy, digital infrastructure and reforms. The sides reaffirmed commitment to closer strategic partnership, resilience, regional integration and long-term political and economic alignment.
Հայաստանի առաջիկա խորհրդարանական ընտրությունների արդյունքներին, հանրային տրամադրություններին վերաբերող երրորդ հարցման ՁայնաԳիրը։
The third wave of EVN Report’s voter behavior poll shows rising approval for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and improving perceptions of the country’s direction, while opposition fragmentation persists. With nearly 40% of voters still undecided, and a significant share leaning toward the incumbent party, their eventual alignment remains decisive in shaping Armenia’s 2026 parliamentary elections.
A soulful and moving essay on inheritance, memory and survival, Ani Poghosyan traces her family’s story from the Armenian Genocide to the present, exploring how trauma endures across generations, not as memory alone, but as ritual, silence, and the quiet work of tending what remains.
This month for Unleashed, Sheila Paylan draws a line from childhood bullying to Armenia’s unexpected rise into the global spotlight, reflecting on how people and countries can use pain and rejection to rise above and beyond what tried to break them.
From family kitchens to Yerevan’s cafe culture, coffee has shaped Armenian daily life for generations. Blending personal memory with social history, Tamara Khachatryan traces how “soorj” became ritual, identity and one of the country’s most enduring shared pleasures.
A boba tea shop brings contemporary China to Yerevan through careful branding, cultural translation and taste. Its owner, a Chinese emigre, came looking for a good vibe and kind people; in return, she created a space that sits between cafe and experiment, showcasing how unfamiliar flavors, ideas and places can be introduced thoughtfully and unexpectedly.
For more than fifty years, Ruzan Saryan has guarded Armenia’s sound memory inside the archives of Public Radio. Through wars, political change and fading technologies, this intimate portrait follows the woman who preserved the voices of a nation.
EVN Report’s mission is to empower Armenia, inspire the diaspora and inform the world through sound, credible and fact-based reporting and commentary. Our goal is to increase public trust in the media. EVN Report is the media arm of EVN News Foundation registered in the Republic of Armenia in 2017.
