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Armenia’s tech scene is on the rise, but can schools keep up? Michele Crestani looks at how tech firms are teaming up with universities and why bold reforms are needed to give students the skills to thrive in a digital-first economy.

Իրանի շուրջ զարգացումների և Հարավային Կովկասի, մասնավորապես, Հայաստանի անվտանգության վրա դրա հավանական և ուղղակի ազդեցությունների մասին պատմող Աննա Գևորգյանի հոդվածի Ձայնագիրը։

Amid Iran’s strained ties with Israel and the U.S., fragile diplomacy, and shifting regional alliances, Armenia faces heightened security risks. These dynamics could trigger a broader realignment of power in the South Caucasus, directly shaping Armenia’s future stability. Anna Gevorgyan explains.

The proposed “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) has sparked sharp debate in Armenia. Sossi Tatikyan explores its origins, legal and operational framework, geopolitical implications, and the controversies it has stirred both domestically and internationally.

On April 25, renowned Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan premiered his first dramatic play “Donation” on the main stage of Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theater. Specially commissioned by the theater’s artistic director Shermin Langhoff for the month-long festival “100+10-Armenian Allegories”, this autofictional two-hander starring Arsineé Khanjian delves into complex themes of artistic legacy, the slippages of memory and the ambivalent relationship between artists and art institutions. In this exclusive interview, Egoyan talks with Vigen Galstyan on the difficult process of writing and directing this deeply personal, yet sharply political opus.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of August 15: what the Washington Accords promise to bring to the South Caucasus; family of billionaire Samvel Karapetyan launches a $500 million investment arbitration against Armenia; as the Nubarashen landfill burns, the Yerevan Municipality announces plans for Armenia’s first waste recycling plant.

Political scientist, economist, author and public intellectual Cengiz Aktar, who spearheaded the landmark 2008 “I Apologize” campaign challenging the Turkish state’s official denial of the Armenian Genocide, speaks with piercing honesty in this episode of Up Close & Personal with EVN Report’s Maria Titizian. He reflects on Turkey’s politics, its fractured memory, and the enduring weight of “collective amnesia”. For Aktar, confronting the truth of the Genocide is not only a moral imperative; it is the key to breaking the nation’s cycle of repression.

Վաշինգթոնում ձեռքբերված համաձայնություններին ու դրանց՝ Հայաստանին որպես լրացուցիչ անվտանգային երաշխիք ներկայացնող Դավիթ Պետրոսյանի հոդվածի ձայնագիրը։

The Washington documents mark a new stage in Armenia-Azerbaijan talks, lowering the risk of renewed war for at least three years, writes Davit Petrosyan. Armenia’s challenge is to use this window of opportunity to strengthen its security and spur economic development, as the real outcome hinges on what follows, not what’s signed.

In this poetic manifesto, art historian and curator, Nairi Khatchadourian, envisions the Araks River not as a border but as a bridge, home to the world’s first Armenia-Iran binational art institution, where culture, ecology and collaboration flow together to heal histories and imagine shared futures.