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February 10, 2025
One Year Down

One Year Down

"Unleashed" turns one, marking a year of storytelling, self-discovery, and deep engagement. Reflecting on the past year's articles, Sheila Paylan revisits personal and cultural themes, embracing growth, vulnerability, and the power of expression while looking forward to another year of breaking boundaries and embracing authenticity.

February 5, 2025
Beware the Wildcat: Labor Tensions in Kajaran

Beware the Wildcat: Labor Tensions in Kajaran

A wildcat strike has erupted in Kajaran, where over 2,000 miners and technicians at the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine demand better wages and conditions. This strike, the largest in decades, underscores Armenia’s weak worker protections, corporate power and the potential for broader social change.

February 3, 2025
Artinerary, February 3-12

ARTINERARY: February 3-12

After a whirlwind year of cultural events in 2024, Armenia enters 2025 with renewed momentum. This edition of ARTINERARY, curated by Vigen Galstyan, highlights the first major exhibitions, festivals and concerts of the year, along with must-see December shows still on view.

January 30, 2025
Reading Metsamor, the Armenian Nuclear City

Reading Metsamor, the Armenian Nuclear City

Metsamor embodies a complex interplay of post-Soviet deindustrialization, utopian aspirations, and organic transformation. Once a symbol of Soviet modernity, it now reveals a layered reality—marked by decay, resilience and the unplanned vibrancy of everyday life.

January 29, 2025
Searching for “Western Azerbaijan”

Searching for “Western Azerbaijan”

Amid ongoing conflict and fragile peace negotiations, Azerbaijan’s narrative of “Western Azerbaijan” intertwines historical revisionism, legal arguments and war rhetoric. Exploring its origins and implications, Rasmus Canbäck examines how the narrative complicates reconciliation and regional stability.