Tag: EVN Report

March 17, 2026
Preserve Cinema Heritage or Let it Go

Preserve Cinema Heritage or Let it Go

The acquisition of Artavazd Peleshyan’s film rights by the German Co-production Office promises long-awaited restoration and global distribution. But the deal also exposes a deeper issue: Armenia’s lack of cultural policy to protect its cinematic heritage and maintain control over its most significant films.

March 11, 2026
Reading Labels: In Lieu of an Exhibition Review

Reading Labels: In Lieu of an Exhibition Review

At a British Library exhibition on British-Armenian history, Naneh Hovhannisyan reads labels—and reads between them. In this piece of creative nonfiction, she offers a personal response to a major cultural event for British Armenians, reflecting on cultural visibility, diaspora memory and the ambiguities of collective loyalty and representation.

March 10, 2026
The Invisible Masterclass of Productivity

The Invisible Masterclass of Productivity

Challenging the notion that mothers on maternity leave or outside formal employment are “economically inactive”, Hasmik Soghomonyan examines Armenia’s invisible care economy, and argues that unpaid caregiving and early childhood development are vital investments sustaining families, society and long-term economic growth.

March 9, 2026
Year of the Whores

Year of the Whores

In this month’s Unleashed, Sheila Paylan challenges the double standards that celebrate women for a day but judge them the rest of the year, and makes the case for women to live boldly, freely, and unapologetically on their own terms.

March 6, 2026

Regional Tensions Rise After Strikes on Iran

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of March 6: Following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the stakes are high for Armenia and the wider South Caucasus; Armenian Government is facilitating the return of Armenian nationals trapped across the Gulf and other regions; Electric Networks of Armenia, owned by Tashir Group, is to be nationalized and more.

March 6, 2026
110 Years Later, the Perpetrator Becomes the Host

110 Years Later, the Perpetrator Becomes the Host

Berlin marked the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide last year with an unprecedented cultural program. Yet the commemorations also exposed a deeper paradox: Germany, once complicit in the genocide, now hosts the memory work, as artists and curators confront history, responsibility and contemporary politics.