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Nalband: Armenia In One Village
Nalband no longer exists; there is no one left in the largest village of Spitak. You won’t be able to count ten houses with lights on if you walk down the street in the evening...Read More »
Concerns Around Domestic Violence Prevention Bill ‘Unjustified,’ Experts Say
Note, those opposing the law have been arguing that the draft “drawn on the basis of the European model will eventually destroy ‘the Armenian family’ and will result in children being...Read More »
‘Sex Calculation;’ Armenians Still Prefer Sons Over Daughters, Study Says
Sex-selective abortions are carried out in two ways: by women’s own means and with the help of doctors. In parallel with the increase in awareness...Read More »
Russia Contributes to Arms Race in Karabakh Conflict Zone: Statement
Thus, the Russian President realizes quite well the grave consequences of arms supply by his country to the Karabakh conflict zone but still continues the practice contradicting...Read More »
‘The Azerbaijani Laundromat:’ Investigative Journalists Uncover Large-Scale Corruption by Azerbaijani Officials
Another $130 million went to AvroMed, a major pharmaceutical company co-founded by Javashir Feyziyev, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament ...Read More »
In Ten Years Armenia’s National Statistical Service Received More Than $2 Million in Foreign Grants
In 2006-2007, the NSS received a grant of more than 5 million drams from the International Labor Organization for research on labor migration. In 2007-2008...Read More »
Ter-Petrosyan’s Rhetoric on Karabakh Issue Anachronistic
This is, at the very least, frivolous against the background of the Yazidi genocide, the human meat grinder in Syria, and the dismemberment of Ukraine...Read More »
Daron Acemoglu: Active Democratic Processes Armenia’s Last Hope:
According to the economist, there have been many unsuccessful governments in Armenia, but for a variety of reasons – partly patronage, partly not enough civil society opposition to it...Read More »
U.S. Ambassador Calls for Tougher Action by Armenia’s Government to End Corruption
To effectively tackle corruption, Mills added, the government should consider “establishing a fully independent anti-corruption body with full investigative and prosecutorial authority...Read More »
The Crisis of Contemporary Democracy: The Hrant Dink Memorial Lecture
The paradox of Dink’s death is that he was killed in the name of a particularly narrow notion of patriotism while he was himself a fervent Turkish patriot...Read More »