Several dozen Armenians from Artsakh were among those permitted to cross the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor this week, for the first time since Azerbaijan tightened its blockade of the route in mid-June. The first group, which […]
Adriana dreamt of leaving Armenia to work as a model in a country where pursuing a public-facing career would not expose her to danger. In this dream, she would take her dog Froggie and flee […]
Armenia The European Union has confirmed that its monitoring mission in Armenia was targeted by Azerbaijani fire. On August 15, Armenia’s Defense Ministry reported that the Azerbaijani armed forces fired at EU observers near Verin […]
Armenia called on the United Nations to prevent genocide in blockaded Artsakh during an emergency meeting convened by the U.N. Security Council today. “I do believe that this distinguished body, despite geopolitical differences, has the […]
Armenia Former Yerevan mayor Hayk Marutyan has announced that he will run in the upcoming mayoral election on September 17. “Are the officials who once presented themselves as revolutionaries today not starting to act using […]
The Artsakh National Assembly has elected Davit Ishkhanyan, parliamentary deputy with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), as its new speaker in a secret ballot. Ishkhanyan was elected in an extraordinary parliamentary session convened on August […]
Areni Margossian, a member of the Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF) Eastern Region Central Executive and the AYF Washington D.C. “Ani” Chapter, was denied entry to Armenia on August 1. […]
A resident of Artsakh was arrested on August 1 and accused of illegally entering Azerbaijani territory. 55-year-old Rashid Beglaryan was arrested by Azerbaijani forces near Azerbaijan’s border checkpoint on the Berdzor (Lachin) Corridor. Azerbaijani authorities […]
Gayane Aghabalyan and Elmira Ayvazyan are rewriting Armenian history, from the women’s perspective. Aghabalyan and Ayvazyan are the authors of Armenian Wonderwomen, a children’s book that features the biographies of 38 Armenian women whose careers […]
Artsakh authorities have announced that all public transportation routes have been terminated as of July 25 due to a fuel shortage arising from Azerbaijan’s blockade. “Artsakh is now the only area in the world that […]
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