Yerevan celebrated its 2800th birthday last year, but one would be hard-pressed to find any structure in the city older than 300 years. Over the previous century, Yerevan’s precious few historical buildings and entire neighborhoods […]
YEREVAN—An Armenian court confirmed on Tuesday that it was suspending the trial of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and forwarding the matter to Armenia’s Constitutional Court for review. In a controversial verdict over the weekend, […]
YEREVAN—The Armenian capital city has just expanded its green spaces. A park, which connects City Hall with Republic Square, reopened on Friday after almost a two-year reconstruction project and decades of neglect. The park was […]
YEREVAN—The Armenian capital played host to two festivals of a very different nature last weekend. On Saryan Street, visitors in the tens of thousands attended the third annual “Yerevan Wine Days,” while in the natural […]
I have already used this column to advocate for swift implementation of an e-gov platform, as well as to suggest the rollout of an e-residency system for Diaspora investors. For my third foray into digital […]
YEREVAN—Police cordoned off streets across the city’s downtown on the morning of Saturday, April 27 in preparation for a day-long block party. The celebration was meant to commemorate the first anniversary of the peaceful Velvet […]
YEREVAN—A constant stream of people crossed the Hrazdan bridge and passed the Hamalir into the Genocide memorial park perched atop Armenia’s capital. As the walking paths narrow, the crowd gets thicker until they reach their […]
Last week, the Armenian Genocide received its thirtieth recognition from a member of the international community. On April 19, the Libyan Council of Ministers adopted a resolution recognizing the 1915 extermination of Ottoman Armenians as […]
YEREVAN— The Administrative Court of the Republic of Armenia passed a ruling last week declaring the blockade of the Amulsar mining site by environmental protesters an illegal act of trespassing on private property. This judgement […]
This week, the workers at the Ararat Cement plant took to the streets in protest following news of mass layoffs. The plant, located just outside Ararat, is one of two in the country and employs […]
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