Garen Mouths Off
First Hundred Days
As some of you are reading this, others will still be at Glendale’s civic center rallying on the occasion of Nikol Pashinyan’s first 100 days in office as the Republic of Armenia’s prime minister. This […]
Nikol Pashinyan
Reports
Highlights From Pashinyan’s First 100 Days Speech
YEREVAN—Hundreds of thousands of people crowded Yereven’s Republic Square and the adjacent streets on Friday to hear Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s assessment of his government’s first 100 days in office. In a fiery speech that […]
News
Pashinyan’s First Longform Interview in English: ‘There is no absolute independence for any country.’
Earlier today, Al Jazeera released the first sit-down interview in English with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on its “Talk to Al Jazeera” program. The interview, conducted by Robin Forestier-Walker, covered a number of issues facing […]
Notes from the Pink City
Armenia Needs More Women in Politics, But What Will It Take?
“A woman’s place is in the revolution” read signs carried by countless young protesters who helped oust Armenia’s autocratic President Serge Sarkisian. (For many of Armenia’s female political activists, the ruling Republican regime embodied the […]
Notes from the Pink City
Tackling Corruption Is Good, But Judicial Reform and Sound Fiscal Policies Are Better
“Nikol Pashinyan has accomplished more in a month than Serge Sarkisian did in a decade.” It’s a sentiment that seems to be on everyone’s mind in Armenia’s pink-stoned capital. It refers to the newly inaugurated […]
Roundups
Reactions to Pashinyan’s Premiership
On the occasion of Nikol Pashinyan’s appointment to the role of prime minister earlier today, congratulatory remarks have already started rolling in. The first to congratulate Pashinyan was Russian president Vladimir Putin, who yesterday was […]