Statement of the Members of Civil Society of the Republic of Armenia, including the Community of Advocates Addressed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

During its June 9-10, 2015 session the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter: the Committee) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (hereinafter: the PACE) recommended “by a narrow majority, the candidature of Mr. Armen Harutyunyan, over that of the candidature of Ms. Liana Hakobyan, as the most qualified candidate”[1] for the position of a judge to the ECtHR in respect of...

From Mongolia to Antaramej: The Difficult Road to Becoming a Citizen of Armenia

At first they would say “You’re a Mongolian”. Then, when I started to speak Armenian, they would say, “No, you’re Armenian”, recounts Varsik.

Downtown Yerevan. © Narek Aleksanyan

Questioning the Family Narrative: Turkish Photographer Asks ‘Did we really flee from Armenians’?

Emin Akpinar, a 32 year-old Istanbul based freelance photographer, is a man on a mission to fill in certain questionable aspects of his family’s history.

Azerbaijan Violates Ceasefire 150 Times

The Artsakh Defense Army (ADA) reports that Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire 150 times during the past week, firing 1,300 rounds of ammunition.

Armenia Will End 2015 with $4.9 Billion in National Debt

Armenia’s national debt at the end of 2014, according to the National Statistical Service, stood at more than US$4.9 billion, of which $3.7 billion was external debt.