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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat are Syrian mercenaries doing in Azerbaijan?
How can we understand the presence of Turkish backed Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan?
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationWomen are being forced to give birth ‘alone’, in post-lockdown Armenia and Ukraine
Across Eurasia, women have reported mistreatment that defies World Health Organization guidelines – and national policies.
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Published in: 50.50ԱՄՆ-ը դադարեցնում է ապատեղեկատվություն տարածած հայկական կայքի ֆինանսավորումը
openDemocracy-ի հետաքննությունից հետո ՀՀ-ում ԱՄՆ դեսպանությունը դատապարտել է ապատեղեկատվության տարածումը և նշել, որ...
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Published in: 50.50US ends funding for Armenian website that spread COVID-19 misinformation
Following an openDemocracy investigation, the US ambassador to Armenia condemns disinformation and says the embassy...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US-funded website spreading COVID misinformation in Armenia
Articles on the website call COVID-19 a "fake pandemic" and oppose vaccines. Health experts say it’s “incredibly dangerous”.
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Published in: 50.50A homebirth seemed like the only option
I have just given birth to my second child – but at home instead of in hospital. There wasn’t a hair on my head that...
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Published in: oDR: InvestigationArmenia ‘under pressure’ from UK and US over mining dispute, says EU report
An internal EU report claims that the UK has pressured the Armenian government in a two-year standoff between...
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Published in: 50.50I am lonely and miss talks with neighbours
How can I be afraid of the pandemic? I’m living without any means and I’m still alive! I don’t even die. #HumansofCOVID19
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Published in: oDRCan transgender people speak in Armenia?
When it comes to hate crimes, impunity still reigns in this South Caucasus state.
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Published in: 50.50Isolated in a toxic relationship
I am in lockdown with my husband who drinks and shouts and breaks things. We live on social grants. My kids are...
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Published in: oDRWhat we talk about when we talk about gender in Armenia
As Armenia votes in a new parliament after the revolution earlier this year, it seems the new authorities’ political...
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Published in: oDRHow citizens battling a controversial gold mining project are testing Armenia’s new democracy
Can Armenia’s Velvet Revolution deliver change for communities struggling for their health, livelihoods and futures?...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPresenting an absence: the Armenian legacy in non-fiction film
In these films, the more intriguing instances appear in films made by Turkish directors, where the narratives of...
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Published in: 50.50Women as wartime rapists: a new book explores 'the impossible'
Academic Laura Sjoberg argues that our gendered assumptions about sexual violence in conflict limit our...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why Armenians are successful everywhere except Armenia
Armenia's current emigration rate of 4-5% of the whole population annually is the highest in the world. Considering...
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Published in: oDRChecking your sources in Nagorno-Karabakh
When war in Nagorno-Karabakh flares up again, researchers, reporters, and journalists need to be careful not to feed...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war
This year marks the 25th anniversary of a devastating, yet little-known war at the gates of Europe which to this day...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Post-democracy in Armenia? How the new Constitution will depoliticize Armenian society
Is the new constitution an attempt by Armenian capital and oligarchs to signal to EU elites and European capital...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?ECHR confirms freedom of expression in Armenian case
The very fact that Mr Perincek had been criminally convicted was significant ‘in that it was one of the most serious...
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Published in: oDRFilm review: 'Moskvitch, My Love' (dir. Aram Shahbazyan)
As a testament to Soviet nostalgia, the plot of Moskvitch, My Love is peculiar: a father's blind pursuit of a car he...