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Published in: oDRFair but boring? An overview of Yerevan’s city council elections
This week’s elections to Yerevan city council have been markedly fairer than previous years — but that doesn’t mean...
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Published in: oDRThe struggle for Yerevan: how city elections became a referendum on Armenia’s revolution
For the first time since Armenia's revolution, citizens have been to the ballot box. But Sunday's vote is less about...
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Published in: oDRNo “Velvet Revolution” for Lebanese Armenians
Revolution in Yerevan has stirred the global Armenian diaspora. But how real are the links between political change...
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Published in: oDRRestoring faith in Armenia’s criminal justice system
As a new government sets the agenda in Yerevan, it is high time to consider the excessive use of pre-trial detention...
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Published in: oDRSaint Nick of Armenia: how protest leader Nikol Pashinyan “rescued” Armenia and made it merry
Armenia's intensive street mobilisation over the past month has taken many by surprise. Who is the man at the centre...
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Published in: oDROn the edge: how rural Armenia is responding to the country's "Velvet Revolution"
While revolution is the preserve of the city, Armenia's rural population is watching and waiting to see what happens next. RU
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Published in: oDRA revolution of values: freedom, responsibility and courage in Armenia's Velvet Revolution
Armenia's emerging revolution isn't about geopolitics or foreign relations, but values.
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Published in: oDRA real revolution? Protest leader Armen Grigoryan on what’s happening in Armenia
Armenia’s protest movement is going from strength to strength. I spoke to one of its leaders to find out how they...
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Published in: oDR“It’s too early to talk about the 'fall of the regime'”: political scientist David Petrosyan on the sources of Armenia's protests
Processes designed to relegitimise Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan have gone badly awry — with protesters taking...
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Published in: oDRArmenia’s “permanent revolution”: why do the protests continue in Yerevan?
With the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister, it looks as if Armenia is line for radical change. But the...
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Published in: oDRFeeling Yerevan’s pulse: the new media talking about Armenia’s blind spots
A year ago, the media platform EVN Report was founded to surface everyday concerns and what the media leaves behind....
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Published in: oDRThe prisoner of Yerevan: an American's unfortunate journey back to Armenia
In Armenia, repatriates from the US enjoy comfortable middle-class lives — unless they engage in political activism.
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Published in: HomeSpeaking truth to power is dangerous: the violence perpetrated against Armenian political activists
The women’s protest became dangerous and a threat to the status quo when they questioned and criticized these men’s...
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Published in: oDRThe paradox of Armenia’s domestic violence law
If passed, Armenia’s draft law against domestic violence will only nurture patriarchy.
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Published in: oDRArmenia’s parents dream of having sons
Armenia still has one of the world’s highest rates of sex-selective abortions. Here are the mothers’ stories.
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Published in: oDRArmenia and Azerbaijan’s collision course over Nagorno-Karabakh
Sound principles for conflict resolution over Nagorno-Karabakh exist. But mistrust, a gulf between mediators and the...
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Published in: oDRA culinary conflict in the South Caucasus
How national cuisines became yet another battlefield in the enmity between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Русский
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Published in: oDRIn Armenia, the frontline starts at school
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is no closer to resolution. But in Armenia, a few teachers are encouraging their...
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Published in: oDRDiminishing public trust in Armenia’s electoral process
After revealing evidence of electoral campaiging for Armenia's ruling party by public sector employees, this NGO is...
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Published in: oDRRunning for Tsar: Armenia’s Gagik Tsarukyan
One of Armenia’s most colourful public figures has returned to politics in time for parliamentary elections. What...