Anahit Danielyan

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Anahit is a journalist at Media.am.

A campaign poster for Masis Mayilyan (left), with his slogan ‘Together we can’, and Arayik Harutyunyan (centre) with the slogan ‘Towards a prosperous future’. Photo: Mariam Sargsyan/OC Media.

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Elections

Nagorno-Karabakh prepares for unprecedented elections

by Anahit Danielyan

•3 min read

Nagorno-Karabakh is getting ready for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in two weeks time. Observers say the polls, the first major elections since Armenia’s ‘Velvet Revolution’ in 2018, will be unprecedented in their competitiveness. On 31 March, for the first time ever in Nagorno-Karabakh, parliamentary and presidential elections will be held on the same day — a result of the new constitution adopted in 2017. A representative of the Agency of the State Register of Legal E

Elections

Is there a place for women in local government in Nagorno-Karabakh?

by Anahit Danielyan

•5 min read

As of September, women have the lowest representation in Nagorno-Karabakh’s local administrations in decades; and the number of women competing in elections is hardly better. The Council of Elders of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, is for the first time in decades without a single woman member. Municipal elections held on 8 September in 228 communities of Nagorno-Karabakh showed that women in Karabakh seldom put themselves forward for election and, in turn, make up only a t

Feature Stories

For workers in Nagorno-Karabakh — labour rights are not always attainable

by Anahit Danielyan

•5 min read

When confronted with unfair dismissal or other violations of their labour rights, people in Nagorno-Karabakh face an uphill battle through the courts to gain restitution. But for some, the judicial hoops or fears of being left unemployed are simply too much, and justice remains out of reach. When Naira Tevosyan was fired from her job, she decided to fight her former employers in the courts. Since 1991, Naira has taught mathematics in the village of Arajadzor in the Martakert District.

2016 April War

Young men in Nagorno-Karabakh remain defiant in the face of war

by Anahit Danielyan

•6 min read

Two years on from the April 2016 war, which caused the deaths of hundreds and a loss of territory, Nagorno-Karabakh’s youth are more determined than ever to stay in their homeland and build a future there. Galvanised by their recent experience of war, young men living close to the frontline talk of what the April events meant for them and how they remain ever vigilant of another outbreak of fighting. If several years ago there still existed the hope that the Armenian and Azerbaijani side

The handiwork of Nerses's wife, Anzhela, which they hope to at one point sell.

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

‘Happy is he who is happy at home’ — a Syrian shoemaker in Nagorno-Karabakh

by Anahit Danielyan

•5 min read

Stories written about Armenians from the diaspora who moved to Nagorno-Karabakh are, as a rule, positive: about successful businesses or achievements in agriculture. But among those who moved to Nagorno-Karabakh there are many who struggle to make ends meet; the Demirchyans, are such a family. They decided not to run away from problems, but to stay in Nagorno-Karabakh. Sixty-seven-year old Nerses Demirchyan moved to Nagorno-Karabakh from Syria in 2001 with his wife Anzhela and his mother. H

Disability

Exploding mines, Jonik’s fate, and a dream of a home

by Anahit Danielyan

•5 min read

Landmines and other unexploded ordnance plague the population of Nagorno-Karabakh 23 years after the ceasefire. For Jonik Hovhannisyan, who was a teenager when he went to war, one landmine explosion has shaped his life. The Karabakh war turned Jonik Hovhannisyan’s life upside down and brought him and his family into the most real trouble. His house in the city of Martuni in Nagorno-Karabakh looks rather like a shack, but, as Jonik says, he and his family have been forced to live there

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