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Pashinyan joined by Rouhani and Putin at Eurasian Economic Union summit in Yerevan

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Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan with the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, President of Kyr­gyzs­tan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and the President of Kaza­khstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Eight heads of state gathered this week in Yerevan at the annual meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union. The event included a one-on-one meeting between the Russian and Armenian leaders as well as Iran announc­ing its inten­tions to join the Russia-led trading bloc.    [Read more…]

Yerevan municipality takes over waste-collection

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Yerevan bins

Sanitek's over­turned bins next to the new green bins provided by Yerevan Munic­i­pal­i­ty. Photo: Hovhannes Ishkhanyan/OC Media.

Yerevan’s author­i­ties have taken over waste-col­lec­tion from Lebanon-based con­trac­tor Sanitek after the summer’s ‘rubbish crisis’. [Read more…]

Trans woman ejected from Armenian parliament after appeal to MPs

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(Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)

A trans­gen­der human rights activist was asked to leave Armenia’s par­lia­ment, the National Assembly, after giving an impas­sioned speech to MP’s calling for more pro­tec­tion for trans­gen­der people in the country. [Read more…]

Protests as Yerevan authorities demolish cafés around Opera Square

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Demo­li­tion of cafés in the park around the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan. (Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)

Author­i­ties in Yerevan have begun to demolish cafés in the park around the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, leading to protests from staff and owners. [Read more…]

In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless

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A homeless man sleeps on a bench in the centre of Yerevan. There are currently around 400 homeless people in Yerevan, with three-quarters of them living on the streets. (Armine Avetisyan/OC Media)

Yerevan’s homeless pop­u­la­tion comes from all over Armenia and beyond, but they all have ended up in the same place. There is one shelter in the city, with a capacity of 100, but it is not enough to house the hundreds living on Yerevan’s streets. [Read more…]

Opinion | Accepting our past is the only way we can move forward

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Javid Agha is an Ankara-based writer and social media observer focusing on Armenia and Azer­bai­jan, whose writing has been featured across the web including on the BBC. He is editor of Azer­bai­jani art and culture platform, VarYox.

In Azer­bai­jan, as in Armenia, remem­brance of the victims of past atroc­i­ties often takes on a one-sided nature. Despite attempts to twist and politi­cise such events to serve nation­al­ist causes, a more com­pas­sion­ate approach is needed to move forward, and a remem­brance that above all, innocent victims are always sacred.

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Taxes, corruption, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Turkey: Pashinyan’s vision for the ‘New Armenia’

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Having swept to power in a landslide electoral victory, the new gov­ern­ment of rev­o­lu­tion­ary leader Nikol Pashinyan is now laying out its vision for a ‘New Armenia’ — with ambitious plans for peace and reform.

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To change the system from within or without — the dilemma for feminists in ‘New Armenia’

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Maria Kara­petyan (Anahit of Erebuni)

As more and more women choose to enter politics in rev­o­lu­tion­ary ‘New Armenia’, a debate is raging within the country’s feminist circles: how best to transform Armenia's patri­ar­chal systems — from within or without. [Read more…]

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