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1 week ago | 
evnreport.com | Sossi Tatikyan |Hranoush Dermoyan
Between 2021 and 2025, both Armenia and Azerbaijan expanded their military budgets, procurement strategies, and international defense partnerships. However, they differ from each other in both scale and intent. Azerbaijan continues an aggressive military build-up, while Armenia focuses on targeted modernization in response to defense threats by Azerbaijan. From Survival to Strategic ResilienceAfter the 2020 Karabakh War, Armenia announced its intention to undertake comprehensive defense reforms.
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1 week ago | 
evnreport.com | Hovhannes Nazaretyan |Hranoush Dermoyan
A chain of events involving Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Armenian Apostolic Church and Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan is escalating tensions amid a volatile mix of politics, religion and foreign influence, and could potentially lead to the nationalization of Armenia’s national power grid.
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1 week ago | 
evnreport.com | Hovhannes Nazaretyan |Hranoush Dermoyan
As Armenia recalibrates its foreign policy and distances itself from its traditional reliance on Russia in recent years, it has sought to broaden its strategic horizons. While deepening ties with the West, especially France and the United States, Yerevan is also engaging with non-Western actors, especially India and Iran to diversify its diplomatic and security relationships. Ongoing efforts include intensifying ties with the Arab world and Central Asia, among other neighboring regions.
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1 week ago | 
evnreport.com | Sona Karapoghosyan |Hranoush Dermoyan
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival took place against the backdrop of rising right-wing influence in Germany. Over the past two years, the Berlinale has increasingly mirrored the country’s political agenda, leading to growing disillusionment among independent directors and film professionals. One notable incident last year underscored this shift: the Minister of Culture faced backlash for applauding the Palestinian documentary No Other Land (2024, dir.
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1 week ago | 
evnreport.com | Raffy Ardhaldjian |Hranoush Dermoyan
The recent exchange of missile strikes between Israel and Iran has resurfaced an often-overlooked dimension of statehood: the protection of civilians. Armenia, for its part, condemned Israel’s overnight strikes on nuclear facilities and military sites across neighboring Iran, calling for an immediate end to the military action. Yet beyond the diplomatic reaction lies a deeper question—how do states protect their people when missiles fly?
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1 week ago | 
evnreport.com | Hranoush Dermoyan
The Armenian government’s introduction of a customs exemption policy in 2022 to promote cleaner transportation, allowed EVs to be imported duty-free under an annual quota system. The initial quota for that year was set at 6,400 vehicles, with 2,962 imported under this exemption. In 2023, the quota increased to 7,400, and 5,584 EVs entered the country.
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2 weeks ago | 
evnreport.com | Hranoush Dermoyan
When my daughter was born prematurely, I didn’t know how quickly I’d have to choose between my career and her care. Seven months later, I was back at work, not because I was ready, but because I had no other choice. Armenia has no state-provided childcare for children under two, no affordable options for families like mine, and only 144 days of paid maternity leave, most of which I had already used up.
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3 weeks ago | 
evnreport.com | Astghik Karapetyan |Hranoush Dermoyan
“Don’t mention the name of the medical service, I’m terribly dissatisfied. Because of them, I’ve been labeled a liar,” said 35-year-old Arthur (name changed), who is now in his third year of detention. Arthur is serving a ten-year sentence for one criminal conviction and is also a defendant in another case currently on trial. He is periodically transported to court for hearings. During a recent session, he began to feel unwell:“The nurse came in and said, ‘What’s wrong with you?
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3 weeks ago | 
evnreport.com | Sheila Paylan |Hranoush Dermoyan
Last week, I sat in front of a room full of dignitaries, ambassadors, senior experts, and high-level officials from all over the world to moderate a panel. It was the second edition of the Yerevan Dialogue, and the subject of my talk—global justice and the rule of international law—is one I’ve specialized in for nearly two decades. I had done the research, formulated the questions, anticipated the answers, and rehearsed every line. I knew the material inside out.
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1 month ago | 
evnreport.com | Hovhannes Nazaretyan |Hranoush Dermoyan
The Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) recently released its 2024 Caucasus Barometer survey, conducted between July 27 and October 10 last year among 1,561 Armenian adults. It is a household survey about social-economic issues and political attitudes that has been conducted in Armenia regularly since 2008. The previous one was carried out in late 2021 and early 2022.
