by Jonas Bickelmann Yerevan's urban fabric might not be older than a century – but it tells a tale. It is a tale about the conflict between civil society and commercialization, and the ways of dealing with the city’s Soviet past. Take, for instance, Yerevan’s...

by Sona Martirosyan Every day, the forecourt of the Armenian Embassy in Germany gets suffused with sounds of the Gyumri dialect from 10 in the morning. Here, the refugees who were complete strangers several days ago, have became acquaintances because of the common...

by Oliver Bilger The new Armenian government wants the diaspora to return to their homeland. Reforms after the Velvet Revolution are supposed to increase attractiveness for repatriates. At first, Aramayis Madatyan was only able to see the revolution unfold via the...