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by Raphael Rauch Lilit Martirosyan (25) graduated in Genocide Studies at Yerevan State University. She gives training courses to schools and prepares her PhD. In this interview, she explains her motivation and talks about a controversy in Armenian historiography. Why are you interested in Genocide Studies? Lilit Martirosyan: The answer is quite simple: I am [...]

by Ami Chichakyan ‘You cannot do one-size-fits-all Eastern Partnership Policy’ The European Union developed its own policy, working with partners in the South and the East to cooperate in key priority areas, for instance, promotion of rule of law, democracy, human rights. The European Union and its neighboring countries work both bilaterally and regionally. There [...]

by Natalie Mayroth Democracy needs a free press. The first symptom of rising totalitarianism is influencing freedom of speech and freedom of the press. But what does it look like in a country that recently had a peaceful change of power? And was has changed so far in Armenia since the Velvet Revolution took place [...]

by Markus Poehlking Yerevan panorama Armenia's traditionally huge diaspora plays an important role for the country's development. At the same time emigration is one of the biggest problems. After the so-called “Velvet Revolution" expectations are high to stop the exodus and to make Armenia an attractive place even for such members of the diaspora who [...]

by Robert Zargaryan 2018 has been a historic year for German-Armenian relations: the visit of Angela Merkel to Yerevan was the first time Bundeskanzler arrived in Armenia. She visited the Genocide Memorial of Tsitsernakaberd following the 2016 adoption by the German Bundestag of the resolution on the Armenian Genocide. After the official meetings both sides [...]

by Ramona Drosner In about one year from now, male adults will outweigh females in Armenia. The reason: due to social pressure, many women abort their unborn daughters. A report on women’s fight for gender equality in Armenia. "It’s better to have one blind son than seven healthy daughters", or "It would have been better if [...]

by Gayane Asryan Irina Ghulinyan-Gerz is a freelance journalist and analyst in Berlin. She is the author and co-author of several books on Eastern Partnership, European Union, Turkey and Armenia relations and Russia’s role. She follows the German and Armenian press on a daily basis and knows that important political changes today are successful only [...]

by Daniel Heinrich Armenia is undergoing turbulent times. Only a couple of months after the "Velvet Revolution" parliamentary elections are being held on December 9th.  Especially the youth of the country is excited about the political changes.  There are however some who are worried about too much optimism. At least a dozen floors, lots of [...]

by Gayane Asryan Armenian-German relations are always in the center of attention of the media. Both in Armenia and Germany the media keeps following the development of events, however they write something, when topics really start stirring some noise. The scope of topics is not that broad, covering predominantly regional, political, cultural and educational issues. [...]