Features and Analysis

July 05, 2022

How the dollar devaluation affects Armenia and its residents, what causes the dollar to continue its fall and what forecasts do experts make about the future

Generation Genius

Life after the war: from a soldier to a sculptor. Video

Generation Genius

July 03, 2022

Eric participated in the Second Karabakh war and got wounded. Upon returning home, he took up sculpturing. His exhibition 'Life after the war' has recently opened in Yerevan

War in Ukraine

“To hell, with bare hands”: a report from the Ukrainian Kremenchuk after the Russian bombing

War in Ukraine

June 30, 2022

A report about the aftermath of the bombing of the Ukrainian city of Kremenchug by Russian missiles by the Ukranian hromadske outlet

Sale of orphanage children to foreigners

Armenia

Armenia's adoption fraud: foreigners pay up to 25 thousand euros for a kid

Armenia

June 27, 2022

Orphans for sale in Armenia. A criminal group involved in the laundering of children with disabilities has been proven to earn 1,200,000 euros by selling children to foreigners

Gavrilov Night's anniversary - how June 20 became symbol of violent opposition crackdown back in 2019

2020 elections in Georgia

June 20, 2022

Three years have passed since the violent crackdown on a large-scale anti-government rally in Tbilisi, which left over 200 injured and cost 2 protesters their eyes

Stories of refugees fleeng war-torn Ukraine and seeking new home in Georgia

Georgia

June 14, 2022

Since the beginning of the war, up to 20,000 citizens of Ukraine have entered Georgia. Many stay for a long time, looking for housing and work

Prison system in Armenia: why are the courts reluctant to approve early release of some inmates?

Armenia

June 14, 2022

Parole for prisoners in Armenia is still hard to obtain. Although there is only a small number of inmates in the country, the procedure is still complex and ineffective, former prisoners say

How Azovstal defenders and other war prisoners will be judged on both sides of Russian-Ukrainian war

War in Ukraine

June 11, 2022

Capital punishment, life imprisonment or exchange - how will captured Ukrainian and Russian soldiers be tried by both sides

Dinner at Susanna's house. Tourists visiting locals

LikeLocal: Armenian service offers 'family dinner' with locals to explore culture and traditions

Travel Armenia

June 07, 2022

Since January of this year, the LikeLocal project has been providing an opportunity for tourists explore Armenian culture during 'family dinners' in Armenia

What Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia did 104 years ago when they became independent republics

Armenia

May 28, 2022

And what they weren’t able to do. A guide

My father burned alive after tank fire" - Mariupol resident recalls life under Russian occupation

War in Ukraine

May 26, 2022

"They brought the war here and they killed my parents, Russia is to blame for their death" - Mariupol resident, 40-year-old Svetlana Kirillova, recalls life under Russian occupation

“Will he ask to demolish Lenin monument next?” – N. Ossetian blogger tried “for hatred of communists”

North Caucasus

May 23, 2022

Ossetian blogger on trial for 'hatred of communists'. Beslan terrorist attack survivor Batraz Misikov supported a call to rename Lenin street In Vladikavkaz after Soviet Union hero Kaurbek Toguzov

'We don’t have any rights’ - how people with disabilities struggle in Armenia

Armenia

May 18, 2022

Rights of people with disabilities in Armenia: personal stories of people who face discrimination from the government and in every day life

Work for participants in the Karabakh war

Employement of Karabakh war veterans - how the issue is resolved in Armenia

Armenia

May 09, 2022

NGOs as well as war participants discuss the issue of employment of veterans, who got wounded or even disabled as a result of the Karabakh war

Opinion: Stolen Victory Day

Russia

May 09, 2022

Vladimir Putin and Victory Day - why is it important for the Kremlin to celebrate the day of victory over fascism so pompously and what does it have to do with the war in Ukraine

‘No winners’: gambling addiction and its victims in Armenia

Armenia

May 08, 2022

Gambling and fight against it in Armenia: gambling stakes made in Armenia last year doubled the revenues of the country's budget. A story of one family's struggle with gambling addiction

Armenian villagers living near the Azerbaijani border demand a security zone

Armenia

April 29, 2022

After the second Karabakh war, most residents of the border villages of the Syunik region of Armenia are facing identical problems, with safety being the main one

Who can lead Armenia and Azerbaijan to peace if the Minsk group fails?

Azerbaijan-Armenia

April 28, 2022

Geopolitical enmity and competition between Russia and the West for the role of the "godfather" of the future peace treaty is ongoing - but who will replace the OSCE Minsk Group in the Karabakh conflict settlement?

"Yagodnoye concentration camp" - a story of Ukrainian village liberated from Russian occupation

War in Ukraine

April 25, 2022

A story of Yagodny - Ukrainian village that lived through Russian occupation. Its residents were forced to live in a basement for a month - without air and light

Armenia: how genocide went from taboo to national rallying point

Armenia

April 24, 2022

Taboos surrounding the genocide began to change in 1965

A story of a clay donkey that survived Karabakh war

The Second Karabakh War

April 22, 2022

Children and the Karabakh war: journalist Kushane Chubayan searched and found 14-year-old sculptor Kamo and his family: five sisters, a brother, and a mother and father - refugees from Karabakh

"I prayed to God to die quickly" - a story of a girl from Mariupol

War in Ukraine

April 20, 2022

Hunger, fear and filtration camp - this is a story of a girl from Mariupol about the war in Ukraine. 17-year-old Maria and her family managed to escape the ruined city

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