Armenia

Armenia in talks with THY for direct Yerevan-Los Angeles flights
Armenia in talks with THY for direct Yerevan-Los Angeles flights
The President of the Tourism Committee of Armenia announced that negotiations have begun with Turkish Airlines to launch direct flights between Yerevan and Los Angeles.
24 February 2026
We chose the difficult path of reconciliation, but we have not forgotten that 19 Armenian captives remain in Baku
MIRZOYAN’S MESSAGE AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
We chose the difficult path of reconciliation, but we have not forgotten that 19 Armenian captives remain in Baku
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, in his speech at the United Nations Human Rights Council, evaluated Yerevan's democratization goals and the peace process conducted with Azerbaijan. While emphasizing lasting peace and regional reconciliation, Mirzoyan highlighted that the issue of Armenian captives held in Baku and missing persons maintains its urgency. During the current session of the Human Rights Council, Mirzoyan announced that Armenia would once again submit the draft resolution titled "Prevention of Genocide."
23 February 2026
Criminal Case Launched Against the Catholikos
CHURCH-STATE CONFLICT DEEPENS
Criminal Case Launched Against the Catholikos
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia has initiated criminal prosecution against Catholikos Karekin II, the Catholikos of All Armenians, and imposed a travel ban on him just days before a planned assembly of bishops in Austria. According to his lawyer, this step is an attempt to obstruct the Church’s international meeting.
16 February 2026
“You are causing more harm than even the Ottomans and Soviets could”
OPEN LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ON THE GOVERNMENT-CHURCH CONFLICT
“You are causing more harm than even the Ottomans and Soviets could”
In an open letter co-authored by seven prominent figures of the Diaspora, they warned that the crisis between the Church and the State risks severing the ties of Armenians spread across the world with Armenia, and called for an end to this trajectory.
13 February 2026
Pashinyan: We Could Regain Control of the Railways from Russia
ARMENIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Pashinyan: We Could Regain Control of the Railways from Russia
In an interview with Armenian Public Television, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia could take back control of its railways from Russia to maintain competitive advantages and establish an international route through the country.
13 February 2026
Azerbaijani NGO representatives arrive in Armenia via land border
Azerbaijani NGO representatives arrive in Armenia via land border
A group of Azerbaijani civil society workers has arrived in Armenia via the designated land border to participate in the "Peace Bridge" meetings scheduled for February 13-14. This step is regarded as a significant and tangible development for establishing trust between the two countries.
13 February 2026
Who posted the “Genocide” tweet, and who deleted it?
JD VANCE’S ARMENIA VISIT
Who posted the “Genocide” tweet, and who deleted it?
U.S. Vice President JD Vance deleted a post regarding the “Armenian Genocide” from his official account just one hour after it was shared.
11 February 2026
"We honor the resilience of the Armenian people"
US VICE PRESIDENT VANCE VISITS TSITSERNAKABERD
"We honor the resilience of the Armenian people"
US Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Yerevan. Signing the museum's guest book, Vance stated, "In memory of the lives lost, we honor the resilience and unwavering spirit of the Armenian people with gratitude."
10 February 2026
USA and Armenia sign a series of agreements
US VICE PRESIDENT VANCE IN ARMENIA
USA and Armenia sign a series of agreements
US Vice President J. D. Vance visited Armenia to conduct official meetings. Vance met with Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan. During the meeting, a series of agreements, primarily on nuclear technology, were signed. Pashinyan reminded that Vance is the first US Vice President to visit Armenia.
9 February 2026
US Vice President J.D. Vance in Yerevan for an official visit
Armenia:
US Vice President J.D. Vance in Yerevan for an official visit
US Vice President J.D. Vance is traveling to Armenia for an official visit on February 9-10, accompanied by his wife, Usha Vance. The Prime Minister's Office announced that Vance and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet in Yerevan this evening.
9 February 2026
Pashinyan and Aliyev Jointly Receive the Human Fraternity Award
CEREMONY IN ABU DHABI
Pashinyan and Aliyev Jointly Receive the Human Fraternity Award
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev jointly received the 2026 Zayed Award for Human Fraternity at a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi. Pashinyan emphasized that while the award was officially presented to the leaders of the two countries, it actually belongs to the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
4 February 2026
Yerevan: The City Where Art Breathes
Yerevan: The City Where Art Breathes
“Yerevan possessed one of the most beautiful city centers I have seen among Middle Eastern and Caucasian cities. Unique stone structures, vast Soviet-style squares, boulevards, the aesthetics of street names and signs, parks, and statues… It gave the appearance of a city where art breathes. Walking along its wide avenues created the feeling of wandering through the streets of a European city, rather than being in the center of a country that shares a border with Turkey.”
2 February 2026
"Opening the border could increase investments by 20%"
ARMENIAN DEPUTY MINISTER OF ECONOMY AT MARGARA
"Opening the border could increase investments by 20%"
Armenian Deputy Minister of Economy Anushik Avetyan visited the border crossing known as Alican by Turkey and Margara by Armenia. Avetyan emphasized that opening the border would lower logistics costs, increase the competitiveness of producers, and lead to a significant expected increase in investments in the region.
28 January 2026
Old habits die hard: The Strategic Ambiguity of Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace
Written by Laurence Broers:
Old habits die hard: The Strategic Ambiguity of Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace
"Gradualism may lead to a ‘thin’ peace manifested in state-mediated exchanges, trade and functional interactions, yet which is not supported and backed up by a ‘thicker’ peace of networked ties across different sectors, domains and social actors."
23 January 2026 Laurence Broers
Armenia Becomes an Official Member of the Peace Council
PASHINYAN SIGNS
Armenia Becomes an Official Member of the Peace Council
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who was among those invited to the Peace Council an initiative Donald Trump claims to have established and will lead to end the war in Gaza has signed the membership agreement in Davos. The Council will be responsible for the implementation of the 20-point peace plan proposed by Trump to end the conflict in Gaza.
23 January 2026
Pashinyan: We must build bridges on the Türkiye-Armenia border
Pashinyan: We must build bridges on the Türkiye-Armenia border
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, touching upon relations with Türkiye at a conference he attended yesterday, stated, "The situation we are currently in is truly incredible and almost unimaginably positive." Emphasizing "concrete steps," Pashinyan said that relations with Azerbaijan are also developing faster than even Azerbaijan expected.
17 January 2026
"We will not enter an arms race; we will encourage women to join the army"
DOUBLE MESSAGE FROM PAPIKYAN
"We will not enter an arms race; we will encourage women to join the army"
Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan emphasized that Yerevan does not aim to enter an arms race with Azerbaijan, though the modernization of the military will continue. Touching upon the role of women in the military, Papikyan stated that the biggest obstacles to participation are "pressure from fathers, husbands, and social circles."
13 January 2026
Prime Minister Pashinyan and 10 Bishops Announce "Roadmap"
REFORM DECISION IN THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
Prime Minister Pashinyan and 10 Bishops Announce "Roadmap"
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and 10 bishops have signed a joint declaration initiating a comprehensive reform process within the Armenian Apostolic Church. The declaration, which criticizes the current church administration for serving political agendas, outlines a concrete "roadmap" and the establishment of a Coordination Council to return the church to its spiritual mission.
5 January 2026
"We are at a stage where concrete steps, not symbolic ones, must be taken"
FROM PASHINYAN TO ERDOĞAN
"We are at a stage where concrete steps, not symbolic ones, must be taken"
Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan evaluated President Erdogan's statements on December 16 regarding the Turkey-Armenia normalization process, in which he said, "We will take symbolic steps with Armenia next year." Pashinyan welcomed the statements, noting that "more comprehensive and concrete progress must now be implemented."
26 December 2025
Pashinyan thanks Aliyev for lifting restrictions on cargo transfers
Pashinyan thanks Aliyev for lifting restrictions on cargo transfers
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed his gratitude to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for ending the country’s restrictions on the flow of cargo to Armenia on Sunday during his speech in the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EAEU) in St. Petersburg, Russia.
23 December 2025

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Ara Malikian’s Violin Set to Resound in Yerevan
Ara Malikian’s Violin Set to Resound in Yerevan
Lebanese-Armenian virtuoso Ara Malikian, considered one of the world's best violinists, is preparing to return to Yerevan for a highly anticipated concert as part of his "Intruso World Tour." The concert will take place on February 15 at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan. The world-famous artist's Turkey concert, scheduled for 2022, was canceled due to security reasons.
16 December 2025
Becoming Aram: The Formative Years of a Revolutionary Statesman (1879-1908)
Becoming Aram: The Formative Years of a Revolutionary Statesman (1879-1908)
If you had told Aram Manoukian on March 6, 1908, that within a decade he would successfully lead the defense of Van against the Ottoman military, save tens of thousands of Armenians from imminent murder, become the temporary governor of Van after the withdrawal of the Turkish forces, and then emerge as the founder of the First Armenian Republic as Tsarist Russia faltered, he probably would have had a good laugh. After all, that day seemed to usher in the end of Aram’s life as a free man—if not his life altogether—as Turkish policemen and soldiers dragged him out of a 30-foot-deep well where he was hiding with fellow revolutionaries, and escorted the lot of them to the military commander’s residence, where they were interrogated, photographed, and sent to solitary confinement.
23 July 2018 Khatchig Mouradian
Armenian presidential award to Pakrat Estukyan
Armenian presidential award to Pakrat Estukyan
Agos' Armenian editor and columnist Pakrat Estukyan is granted with Armenian presidential award, which is given on May every year.
11 May 2017 Haber Merkezi
Commemoration visit to Tsitsernakaberd
Commemoration visit to Tsitsernakaberd
On 102nd anniversary of Armenian Genocide, commemoration events are held in various cities in the world. In Armenia, the commemoration ceremony is held at Genocide Memorial Complex as always.
24 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Instead of resisting reality of genocide, Turkey could have educated its people”
“Instead of resisting reality of genocide, Turkey could have educated its people”
Dr. Rouben P. Adalian, a specialist on the Caucasus and the Middle East and Director of the Armenian National Institute (ANI) in Washington DC, is a prominent figure in Armenian Genocide studies. We talked with him about the mission of ANI, its new site about Armenian Genocide in Turkish, as well as Turkey`s counting denial policy.
19 April 2017 Alin Ozinian
Four minority groups to be represented in Armenian parliament
Four minority groups to be represented in Armenian parliament
After the parliamentary election on April 2, the new Armenian parliament is formed. Four deputies from minority groups, Syriac, Kurdish, Yazidi, Russian, are elected to the parliament.
11 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
"If NATO were being established today, Turkey would not be eligible to join"
"If NATO were being established today, Turkey would not be eligible to join"
We talked to David L. Phillips, the Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, about the developments around the triangle of Turkey-US-Middle East by way of his recent book “An Uncertain Ally: Turkey under Erdogan's Dictatorship”.
17 March 2017 Alin Ozinian
“Bread bringer” activist dies
“Bread bringer” activist dies
Artur Sargsyan, who took food to the police station in Yerevan that was raided by the members of “Sasna Tsrer” (Daredevils of Sassoun) on July 17, died. Sarsgyan was kept in prison for months despite his serious medical condition.
17 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
Armenia on the way to parliamentary election on April
Armenia on the way to parliamentary election on April
Armenia, like Turkey, is waiting for the ballot boxes. The parliamentary election will be held on April 2. This is the first election after the constitutional amendment that would transfer the authority of the president to the parliament and the prime minister was passed and the most important question is whether the current government will maintain its power.
13 March 2017 Alin Ozinian
Azerbaijan issues arrest warrant for observers
Azerbaijan issues arrest warrant for observers
Azerbaijan issued arrest warrant for members of the European Parliament who visited Karabakh to monitor the referendum for constitutional amendment.
27 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
May bees without borders set an example to people
May bees without borders set an example to people
The documentary titled “Bees without Borders”, which was shot in the villages along Turkish-Armenian border, tells the story of beekeeping activities on the both sides of the border. The difficulties that these people on different sides of the border experience are almost the same and they all dream about opening of the border. Coşkun Aral, Müge Aral and Batuhan Tunçer tells about the document.
7 February 2017 Varduhi Balyan
Armenian-Turkish relations by a “historian of the present”
Armenian-Turkish relations by a “historian of the present”
Known for his researches on Caucasus and his book on Karabakh conflict titled “Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War”, author and journalist Thomas de Waal's recent book “Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide” has been published in Turkish by Iletişim Publishing. By way of his book, we talked to de Waal about the current developments in Caucasus.
3 February 2017 Varduhi Balyan