Business – CIVILNET Armenia raises growth projections above 7%: THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS Sep 15, 2023 Armenia’s Central Bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.75%, as inflation continues to ease. It marks the bank’s third interest rate cut so far this… 08 Sep Armenia greenlights World Trade Center project: THIS 06 Sep The IMF in Armenia: Relief, Reforms and 01 Sep Armenia’s trade with Russia continues to soar: 25 Aug Armenia pushes ahead with major mining projects: ‘Engineering City’ and a new research center in Armenia Aug 23, 2023 Oshin Peroomian, the Chief Technology Officer at Metacomp Technologies and Iren Mkhoyan sat down with CivilNet on the sidelines… Maple Syrup to Apricots: Nation Building Through Business Aug 22, 2023 Levon Nazarian left a successful real estate business in Canada and the USA to move to Armenia and begin a property investing… Georgia՚s ban on car re-exports to Russia raises concern in Armenia: THIS WEEK IN Aug 18, 2023 The governments of Armenia and Iran agreed to expand their long-standing gas-for-electricity swap deal and expand it until… 04 Aug Armenia’s Central Bank cuts interest rates again: THIS WEEK 03 Aug Viber: What’s next for Armenia’s most popular messaging app? 02 Aug Armenian Tech Talent Powers Benivo, a Global HR Company 28 Jul Armenian banks halt transfers via Russia’s Unistream: THIS WEEK Newsfeed With ethnic cleansing underway, Armenians begin leaving Karabakh September 24, 2023 Business – CIVILNET The first group of displaced Nagorno-Karabakh citizens has arrived in Syunik, Armenia on Sunday, CivilNet’s Armine Simonyan reports from the southern Armenian region. The group of about 40 people is being registered at a humanitarian station and a special needs assessment is being conducted for medical and housing care. Those displayed told CivilNet that no checks were carried out by Azerbaijan at the Lachin Corridor as they passed through the checkpoint. Syunik Governor Robert Ghukasyan told CivilNet that the region, which now borders Azerbaijan, has set up mobile medical centers as well as ambulances, ready to provide […] Protecting Human Rights in the Line of Fire: Nagorno-Karabakh and September 22, 2023 Business – CIVILNET In this conversation with CivilNet’s Patrick Elliott, UN human rights lawyer Sheila Paylan discusses how international human rights law and UN resolutions can help address the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Paylan explores the concrete steps the UN and international community can take to promote a peaceful and just resolution through political and diplomatic means in accordance with established international norms and principles. ‘A bankruptcy of EU and US diplomacy’: What the Karabakh September 22, 2023 Business – CIVILNET Stefan Meister of the German Council on Foreign Relations, joins CivilNet to talk about the implications of Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh this week, and what it all means for the future of European involvement in the South Caucasus. He also discusses how the crisis unfolding in Nagorno-Karabakh sets a “dangerous precedent” that shows the “bankruptcy of EU and U.S. diplomacy” in the region. Hikmet Hajiyev distorts Nikol Pashinyan’s words September 22, 2023 Business – CIVILNET Ani Grigoryan, #CivilNetCheck Hikmet Hajiyev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s foreign policy advisor said at a September 22 meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross’s Baku office that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said there were no civilian casualties in Nagorno-Karabakh. “As the Prime Minister of Armenia himself admitted, civilians were not harmed. In this regard, unverified and unserious statements by EU, French, and German officials remain incomprehensible,” Hajiyev wrote on X, formerly Twitter. However, Hajiyev is manipulating Pashinyan’s words. On September 21, Pashinyan posted a video message, referring to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and widespread […] UN holds emergency talks on Karabakh as protests rock Yerevan September 22, 2023 Business – CIVILNET The United Nations Security Council met for emergency talks on the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh Thursday, as protests rocked Armenia for a third consecutive day. The country’s political opposition says it will hold round-the-clock protests until Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigns, amid mounting criticism of his government’s response to Azerbaijan’s latest attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. More than 200 people were killed and 400 wounded in just 24 hours of Azerbaijani strikes this week. Pashinyan says Armenia ready to host Karabakh Armenians September 21, 2023 Business – CIVILNET By Ani Avetisyan Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated Thursday in a Facebook Live session that according to their “assessment”, there is no “direct threat” for Karabakh’s Armenian population and that the residents should stay in their homes, with the Russian peacekeepers ensuring “safe and dignified” life for them in the region. In the event of a mass evacuation, the prime minister said that Armenia is ready to host 40,000 families from Karabakh. Following the Azerbaijani attack on Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian communities, the preliminary death toll from Nagorno-Karabakh mounted to over 200. Around 400 were wounded. The number […] Opposition lawmaker beaten at anti-government protests in Armenia September 21, 2023 Business – CIVILNET Gegham Manukyan, a well-known lawmaker from the opposition Armenia Alliance bloc, says he was beaten by a police officer at an anti-government protest earlier this week in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital. “Two days ago, during the protests, a conspiratorial, Nikol-supporting police officer tried to hit me while he was standing behind his friends,” Manukyan said in a Facebook video Thursday with bandages stretched across his nose. “It doesn’t matter, I’ll return to the ranks in a couple of days.” Since Tuesday, downtown Yerevan has been rocked by nightly demonstrations, with thousands of protesters calling on Armenian Prime Minister […] Baku & Artsakh Meeting: Negotiations at the Barrel of a September 21, 2023 Business – CIVILNET Hosts Eric Hacopian and Patrick Elliott discuss the negotiations in Yevlakh between the representatives of Artsakh and Baku, as well as the upcoming UN Security Council meeting and what that could mean for the fate of Artsakh. On September 19, almost 3 years to the day of the launch of the 2020 Karabakh war, Azerbaijan initiated a large-scale military attack along the contact line and into civilian areas of Artsakh. Eric and Patrick discuss the situation on the ground, what the Russian plan is, the United States’ and broader Western response, and what the future can look […] Read more