Agriculture – CIVILNET 20 May Development bank financing for Amulsar to hinge 06 May Delays at key border crossing for Armenia’s 29 Apr Armenia to increase stake in Russian-led development 26 Apr How has the tech industry transformed Gyumri Business Week Armenia: Government expands tax breaks for IT sector Apr 22, 2023 In this week’s edition of CivilNet’s business digest: The government approved plans to expand a scheme providing tax… RISK MANAGEMENT FOR CENTRAL BANKS Apr 20, 2023 Armen Nurbekyan, Deputy Governor at Armenia’s Central Bank, sat down with CivilNet’s Mark Dovich to talk about the state… Business Week Armenia: Government watchdog blocks sale of country’s biggest telecoms company Apr 15, 2023 In this week’s edition of CivilNet’s business digest: An Armenian government watchdog blocked MTS, Russia’s biggest… 08 Apr Business Week Armenia: Preparatory work underway on partial border 07 Apr WINE CULTURE REVITALIZED 01 Apr Business Week Armenia: Russia considering ban on Armenian dairy 25 Mar Business Week Armenia: Government plans first dry port in Newsfeed Protecting Human Rights in the Line of Fire: Nagorno-Karabakh and September 22, 2023 Agriculture – 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 Agriculture – 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 Agriculture – 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 Agriculture – 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 Agriculture – 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 Agriculture – 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 Agriculture – 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 […] Azerbaijan says it will send food, fuel to Karabakh September 21, 2023 Agriculture – CIVILNET Officials from Stepanakert and Baku reached an agreement Thursday for Azerbaijan to supply food and fuel to Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh’s delegation “noted a particular need for fuel” and “asked for humanitarian aid in the form of foodstuffs” at a meeting in the town of Yevlakh, Azerbaijan’s presidency said in a statement, adding: “Their request was received positively.” It was not immediately clear when desperately needed food and fuel would reach Nagorno-Karabakh’s roughly 120,000 Armenians, who have been pushed to the brink of famine by Azerbaijan’s more than nine-month blockade. The Nagorno-Karabakh government has so far not commented publicly […] Read more