Sevan Nisanyan, sentenced to a 2-year prison term for construction violations, talks to CivilNet the day before his scheduled incarceration about the reasons for his sentence, attitudes of the Turkish government towards minorities, especially Armenians, and his persistent efforts to push the Turkish government towards more democratic and tolerant policies.
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We Have a Different Name on the Street
By Hasmik Hovhanissyan “The children from the high-rise housing estate in Bremen-Nord know exactly where their families come from: Turkey, Russia, Albania. Only with Karla is everything a little different. She knows that her grandmother came to Germany from Istanbul as a guest worker in the 1960s, and that the family has Armenian roots, but they don’t talk about it. When Karla’s grandmother dies, the name of a woman appears, along with an address in Armenia. Karla manages to persuade her father to go on a trip together – to a homeland that neither of them has ever set foot […]
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How Armenia’s new partnership with the U.S. is likely to
by Alexander Pracht Yerevan and Washington have signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership, marking a new phase in bilateral relations. While the agreement does not include security guarantees, a pressing concern for Armenia amidst the volatile ceasefire with Azerbaijan, it directly addresses what many see as the country’s second-highest priority: energy security. CivilNet reported in August that Armenia might join the so-called 123 Agreement, which would enable Washington to cooperate with Yerevan in the field of civil nuclear energy. This agreement could include the transfer of nuclear technologies, fuel supply, and even the potential construction of a new nuclear power […]
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ADB’s Don Lambert on Armenia’s green economy potential
In this Civilnet interview, Don Lambert, the country director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), provides a comprehensive analysis of Armenia’s investment climate, foreign direct investment (FDI) potential, and the country’s promising green energy future. Lambert, drawing on his extensive experience and the ADB’s engagement in the region, offers a nuanced perspective on the key drivers, challenges, and opportunities shaping Armenia’s economic development.
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The Sham Trial in Baku: A Betrayal of Justice and
Op-ed by Vartan Oskanian, Armenia’s former foreign minister (1998-2008) Today, Azerbaijan has once again demonstrated its disdain for justice, human rights, and international law by staging a sham trial against the leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh. This grotesque spectacle is the latest act in a campaign to erase the Armenian presence from a region that has been its cultural and historical heartland for centuries. It also serves as a glaring indictment of the international community’s failure to act and, perhaps most damningly, of the Armenian government’s complicity in the tragic dismantling of Nagorno-Karabakh. This trial is not an isolated incident. It is […]
