Osman Kavala Deprived of His Freedom for 1 Year With Still No Indictment
The article was originally published by Bianet Anadolu Kültür Executive Board Chair, rights advocate…
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Day: October 19, 2018
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Business Week Armenia: Ukraine war migration to Armenia tops 100,000
In this week’s edition of CivilNet’s business digest: Ukraine war migration to Armenia tops 100,000, Yerevan says Viva-MTS, Armenia’s biggest telecoms firm, may go up for sale Still no date for fresh tax breaks for Armenian tech companies
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Armenian, Russian foreign ministers to hold talks as tensions with
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will travel to Moscow next week for talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry accused Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev of making territorial claims against Armenia in a speech yesterday in Ankara. Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan met with Imangali Tasmagambetov, the head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, in Yerevan. Credits: Ruptly
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Educating Armenia’s next generation of environmentally conscious professionals
Alen Amirkhyan is the director of the American University of Armenia’s Acopian Center for the Environment. Amirkhanyan sat down with CivilNet to discuss a new bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences that will be available starting this fall. Amirkhanyan explained why AUA decided to launch this new degree program, how students can address financing issues, what sort of subjects students will learn and how all this will translate into positive change for Armenia.
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EU4Environment introduces the Product Environmental Footprint methodology in Armenia
Resource scarcity and the need for sustainable practices are key issues in the transition towards a green and Circular Economy. For this reason, under the European Union (EU) funded EU4Environment programme, UNIDO is helping industries in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region become greener by introducing practices related to Circular Economy and Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP). Specifically, on 13 March 2023, a hybrid event took place in Armenia’s capital to introduce the potential impact of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology in Armenian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The methodology, part of the EU Single Market for Green Products […]
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AND IN OTHER NEWS: Azerbaijani Media Look Towards A New
This month, a lot has changed and a lot hasn’t. The International Court of Justice’s demand that Azerbaijan ensure freedom of transit through the Lachin Corridor had left us with the expectation that it would open soon enough, and yet weeks later there is little change. Instead, Azerbaijan has doubled down on its contention that the corridor isn’t closed, while simultaneously asserting the fact it has the right to do whatever it is doing, which of course is an effective blockade of the Armenian population. Within days of the ICJ ruling, suspicions were heightened by the visit of Russian Foreign […]
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Pashinyan suggests Russia appeals to UNSC if obligations can’t be
Armenia and Azerbaijan entered a fourth round of talks over a peace treaty after Yerevan received new proposals from Baku. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Russia should appeal to the United Nations Security Council if it cannot fulfill its obligations to ensure security in Nagorno-Karabakh. 108,000-110,000 people from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine have moved to Armenia since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, according to Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan. Credits: Ruptly
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Armenia-Turkey – A thawing relationship?
In late 2021, Armenia and Turkey appointed special envoys for talks, launching another round of normalization efforts. Consecutive Armenian and Turkish administrations have made their shots at securing a rapprochement, but to little effect. However, some analysts believe this time may be different. CivilNet’s team traveled to Istanbul last month to better understand Turkey’s perspective, Azerbaijan’s role in the process, and how the country’s upcoming general elections could shift foreign policy toward Armenia. CivilNet traveled with a group of Armenian experts, who realized their visit to Turkey in the framework of the UK CSSF project – Engaging Society and Government […]
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Why does Aliyev portray Azerbaijan as a ‘neutral actor’?
CivilNet host and analyst Eric Hacopian sat down with reporter Emilio Cricchio to discuss Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s remarks at a conference in Baku last week. Eric also talks about reports of recent protests in the Azerbaijani province of Saatli, what a post-Erdoğan Turkey could mean for Armenia, and if the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenians would really be a “red line” for the West.
