Region – CIVILNET
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Third Annual Yerevan International Ballet Festival
Region – CIVILNET Yerevan hosted the world-renowned Russian ballet companies for its third annual international ballet festival. The highly anticipated week-long event drew over 100,000 people to watch a myriad of pieces, including a special tribute to Armenia’s cultural heritage with a performance of Aram Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance.
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World Vision’s support for Armenia’s most vulnerable
Region – CIVILNET Eleanor Monbiot, OBE, Regional Director for the Middle East and Eastern Europe at World Vision, discusses the humanitarian organization’s evolving role in Armenia as it transitions to a locally led, self-funded model. She highlights World Vision’s decades of work with vulnerable children and families in fragile contexts, including recent support for over 16,000 displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh. Monbiot emphasizes the importance of systemic change, social inclusion, and close collaboration with local institutions to ensure sustainable impact.
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Fact-Check: Did Armenian PM Buy a €3.1M Villa in France?
Region – CIVILNET Shushan Stepanyan, #CivilNetСheck On May 30, information circulated on Armenian social media and news outlets claiming that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had purchased a luxurious €3.1 million villa in Marseille, France. The source of the information was the “French” website “Info du Jour.” According to the article, “The 300 m² villa, purchased in May 2025, is located in the Château Gombert district of Marseille. It features four bedrooms, a swimming pool, a rooftop terrace, and a garage for three cars.” #CivilNetCheck investigated the claim and located the property. Through our partners, we obtained official documents from the […]
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Mounting repercussions of unacknowledged gender gaps in Armenia
Region – CIVILNET Though the consequences of gender gaps in the labour market and academia visibly shape social and economic tendencies, it’s a disparity that remains understudied in Armenia, leaving the general public underequipped to understand and react to this dynamic. Last week, the American University of Armenia (AUA) hosted a workshop with international scholars to facilitate an exchange of knowledge, experience, and research methods related to studying gender inequalities and evaluating policies. The initiative also aims to help push the study of gender economics to the forefront, given the lacking data-driven research of the topic in Armenia. “We really […]
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Team Group, Firebird, NVIDIA launch a $500 million AI project in Armenia
Region – CIVILNET By Alexander Pracht Firebird, a San Francisco and Yerevan-based AI cloud company, announced Wednesday a $500 million public-private partnership with the Armenian government, backed by U.S. tech giant NVIDIA, to build a major AI infrastructure hub in the country. The initiative aims to launch the first large-scale AI supercomputer in the South Caucasus by 2026, powered by thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) and scalable beyond 100 megawatts. “This is a major step toward strengthening our tech sector and global partnerships,” said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, according to the Firebird press release. “The government […]
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How Armenia and the International Criminal Court empower each other
Region – CIVILNET Dr. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, former President of the International Criminal Court and a leading voice in international criminal justice, explains why Armenia’s recent ratification of the Rome Statute is a significant step both legally and symbolically. She explores what ICC membership means for smaller states like Armenia, how the court has evolved over the past two decades, and why international justice remains challenging in a politically fractured world. Dr. Fernández also outlines how Armenia can play an active role in strengthening the ICC and why cooperation among member states is crucial for the court’s effectiveness and survival.
