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19 October, 2019 09:05 Head of Armenia’s Constitutional Court Under Investigation: Emil Sanamyan’s Commentary Armenia’s Special Investigative Service has launched a criminal case against the head of the country’s Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan Days earlier, members of the Constitutional Court refused to follow the demands of the parliamentary majority to oust Tovmasian National Security Service summoned Tovmasian’s father and two daughters for questioning 
Emil Sanamyan, editor of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies Focus on Karabakh platform, talks to CivilNet’s editorinchief Karen Harutyunyan about the situation around Hrayr Tovmasyan and Armenia’s current political situation
Emil, how do you see these steps by Armenia’s law enforcement agencies
What we are seeing is a campaign by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to force Tovmasyan and other judges who do not support his position on keeping former President Robert Kocharyan jailed to resign Investigations by National Security Service, Special Investigative Service, as well as the parliamentary declaration, b 18 October, 2019 17:54 The Life of Genocide Survivor Aurora Mardiganian : An Exhibition An exhibition showcasing Aurora Mardiganian, a survivor of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, took place in Yerevan during the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity programming -- a prize named for Mardiganian. The exhibition entitled ‘This is My Story: Aurora Mardiganian and Women’s Stories That Inspire and Empower the World’ seeks to portray her as an example of human courage and survival.
 18 հոկտեմբեր, 2019 15:12 From Iraq to Germany: Escaping ISIS Atrocities Mirza Dinnayi is a Yazidi activist and co-Founder of Luftbrücke Irak (Air Bridge Iraq), a humanitarian organization that flies Yazidi victims from Iraq to Germany for medical treatment.

He is one of the three humanitarians of the 2019 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. The Aurora Prize recognizes people for performing acts of exceptional courage and their commitment to saving human life.

Mirza Dinnayi talks to CivilNet’s Ani Paitjan about the resilience of the Yazidi people and the need for nations to act in order to prevent genocides such as the one committed against the Yazidis in Iraq in 2014.
 17 հոկտեմբեր, 2019 16:33 Կալիֆոռնիան մոտեցնելով Հայաստանին / Bringing California closer to Armenia Հայաստան են այցելել Կալիֆոռնիայի նահանգային խորհրդի անդամ Ադրին Նազարյանը և Լոս Անջելեսի քաղաքային խորհրդի անդամ Փոլ Գրիգորյանը։ Ամերիկահայ գործիչներն այստեղ էին՝ մասնակցելու Արցախում տեղի ունեցած Խաղաղության ֆորումին։ Երևանում Գրիգորյանն ու Նազարյանն այցելում են մի քանի վայր՝ ծանոթանալու սպորտի, կրթության և նորագույն տեխնոլոգիների ոլորտներում Հայաստանի ձեռբերումներին ու խնդիրներին։

The California state Assembly member Adrin Nazarian and Los Angeles City Council member Paul Krikorian are in Armenia. The two American-Armenian officials were here to participate to the Peace forum in Artsakh. Back in Yerevan Krekorian and Nazarian visited a few institutions to get acquainted to the achievements in the fields of sports, education and IT in Armenia.
 16 հոկտեմբեր, 2019 13:21 Armenia Should Be Cautious in Managing its Relations with Israel Respecting Iran’s Redlines: Iranian Expert Iranian public opinion and the Iranian government alike, highly value the country’s ties with Armenia and the overall perception about Tehran-Yerevan relations have been always positive. As a result, almost all the analyses about Rouhani’s recent visit to Armenia were positive, both in terms of bilateral ties with Yerevan and multilateral diplomacy within the EAEU. As for the Iranian view toward political changes in Armenia, the overwhelming view in Iran was that it’s a purely domestic issue. Iran’s only concern was the possibility that the events might have caused instability in Armenia, which would affect Iran directly because of its neighborhood with Iran. But fortunately, the calm came back to Armenia very soon and the new administration showed that it’s stick to the policy of good relations with Iran. 14 October, 2019 11:08 Ted Hopf: The Distribution of Identity in Asia and China's Regional Hegemonic Prospects Ted Hopf, Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore delivered a lecture on “The Distribution of Identity in Asia and China's Regional Hegemonic Prospects” at Russian-Armenian Slavonic University in Yerevan, on October 11.

Ted Hopf is the Provost Chair Professor of Political Science at National University of Singapore, and previously served on the faculties of Ohio State University, Ohio University and the University of Michigan. His main fields of interest are international relations theory, qualitative research methods, and identity, with special reference to the Soviet Union and the former Soviet space.

14 October, 2019 10:23 More Confidence Building Needed for Karabakh Negotiations: Benyamin Poghosyan The Karabakh conflict settlement process continues to interest regional security dynamics pundits. Yet, despite the growing optimism immediately after the "Velvet revolution" in Armenia, in recent months the prevailing mood has been more pessimistic. The two meetings between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the beginning of 2019, and negotiations on the level of the foreign ministers, did not result in any breakthrough. The significant decrease in the number of incidents along the line of contact and on the Armenia-Azerbaijan international border since October 2018 is a positive step, though here also one can see recent increases in clashes resulting in casualties on both sides.

 11 October, 2019 08:59 Vicken Cheterian: Time for Armenian and Azerbaijani diasporas to talk to each other The 2018 changes in Armenia did not produce any revolutionary discourse concerning the Karabakh conflict. In Yerevan as in Baku, political elites do not seem able to imagine how to resolve this conflict. I call Diaspora Armenians and Azerbaijanis living abroad to make a bold initiative and start a new dialogue, may be they could move a process that is central in determining the future of their homelands, yet remains paralyzed for nearly two decades. 8 October, 2019 20:27 WCIT 2019: What Do Companies Present? World famous Companies as well as those based in Armenia present their products in booths at the World Congress on Information technologies, (WCIT 2019), in Yerevan.
8 October, 2019 17:03 Engineering the Future: Panel at WCIT 2019 A Panel discussion entitled “Women Win in the New Economy” took place at WCIT 2019 on October 8, in Yerevan. Panelists are Hovhannes Avoyan, Founder of PicsArt; Alex Chung, Founder of GIPHY; Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder of Reddit and Initialized Capital; Kim Kardashian West, Activist and Producer.
Moderated by Magdalena Yesil, Founding Board Member of Salesforce and Author. 8 October, 2019 16:35 Քիմ Քարդաշյանը՝ WCIT 2019 համաժողովին / Kim Karadashian at WCIT 2019... in Photos Ամերիկահայ հեռուստաաստղ Քիմ Քարդաշյանը WCIT 2019 համաժողովի գլխավոր հյուրերից է։
Kim Kardashian is one of the key speakers and guests at WCIT 2019. 8 October, 2019 15:39 Armenia's Role in the World: Alexis Ohanian Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder and executive chairman of the social news website Reddit speaks at the WCIT 2019 congress in Yerevan, on October 8. 8 October, 2019 15:02 Kim Kardashian speaks at WCIT 2019 Kim Kardashian speaks at WCIT 2019

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19 հոկտեմբեր, 2019 09:05

Head of Armenia’s Constitutional Court Under Investigation: Emil Sanamyan’s Commentary

Armenia’s Special Investigative Service has launched a criminal case against the head of the country’s Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan Days earlier, members of the Constitutional Court refused to follow the demands of the parliamentary majority to oust Tovmasian National Security Service summoned Tovmasian’s father and two daughters for questioning 
Emil Sanamyan, editor of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies Focus on Karabakh platform, talks to CivilNet’s editorinchief Karen Harutyunyan about the situation around Hrayr Tovmasyan and Armenia’s current political situation
Emil, how do you see these steps by Armenia’s law enforcement agencies
What we are seeing is a campaign by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to force Tovmasyan and other judges who do not support his position on keeping former President Robert Kocharyan jailed to resign Investigations by National Security Service, Special Investigative Service, as well as the parliamentary declaration, b

16 հոկտեմբեր, 2019 13:21

Armenia Should Be Cautious in Managing its Relations with Israel Respecting Iran’s Redlines: Iranian Expert

Iranian public opinion and the Iranian government alike, highly value the country’s ties with Armenia and the overall perception about Tehran-Yerevan relations have been always positive. As a result, almost all the analyses about Rouhani’s recent visit to Armenia were positive, both in terms of bilateral ties with Yerevan and multilateral diplomacy within the EAEU. As for the Iranian view toward political changes in Armenia, the overwhelming view in Iran was that it’s a purely domestic issue. Iran’s only concern was the possibility that the events might have caused instability in Armenia, which would affect Iran directly because of its neighborhood with Iran. But fortunately, the calm came back to Armenia very soon and the new administration showed that it’s stick to the policy of good relations with Iran.

14 հոկտեմբեր, 2019 10:23

More Confidence Building Needed for Karabakh Negotiations: Benyamin Poghosyan

The Karabakh conflict settlement process continues to interest regional security dynamics pundits. Yet, despite the growing optimism immediately after the "Velvet revolution" in Armenia, in recent months the prevailing mood has been more pessimistic. The two meetings between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the beginning of 2019, and negotiations on the level of the foreign ministers, did not result in any breakthrough. The significant decrease in the number of incidents along the line of contact and on the Armenia-Azerbaijan international border since October 2018 is a positive step, though here also one can see recent increases in clashes resulting in casualties on both sides.