For decades, residents of Artsvanik have lived in the shadow of Armenia’s largest tailings dam. As the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine plans to expand the facility, the village continues to lose farmland and livelihoods. Through the lives and stories of its residents, Gayane documents the human cost of mining and the promises of economic growth that have left communities behind.

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Ani has been lost, remembered and reinvented in countless ways. From photographs and poetry to archaeology, satire and pilgrimage, a new exhibition at the History Museum of Armenia explores the many afterlives of the medieval capital. @ms_gunko
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What does a parliamentary brawl tell us about Armenia’s political culture? In this episode of State of Play, Maria Titizian speaks with Dr. Nerses Kopalyan/ @hyepatriarch about the culture of honor, personal loyalty and informal rules that he argues continue to shape political d why cultural norms so often override institutional and legal ones.

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From biodiversity panels and hands-on workshops to children’s activities, regional exhibitions and traditional Armenian crafts, the Green Zone offered countless ways to engage with COP17. A visual glimpse into some of the conversations, people, ideas and activities that filled e summit.

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After a lifetime of relationships and a fear of being alone, @SheilaPaylan is discovering that solitude can be liberating, even thrilling. She explores what happens when you stop looking for someone to complete your life.evnreport.com/columns/my-lon…

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 30: Armenia ratifies the TRIPP framework agreement; a brawl in the country’s parliament makes international headlines; COP17 officially wraps up and more.

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In Armenia’s warmest corner, olives, kiwis, persimmons and other crops more familiar to Mediterranean climates are taking root. Meet the farmers experimenting with Meghri’s unique microclimate, and discovering new possibilities for what can grow in Armenia.

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What happens when one of the most recognizable features of Armenian identity becomes something to fix? From the “Most Armenian Nose” contest to TikTok’s “Barbie nose,” Iren Bakunts looks at how beauty standards, social pressure and rhinoplasty are changing the way Armenians see ead more: evnreport.com/lifestyle/the-…

Evroremont became a material expression of the post-Soviet transition, reshaping inherited Soviet landscapes through renovation, adaptation and improvisation. Vrej Haroutounian traces its evolution from an imagined European future into a reality of its own, and asks what comes es way to recognition.

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In this episode of It Has to Be Said, @MariaTitizian examines Armenia’s dangerous driving culture and argues that road safety is about more than traffic laws and fines. With hundreds of people killed in road crashes every year, the problem is not simply a matter of reckless of behaviors we have collectively normalized, and the responsibility we all share for changing them.

Yerevan Fashion Week’s fourth edition brought Armenian fashion into dialogue with the city, with designers staging collections in historic landmarks and reimagining heritage through contemporary silhouettes. As established names and emerging voices look outward, Armenia’s fashion ys to carry its past into the future. Lola Medina reports.

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As Armenia weighs its next nuclear reactor, the debate is about more than Russian versus American technology. MIT nuclear physicist Areg Danagoulian/ @varpetareg argues that a 1,000 MW reactor may be create new strategic and economic vulnerabilities.evnreport.com/opinion/why-a-…

Elina Balasanyan, a young mother forcibly displaced from Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, is rebuilding her life in Saratovka, a village in northern Armenia. She raises chickens and grows vegetables, drawing on the food traditions and farming knowledge she grew up with. She also that women should be confined to domestic roles and joins local efforts to oppose a proposed mine near Urasar. For Elina, putting down roots means protecting the land, clean air, and the community where her children will grow up.

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In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of October 23: Eurasian Economic Union members—Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan—warn Armenia of the consequences of leaving the bloc; parliament begins ratification process of the U.S. framework agreement on TRIPP; pressure on nd alleged vote-buying raise concerns in municipal elections and more.

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What does sovereignty mean when a state retains legal control over its territory but grants another entity exclusive rights to develop and operate it for decades? Examining TRIPP through international law, Davit Khachatryan explores the tension between sovereignty, control, the long-term consequences of Armenia’s agreement.

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Post-Soviet cultural syndromes have reproduced a political culture in Armenia marked by benevolent nepotism, low institutional trust and weak civic responsibility which has produced an unhealthy political culture, writes Nerses Kopalyan/@hyepatriarch. evnreport.com/statecraft-gov…

SALT’s September issue is all about movement: running, cycling, walking, wandering and remembering. From Armenia’s growing running culture and the Tour of Armenia to the human body serving as spectacle, we explore how the city is experienced in motion. We also look back at uncover a coffee shop hidden behind a secret door.

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What if the Armenian Diaspora stopped asking what it can do for Armenia and began asking what it needs to become in its own right? Drawing on the history of New Julfa, @TYegavian argues for a polycentric Armenian world. evnreport.com/opinion/toward…