Last year, Yerevan Zipline Airlines opened its doors at Arabkir (Molokan) park and up to this day, enables its visitors to fill in their daily dose of adrenaline, witnessing the beauty of Hrazdan Gorge. Regional Post team visited the sight along with other representatives of Armenian media outlets and discovered the perks of this unique experience.

Today higher technologies are the language and medium of the new generation, with a transformative effect on almost every sphere. To discuss the cases of its influence on culture, education, and the museums, in particular, we talked to Arman Atoyan, the Co-founder of Arloopa, IT company specialized in the creation of AR and VR products.

Every great initiative once was a dream lucky enough to receive support and have someone to stand for it. Bridge for CSOs programme became this support for numerous projects, creating a “bridge” between great ideas and the Armenian diaspora all around the world.

“Civil society is the backbone of any country and currently it takes over the political and social landscape of Armenia. Thus, to have a prosperous country we must work on the development of the non-profit sector but with systematic and institutional approach,” says Talar Kazanjian, the Executive Director of Armenian Benevolent Union. Following this idea, in December 2018, for the first time in Armenia a Non-Profit Management Certified program was introduced as a result of the flourishing cooperation between AGBU’s EU funded Bridge for CSOs project and the Extensions Office of the American University of Armenia. The program is designed for senior and mid-level managers of non-profit organizations with an aim to up-armor its beneficiaries with the basic skills needed to succeed in the NGO sector. Regional Post talked with the great minds behind this project including Sergey Tantushyan, the Head of AUA Admissions, Talar Kazanjian, the Executive Director of AGBU, and several NGO representatives who went through this enlightening experience during the prototyping phase.

Corporate Social Responsibility has been a part of LaGalleria Boutique’s initiatives for quite some time. No surprise “For the benefit of all” is one of the company’s mottos. Regional Post talked with Zarah Badalyan, Director of Communications at LaGalleria, about the importance of CSR.

To understand the importance of the role of museums in Armenia and to summarize the urgent problems of the field, we talked to Gevorg Orbelyan, museum expert and head of Tourism unit at the Yerevan municipality.

In January of 2019, Bari Tnak inclusive center opened its doors, setting the start of an unprecedented approach to children with special needs and their families in Armenia.

Curator Nairi Khatchadourian tells about her experience working with several regional museums far from Yerevan and explains what are the main challenges that need to overcome.

During few last years dozens of different festivals - musical, food, wine and many more - appeared in Armenia. It became a kind of a trend to celebrate that way the best that the country has. In 2017 FestivAr Association of Armenian Festivals was founded by a group of festival organizers to coordinate, promote, and support the sustainable development of sustainable festivals in Armenia. Today, FestivAr’s 19 members are responsible for 26 festivals across the country. Regional Post talked to Association’s Executive Director Lucineh Kassarjian about the importance of these festivals both for locals and tourists.

Earlier this year, the world celebrated the 95th anniversary of Sergei Parajanov, one of the greatest Armenian filmmakers, an artist who lived and worked in different parts of the Soviet Union and became a legend during his own lifetime. Today, his House Museum is a must-visit location in Yerevan, and in other parts of the world people are still watching his films and looking at his artworks. But do we really understand him? Program director of Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival Karen Avetisyan tries to explain Parajanov’s phenomena.

On March 19th, one year before the end of his term, the officially proclaimed “Leader of the Kazakh Nation” and their president for three decades, Nursultan Nazarbayev resigned. The news came as a surprise to most regional and international analysts and politicians. And while everybody was wondering who was going to replace him, he made it clear that the speaker of the Senate and his close ally, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, will act as the head of state until new elections are held next year. Hence, can we truly expect a fresh wave of changes in Kazakhstan soon, or is this just a staged transmission of power?

On February 2019, researchers Simon Maghakyan and Sarah Pickman published a report on the destruction of tens of thousands of medieval Armenian monuments in Azerbaijan. 89 medieval churches, 5,840 intricate cross-stones, and 22,000 tombstones are said to be destroyed by the Azerbaijani government. The original investigation in Hyperallergic art media outlet was followed by another article in The Guardian, which triggered international reaction. Regional Post spoke to Simon Maghakyan about the investigation.

Armenia Art Fair showcases the work of contemporary Armenian artists at home and abroad, as well as artists from countries of the post-Soviet bloc, Eurasia, and parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.