The peculiar character of Komitas has accompanied the Armenian nation for many years. Finally, in 2015, the Komitas Museum-Institute was established as an embodiment of the tremendous respect and veneration for the master. Regional Post talked with the director of the Museum-Institute Nikolay Kostandyan about what has been going on there since the day of its establishment.

“C-Quadrat Ampega Asset Management Armenia” LLC launches CQ Armenia Growth fund, the first of its kind investment vehicle in the RA.

2019 marks the 150th birth anniversary of prominent Armenian composer and ethnomusicologist Komitas Vardapet. “The Future Thinker” is an expression used by Komitas when signing one of the letters he wrote in Paris in 1906 to his close musician friend Margarit Babayan. He recounts about the new piano pieces he is composing and is delighted about the fact that foreigners express so much interest about Armenian music. The 150th birth anniversary of Komitas is the right moment to retrospectively look back at Komitas’s legacy, shed light on how art can become a powerful bond of unity and play a vital role in education and intercultural dialogue.

On November 28, Armenians around the world will congregate around their TVs, with one hand on the phone, to witness the annual event for the 22nd time. For many years, the donations collected as a result of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund’s Telethons has allowed the Fund to implement ground-breaking projects in Artsakh. This year, the format has changed, breathing fresh air into this uniting tradition . The 2019 Telethon is just around the corner. What’s new, what to expect and what did we inherit from the Telethons of previous years.

On the 4th of November, under the roof of the Stamba Hotel in Tbilisi, the Economic Policy Research Center hosted one of the most prominent political scientists of our generation, and a frequent guest in Georgia, Professor Francis Fukuyama. In an hour-long conversation in frames of the “Night Owl Sessions” with the former US Assistant Secretary of State David J. Kramer, Fukuyama has discussed the nuances of the US Foreign Policy and how it impacts the World. The author of the famous books “Identity” and “The Origins of Political Order” has discussed President Trump’s and US foreign policies in relation with Russia, Middle East, Turkey and Eastern Europe. Without doubt, a lot can be retained from this conversation. Fukuyama has been short and concise. His heterodox opinions were sharp and firm not always conventional. Fukuyama’s several statements are worth being discussed in more details. Here are the highlights of this insightful conversation.

27 years of profound history and over 1,300 large-scale projects implemented.Today the Hayastan All Armenian Fund is on the verge of a transformation – turning the page and marking the start of a new era. Regional Post discussed the new approaches fostered by the organization with its CEO, Haykak Arshamyan.

For the second year in a row, HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc (hereinafter HSBC Armenia) has been ranked No.1 Domestic Cash Manager for Corporates by Euromoney magazine’s cash management survey.

A new platform that incorporates all things in business, XiB, recently launched in Yerevan. Event was organized by Think Studio, a company that a few years ago brought TEDx Yerevan. XiB’s first edition was dedicated to the topic of leadership and was presented by Philip Morris Armenia. Company’s top management shared their personal experiences, perceptions and explore new paradigms of leadership practices...

Every year, on one of the days in May, tens of thousands of Armenians spend the day in museums till late at night. And, for the workers of the museums, it's probably the most loaded day of the year. This year, on the following day of this international event, we visited several museums to talk with the security guards about the usual, not crowded days.

The Armenian hospitality is the visit card of the country for the tourists all around the world. UNDP Integrated Rural Tourism Development (IRTD) project launched in 2016, aims to turn this typical Armenian trait of character into an income generating opportunity, to boost the tourism in the rural areas of Armenia with all the benefits directed to the communities. The project is financed by the Russian Federation and implemented in close partnership with the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of RA. Starting from 2016, 90 initiatives have been implemented in more than 60 villages all over Armenia. Dmitry Mariyasin, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia, talked with Regional Post about the key points of the project and about his personal bond with Armenia.

The Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan announced that the municipality has terminated its contract with Sanitek.

The largest Yazidi temple opened in Armenia. The latter is built from Armenian granite and Iranian marble and has symbolic importance, coining the many years of brotherhood between the people of these two nations.

Our interviewee is Zaruhi Batoyan, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of RA. We talked to her about the journey from an activist to the first female minister with disabilities in Armenia, as well as about her operations in the social affairs framework.

The Armenian diaspora has always made a lot of efforts to preserve the Armenian culture and heritage outside of their homeland and make foreigners feel a part of that experience. They always sticked to the mission of raising awareness about our cultural and literary patrimony. The Museums and Cultural centers built all over the world many centuries ago or recently, from Fresno to Singapore contributed greatly to that mission. Here is a selection of the best Armenian museums abroad that are worth visiting.