Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to meet in Brussels on 6 April. The meeting brokered by President of the European Council Charles Michel will be the fourth one held between the top Armenian and Azerbaijani officials since the war in 2020 and the second arranged by the EU. While the first two were organized by Moscow and held in January and November of 2021, the third and the last one so far, was held in Brussels in December of the same year.

As war in Ukraine is still going on, Artsakh is facing another existential threat. Regional Post’s expert Tigran Zakaryan is trying to make sense of what is going on.

Last night a gas pipeline stretching from Armenia to Artsakh was damaged near Azerbaijani military positions. The Azerbaijanis have been blocking any chance of beginning repair work. Russian peacekeepers are on their way. In other words, a new string of Azerbaijani hostilities has yet again begun.

As Russia starts a full scale warpath in Ukraine earlier this morning, Regional Post's expert Tigran Zakaryan tries to explain what to expect in Yerevan.

Tavush Tourism Development Agency (TDA) has operated since 2013 and accomplished a lot of interesting initiatives. In 2020 with the support of EU4Business ITTD (Innovative Tourism and Technology Development for Armenia) project, agency opened a new page in its history. Regional post sat down with the Chairman of TDA’s Board of Directors Gor Alexanyan to talk about tourism in the Tavush region, the role of TDA in it, and also about the achievements on their way up.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia has a new Center called Research and Training. It was initiated within the scope of a UNDP project called “Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia” and is funded by the UK and Swedish governments. Regional Post talked to Head of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly’s Expertise and Analytical Department Garnik Atanesyan and Adviser to the National Assembly Speaker David Karapetyan.

Within the framework of the reforms envisaged by the UNDP’s “Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia” project, a Parliamentary Democracy Center will be established at the National Assembly of RA with the funding of the governments of Sweden and the United Kingdom, and the development of its concept is entrusted to the UNDP “Modern Parliament for a Modern Armenia” project.

Our small land at the highs and lows of Armenian highlands between Asia and Europe is an inexhaustible and genuine resource of touristic offers and opportunities. Regional Post talked to three local representatives at the tourism sector who consider Armenia as their most valuable asset and put their daily work into the realization of tourism via different approaches.