Diplomacy

Once again the events in Armenia are taking a dramatic turn. Tonight at 20.00 Prime minister Nikol Pashinyan annonced his resignation. Just a few months ago, the international media was broadcasting scenes of nationwide jubilation over the election of the protest leader Pashinyan as prime minister. No wonder that it is becoming more and more difficult for foreigners following the events in Armenia to understand what is happening there and why. “What the hell is going on?” seems a completely legitimate question to ask.

Comedy actor Hayk Marutyan became the new mayor of Yerevan.

Armenia’s ambassador to Argentina talks about gender equality.

In April 2017, Lena Nazaryan was elected Member of the National Assembly from the “ELK” alliance of parties. We spoke to one of the most active female politicians of Armenia about women’s leadership, transformation of attitudes and the preconditions for equality.

Тwo referendums on the issue of independence took place this autumn, within a week from each other: in Iraqi Kurdistan on September 25 and in Catalonia on October 1. Obviously, there are as many differences between the two cases as there are differences between the current political situation in the Middle East and in Western Europe. And yet, it is hard to ignore some striking similarities between the two cases.

Peter Edwards has been living in Armenia since August 2016. He talks about his experience working with the Citizen Observer Initiative and his impressions of Armenia’s parliamentary elections that were held on April 2nd 2017.