This week’s elections to Yerevan city council have been markedly fairer than previous years — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t intrigue.
For the first time since Armenia's revolution, citizens have been to the ballot box. But Sunday's vote is less about the problems facing the country's capital, and more about the legitimacy of the revolutionary agenda.
Revolution in Yerevan has stirred the global Armenian diaspora. But how real are the links between political change in the homeland and Armenian communities abroad?
As a new government sets the agenda in Yerevan, it is high time to consider the excessive use of pre-trial detention in politically sensitive trials.
Armenia's intensive street mobilisation over the past month has taken many by surprise. Who is the man at the centre of these protests?
While revolution is the preserve of the city, Armenia's rural population is watching and waiting to see what happens next. RU
Armenia's emerging revolution isn't about geopolitics or foreign relations, but values.
Armenia’s protest movement is going from strength to strength. I spoke to one of its leaders to find out how they made it happen.
Processes designed to relegitimise Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan have gone badly awry — with protesters taking to the streets and forcing him out of office. RU
With the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister, it looks as if Armenia is line for radical change. But the Armenia’s entrenched network of power is not giving up so easily.
In Armenia, repatriates from the US enjoy comfortable middle-class lives — unless they engage in political activism.
