Latest Armeniaelections Podcast Episodes
July 17, 2020 – Clashes Escalate in Tavush
Armenia Unlocked - July 17, 2020 19:15 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSounds of gunfire and mortar shells continue to be heard from the border towns and villages in Tavush Province in Armenia's northeast. The clashes that began on July 12, have now escalated to tank and drone strikes. And, with Azerbaijan’s use of Israel-built combat drones, this is now the mos...
September 24, 2019 - Amulsar Episode 1
Armenia Unlocked - September 26, 2019 16:33 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn September 9, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that the Amulsar gold Mine will continue to operate in Armenia’s south. This announcement comes despite year-long protests by activists and residents of nearby towns, and despite an environmental impact assessment report that war...
July 24, 2019 – Trade and Armenia’s Economy
Armenia Unlocked - July 24, 2019 12:34 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week’s focus is Armenia’s trade sector – the challenges, the strategies, and the solutions. Joining the conversation is Samson Avetian, the author of "Armenian Economy: the Next 25 Years". He is co-founder of Angel Investor Club of Armenia as well as an adjunct lecturer at the American ...
July 12, 2019 – Conversation with Armenia’s Newly Appointed High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs
Armenia Unlocked - July 12, 2019 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsShortly after taking office, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government initiated changes within the structure of Armenia’s government, which included reducing the number of ministries from 17 to 12. It was decided that the functions of the ministry of the diaspora will be incorporated directly...
June 20, 2019 – Trial of Osman Kavala and 15 Other Defendants Begins in Istanbul
Armenia Unlocked - June 21, 2019 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn June 24, the trial of Osman Kavala and 15 other people will begin in Istanbul, Turkey. They are civil society activists who have been charged with attempting to overthrow the Turkish government by organizing and financing the 2013 Gezi Park Protests, among other charges. If found guilty, the ...
June 18, 2019 – Armenia Heads Towards Judicial Reform
Armenia Unlocked - June 18, 2019 07:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTogether with Eric Hacopian, we are covering the most important news in Armenia, from judicial reform to the economy. Eric Hacopian is a political analyst from Los Angeles who is currently based in Armenia. For more, visit: www.civilnet.am/.
June 13, 2019 – A New Phase in Armenia-Georgia Relations?
Armenia Unlocked - June 14, 2019 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn June 4, for the first time, Armenia abstained from voting on a UN resolution that reaffirms the rights of Georgians displaced from South Ossetia and Abkhazia to return to their homes. This decision by Armenia’s government has wide implications – it’s a gesture of friendship towards Georgia, b...
April 29, 2019 – Q/A With Deputy Foreign Minister of Karabakh Armine Aleksanyan
Armenia Unlocked - April 29, 2019 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsToday, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Karabakh, or the Republic of Artsakh, joins the show. Armine Aleksanyan was born in Karabakh and is a graduate of both the Artsakh State University, and the Diplomatic Academy of London at University of Westminster. She began her work in the foreign ministry...
April 22, 2019 – Armenia’s Economic Future
Armenia Unlocked - April 27, 2019 22:53 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPashinyan’s revolutionary economic program - as he calls it - promises radical growth in the next five years. At the one year mark of Armenia’s Velvet Revolution, we are taking a look at Armenia’s economic future. Peter Liakhov, a Yerevan-based freelance journalist, joins the show. Armenia Unl...
Eruption of Violence on the Line of Contact: Then and Now
Armenia Unlocked - April 10, 2019 19:25 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe are again looking at the impact of the 2016 April War that took place between the Karabakh Defense Army, backed by Armenia, and the Azerbaijani Army. Emil Sanamyan, reporter and fellow at the Institute of Armenian Studies at the University of Southern California, joins the show from Washingto...
April 7, 2019 – Views from the Border, Tavush
Armenia Unlocked - April 07, 2019 16:06 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis week, we’ll be looking back at the Four Day War which took place in April 2016 between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We’ll try to understand its impact beyond those four days, especially in the most immediately affected and still vulnerable areas. Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who lives and works in ...
April 3, 2019 – From the “Four-Day War” to the Negotiating Table
Armenia Unlocked - April 03, 2019 17:08 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn the morning of April 2, 2016 the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army reported violent clashes across the entire line of contact with Azerbaijan. This week also marks the one year anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution. Armenia Unlocked - Fresh perspectives on issues shaping Armenia F...
March 22, 2019 – Karabakh: Can we call it a peace process yet?
Armenia Unlocked - March 22, 2019 17:58 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA bit of news from Armenia, Russia, and Kazakhstan. And, we talk to Anna Hess Sargsyan from the Center for Security Studies in Switzerland about Karabakh. The biggest stories and ideas — from Armenia and the region — in less than 15 minutes. ARMENIA UNLOCKED, a podcast from CivilNet TV, brings...
March 8, 2019 – Armenia’s Energy Sector in Transition
Armenia Unlocked - March 08, 2019 14:49 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis episode is a brief review of Armenia’s energy sector - from energy efficiency, to energy savings, to old and new methods, as well as geopolitical and international factors. The biggest stories and ideas — from Armenia and the region — in less than 15 minutes. ARMENIA UNLOCKED, a podcast f...
February 28, 2019 – Economic Development in Rural Regions of Armenia
Armenia Unlocked - March 01, 2019 03:59 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPrime Minister Nikol Pashinyan returns from first official visit to Iran. Azerbaijan sentences an Armenian citizen to 20 years in prison. Timothy Straight, the Honorary Consul of Finland and Norway in Armenia who also has social entrepreneurship initiatives in the region, discusses economic deve...
February 19, 2019 - Armenia Adopts New Five-Year Program
Armenia Unlocked - February 19, 2019 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAfter days of heated debate, Armenia’s National Assembly has adopted a new government program. The U.S. State Department has criticized Armenia’s mission to Syria that includes experts, doctors, deminers, and a 83-member group to ensure their security. The mission arrived in Syria on February 8....
February 7, 2019 – Ambassador Cavanaugh, a Former Karabakh Peace Negotiator, Talks to CivilNet
Armenia Unlocked - February 07, 2019 18:45 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs formal and informal meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders carry on, CivilNet continues the conversation on Karabakh and the peace process. This time, with a former peace negotiator - Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh. The biggest stories and ideas — from Armenia and the region — in les...
January 31, 2019 – Migration and Armenia
Armenia Unlocked - January 31, 2019 18:06 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsToday’s episode is a review of migration numbers and attitudes towards migration in Armenia. What were the trends? What are the trends? What are the attitudes about both out-migration and in-migration? And how has the “velvet revolution” impacted all of this. The biggest stories and ideas — fr...
January 22, 2019 – New Developments in Karabakh Peace Process
Armenia Unlocked - January 22, 2019 21:34 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn January 14, Armenia’s newly elected parliament – the 7th in the history of Independent Armenia -- began the first session. And, On January 16, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met in Paris, along with mediators from the US, F...
December 21, 2018 – How Europe Sees Armenia’s Transition
Armenia Unlocked - December 21, 2018 05:18 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsArmenia’s Central Electoral Commission has released the names of people who will become deputies in the new parliament. And, Lene Wettlenad, who has been heading the Russia department and covering Armenia for the Norwegian Helsinki Committee since 2008, joins the show for a conversation on civil...
December 17, 2018 – Unpacking Armenia-Russia Relations
Armenia Unlocked - December 17, 2018 08:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsNow that Armenia’s parliamentary elections are over, it's time to unpack Armenia-Russia relations in this new era. Washington D.C.-based journalist Emil Sanamyan joins the show. The biggest stories and ideas — from Armenia and the region — in less than 15 minutes. ARMENIA UNLOCKED, a podcast f...
December 14, 2018 - What’s Next for Armenia
Armenia Unlocked - December 14, 2018 17:46 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsArmenians have cast their votes and elected a new parliament. As most expected, Nikol Pashinyan’s My Step Alliance took the majority of votes, just over 70 percent. So, what comes next? The biggest stories and ideas — from Armenia and the region — in less than 15 minutes. ARMENIA UNLOCKED, a p...
December 6, 2018 – Debate Review
Armenia Unlocked - December 06, 2018 22:16 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsYesterday, all eyes were on the great Armenian debate. All the top candidates of all of the parties running in the December 9 parliamentary election participated. And this was a first for the country. Joining from Montreal is Alex Sardar, The Chief Innovation Officer at CIVICUS World Alliance fo...
December 4, 2018 – The Election Edition
Armenia Unlocked - December 05, 2018 00:24 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOn December 9, Armenians will head to the polls to elect a new parliament. We are taking a closer look at campaigns and voter behavior in the country. Joining the podcast are American political consultant Eric Hacopian, currently in Armenia, as well as Rafael Oganesyan, Instructor at the Departm...
November 27, 2018 – Armenia Elections, Bolton and Iran, More Arrests in Turkey
Armenia Unlocked - November 27, 2018 21:09 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe campaign posters and slogans are out. Official campaigning for parties participating in the December 9 parliamentary elections is in full force. In a new round of raids, Turkish police arrested another 13 academics and activists in continued crackdown. And, weeks after US national-security a...
November 19, 2018 – Election Campaigns Begin
Armenia Unlocked - November 19, 2018 22:36 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsArmenians will elect a new parliament on December 9, what are the policies that will impact the aftermath of the election? A humanitarian and a political issue -- the Azeri and Armenian captives in each side. And, a Turkish journalist travels to Armenia to document the Syrian War through the eye...
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