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Armenia withholds comment on Israel’s recognition of 1915 genocide

📍 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has commented for the first time on Israel's ongoing effort to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, saying that he would not get involved in the matter. 📍 Armenia and Azerbaijan are creating a mechanism allowing the two countries to exchange information on missing persons and the burial sites of those killed in war. A similar instrument helped advance peacebuilding between the countries of the former Yugoslavia that went to war with each other in the 1990s.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

Israel advances Armenian Genocide recognition to parliament amid backlash from Turkey, Azerbaijan

📍 Israel’s cabinet has unanimously approved a resolution to recognize the Armenian Genocide, prompting sharp backlash from Turkey and criticism from Azerbaijan as the measure now heads to the Knesset for final approval. 📍 Armenia’s Constitutional Court is set to rule this week on an opposition bid to annul the June 7 election over alleged fraud. 📍 This Week in Business- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoJeuU9rPu0#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

Armenia economy resilient despite external risks, central bank says

📍 Armenia’s economy has remained stable following the parliamentary election earlier this month, as well as Russia’s extensive bans on Armenian goods, the country’s Central Bank Governor Martin Galstyan says.📍 A new internet transit agreement between Armenia's Telecom Armenia and Azerbaijan's AzerTelecom has sparked debate on social media due to fear about its potential security implications. 📍 Armenian law enforcement authorities have arrested opposition figure Avetik Chalabyan today and sought his pre-trial detention on charges linked to an alleged scheme to influence the June 7 parliamentary election.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

Why Armenia lost the 2020 Karabakh War

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War exposed deep structural weaknesses in Armenia’s military and political decision-making. Political scientist Dr. Vicken Cheterian, lecturer in political science at the University of Geneva and director of the Diasporan Perspectives think tank at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, joined the podcast to discuss these failures and why Armenia was not prepared for the conflict. Cheterian is the editor of the new book “The 44-Day War”, a comprehensive analysis of the conflict, and co-author of “44 Defeat”, which reconstructs how Armenia’s military defeat occurred. 0:00- Two new books on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War3:44- Wide causes for Armenia's failure in 2020 5:40- Reasons for the army's military failure 9:15- Was it a mistake to rely so heavily on Russia for defense?10:35- Why did Armenia end up at war in 2020? 12:57- Armenia's misreading of the regional security balance 14:00- Failure of Armenia's post-2018 diplomacy 16:27- Rejection of the Lavrov Plan 17:54- Balancing the military & diplomatic factors for the failure19:12- Lessons for Armenia from the changing world order #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ

EU moves to boost Middle Corridor with new platform, $2+ billion investment plan

📍 The European Commission today announced the launch of the Connectivity Agenda Platform and the signing of agreements with international financial institutions expected to mobilize more than $2 billion for strategic connectivity investments in the Black Sea region and the South Caucasus. 📍 Armenia’s Ministry of Infrastructure published a draft decision yesterday outlining plans to nationalize 100% of the shares of Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA), a utility owned by Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan.📍 Russian sanctions against Armenian products have hit the country’s agricultural sector, particularly the flower industry. Producers have lost a key market, facing expensive logistics and debt, and are now urgently seeking buyers in Europe.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia