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📍 According to Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Turkey, Baku is urging the Turkish government to hold off on opening Turkey's border with Armenia. Armenia has previously accused Baku of hindering Yerevan’s normalization with Ankara.📍 Armenia’s foreign minister acknowledged that Yerevan cannot be a member of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union at the same time, responding to Moscow’s persistent remarks on the issue.📍 The International Commission of Jurists published a report highlighting systemic problems in Azerbaijan’s justice system, with particular focus on the trials of Armenians in Baku.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

📍 A video showing armed masked men threatening Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has triggered a criminal investigation and intensified political tensions. 📍 A man from Artashat, who had been in police custody for allegedly taking down an election poster, died by apparent suicide in a psychiatric ward. 📍 Pashinyan has proposed a controversial easing for Armenia’s drivers who lost their licenses under the country’s penalty system. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

📍 YouTube has launched monetization in Armenia, High-Tech Industry Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan announced.📍 U.S. infrastructure consulting firm Aecom started site surveys for a major new transit route planned in Armenia, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan announced.📍 Turkey eased decades-old restrictions on trade with Armenia, amid continuing efforts to reopen the two countries’ long-shuttered border.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #civilnetbusiness

With less than a month until Armenia’s parliamentary election, the campaign has entered a volatile phase marked by escalating political rhetoric. On Insights, host Eric Hacopian identifies potential violations of campaign spending limits by the leading parties, and examines how the current government’s strategy may be to encourage voter disengagement. The episode also highlights Ruben Vardanyan’s message from prison to the Armenian government, questioning why the state is failing to fulfill its responsibility toward the hostages held in Azerbaijan. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #insightswitherichacopian

📍 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says four school principals in Aragatsotn province offered resignations as authorities investigate allegations that teachers and students were mobilized to attend a ruling party campaign rally. 📍 Former Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign Minister David Babayan, currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan, says appeal documents filed by Armenian detainees have disappeared. 📍 Armenia, UK launch strategic partnership agreement- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF3N8w-XhAQ#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

📍 Turkey has lifted restrictions on direct trade with Armenia. Though it continues to keep the shared border closed, it is expected that the import costs of Turkish goods to Armenia will reduce.📍 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it continues visiting Armenian detainees in Azerbaijan from abroad despite the closure of its Baku office, amid concerns over prisoners’ treatment and lack of access. 📍 Inside the political significance of Armenia’s landmark EU summits- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFptwWwUkig#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

📍 Russia’s foreign ministry claims that unlike Moscow, the European Union has little to offer Armenia in terms of trade, security, and political representation.📍 Armenia and the United States held another round of consultations on the so-called ‘Trump Route,’ a proposed Washington-mediated transport link through Armenia’s southern 📍 Syunik region that would connect Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhichevan.📍 Explainer on the details behind the ‘Trump Route’ deal: https://civilnet.am/en/news/996894 #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ

In this CivilNet interview, political scientist Cengiz Aktar joins Eric Hacopian to examine Turkey’s deepening political and economic crisis under President Erdoğan. The discussion explores the country’s autocratic trajectory, declining living standards, strained EU relations, and the future of Kurdish rights. Aktar also addresses Armenia-Turkey normalization and the broader regional implications of Turkey’s internal transformations.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ

📍 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rejects Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call for Armenia to choose between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union, saying there is no immediate necessity to leave the bloc. 📍 Pashinyan faces backlash after questioning Armenia’s historical ties to Nagorno-Karabakh during a campaign speech in Syunik. 📍 Business Week Armenia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4m7MKulAOA #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

Can the proposed Trump Route (TRIPP) through Armenia’s south bring lasting peace and prosperity to the South Caucasus? Anahide Pilibossian, Vice President of the Yerevan-based APRI Institute, discusses the think tank’s new report on the route. She argues that TRIPP is a necessary but insufficient step toward regional stability without broader border openings between Armenia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. The conversation explores the opportunities and risks regional connectivity presents for Armenia, why Ankara continues to defer to Baku on normalization with Yerevan, and why Armenia may eventually need to clarify its ambiguous foreign policy as it seeks to balance relations between Russia and the West. 0:00 TRIPP is a necessary step, but not sufficient 5:25 Turkey's "Baku First" policy toward opening with Armenia 10:31 Differing visions of TRIPP in the official documents and the Azerbaijan-Turkey interpretations of it 15:06 Armenian human security and psychological safety concerns from corridor-rhetoric 16:50 EU’s role in supporting TRIPP 19:45 Potential risks of opening the Turkish border 23:57 Pushing back on portrayals of Armenia has having pivoted to the West away from Russia #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ