Spyware Attacks: ‘Whatever You Can Do with Your Phone, They Can Do with Pegasus’
by Jochen Dreier
Davit Khazhakyan in a room at the Bright Armenia Party’s office in Yerevan ...
Correspondents in Conflict
Davit Khazhakyan in a room at the Bright Armenia Party’s office in Yerevan ...
Why LGBT Rights Matter for Armenia’s Future
by Marspet Movsisyan
© Marspet Movsisyan Few topics in Armenia spark as much anger, resistance, and hatred as the issue of LGBT rights. But if Armenia aims for a Western, European future, that sentiment probably has to change. LGBT people in Armenia face insults, attacks and...
«ԼՐԱԳՐՈՂՆԵՐԸ ՀԱԿԱՄԱՐՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐՈՒՄ» ԾՐԱԳՐԻ ՄԱՍՆԱԿՑՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԵՐԻ ԸՆԴՈՒՆՈՒՄ
Երևանի մամուլի ակումբն ընդունում է «Լրագրողները հակամարտություններում» ծրագրի մասնակցության հայտեր: Ծրագիրն իրականացվում է գերմանական Deutsche Gesellschaft կազմակերպության հետ համագործակցությամբ և Գերմանիայի արտաքին գործերի նախարարության ֆինանսավորմամբ:
- Արցախյան երկրորդ պատերազմը, ինչպես նա ռուս-ուկրաինական պատերազմը ևս մեկ անգամ ի ցույց են դրել այն բոլոր մարտահրավերները, որոնց բախվում են հակամարտության գոտիներում աշխատող լրագրողները՝ առաջին հերթին ստիպված լինելով պայքարել նպատակային, համակարգված ապատեղեկատվության դեմ: Հայ...
Homeland Calling: How the Armenian Diaspora Reconnects
Attracts volunteers with Armenian roots from all over the world: The capital Yerevan. Photo: Gloria Geyer More than two thirds of the approximately 10 million Armenians live in the diaspora. In recent years, more and more young people want to discover their roots and take part in voluntary...
False Footage, Real Impact: The Use of OSINT in Navigating Mis- and Disinformation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Photo by Gilles Lambert on Unsplash
by Benjamin Brown
It was a scene many had feared. In September 2023, as the forced expulsion of around 120,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh was in full swing, a video was circulated online showing a soldier in an Azerbaijani uniform...Female War Reporters: Obstacles on the Battlefield
by Zhanna Avagyan
“Are you a war correspondent or wife in my bed?” This is what Hemingway wrote to his wife Martha Gellhorn, who was among the first female war correspondents covering World War II. 100 years later, war reporting remains widely regarded as men's domain where sexist comments and behavior is almost part of the game....Examining the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: Germany’s Viewpoint
by Georgi Mirzabekyan
While in Berlin in early October, my focus was analyzing Germany's political stance on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, which included also Nagorno-Karabakh. This examination was shaped by the following preceding events:- The German Foreign Minister, speaking at the UN about Azerbaijan's recent military actions against Nagorno-Karabakh, had used the term “forced deportation” referring to the...
Between Rigor and Resolve
In the wake of Azerbaijan's September attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia is in a state of shock-induced paralysis. Prime Minister Pashinyan is weaker than ever, while at the same time the country has to integrate over 100,000 refugees. And looming above all is the threat of a new war.
by Dominik Kalus
In order to visualize the war, visitors...Ukrainian Refugees in Germany: On an Ambiguous Path to Integration
6.2 million – this is the number of refugees from Ukraine recorded globally after 2022 February 24, as per UNHCR. According to UNFPA, the current population of Ukraine stands at 36.7 million. 
Photo: The Independent
by Diana Gasparyan
Russia's full-scale invasion forced millions of Ukrainians to leave...Women in the Karabakh Conflict
Since the 1990s, war has repeatedly broken out between Armenia and Azerbaijan, most recently again in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The focus of reporting is on political analysis and power struggles between - more often than not - men. However, the effect that crises and conflicts have on women is too rarely seen. 
A Monumental Struggle
With Armenia in turmoil after losing the war, many fear that Nagorno-Karabakh's cultural heritage is at risk of destruction. Will satellites and treaties protect the region's iconic landmarks? 
Photo: Florian Guckelsberger
by Florian Guckelsberger
The chimes of St. Thaddeus Church ring out brightly. They effortlessly drown out...European Red Lines and Their Variability in the Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
by Garik Harutyunyan
Following the recent attack on Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan, the European Union allocated 12 million euros for the humanitarian needs of refugees. In contrast, the EU provided 67 billion dollars in aid to Kyiv in the first year after Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine. In the case of Nagorno-Karabakh, the assistance was exclusively humanitarian,...The Decline of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic: Armenia in Transition
by Margarete Wohlan
Just two months ago, 23-year-old Siranush Adamyan was working in Stepanakert as a reporter for CivilNet, an independent journalistic online platform based in Yerevan. Until Azerbaijan's military offensive on September 19, she was living with her parents and younger sister in Karmir Shuka, a village in Nagorno-Karabakh. “I think it will take me a long...Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia: Insights from Germany
by Gevorg Tosunyan
The format of the traditional Friday meetings in the Armenian community building in Berlin has recently changed. As a rule, representatives of the Armenian community gather here to communicate and discuss various issues. After September 19, when the Azerbaijani Armed Forces attacked and carried out an...Fighting Against Powerlessness
Born and raised in Armenia, young Armenian woman Nané never wanted to have anything to do with the war in her homeland. When Nané could no longer ignore the situation after the 44-Day War in 2020, she decided to take action. Having joined VOMA NGO two years prior, the 21-year-old now leads training groups there every day. During my visit...
Seeking New Life: Foreign Documents as Beacons of Hope
by Albert Serobyan
The house where Sergey (name changed) was born is in a state of war. The 30-year-old recounts how his ancestral home, constructed by his grandfather, bore the scars of three Nagorno-Karabakh wars with cannon dust on its walls. Now both home and war feel distant as Azerbaijan’s army entered the city of Hadrut in Nagorno-Karabakh...«ԼՐԱԳՐՈՂՆԵՐԸ ՀԱԿԱՄԱՐՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐՈՒՄ» ԾՐԱԳՐԻ ՄԱՍՆԱԿՑՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԵՐԻ ԸՆԴՈՒՆՈՒՄ
Երևանի մամուլի ակումբն ընդունում է «Լրագրողները հակամարտություններում» ծրագրի մասնակցության հայտեր: Ծրագիրն իրականացվում է գերմանական Deutsche Gesellschaft կազմակերպության հետ համագործակցությամբ և Գերմանիայի արտաքին գործերի նախարարության ֆինանսավորմամբ:
- Արցախյան երկրորդ պատերազմը, ինչպես նա ռուս-ուկրաինական պատերազմը ևս մեկ անգամ ի ցույց են դրել այն բոլոր մարտահրավերները, որոնց բախվում են հակամարտության գոտիներում աշխատող լրագրողները՝ առաջին հերթին ստիպված լինելով պայքարել նպատակային, համակարգված ապատեղեկատվության դեմ: Հայ...
Life in a School Corridor: Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh
Tens of thousands fled to Armenia when war broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020. Not all of them were able to return because Azerbaijan was able to bring large areas of their homeland under its control. In Armenia, they are now trying to start a new life. But for many, the future seems uncertain here as well.
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Wars Through Lenses
2022. October. Berlin. Exhibition. - What do you feel looking at these pictures? - … Silence was the answer to my question.
by Ani Torosyan
It took around 5 minutes for 54-year-old Alyona to start talking. Together with her grandchildren and daughter-in-law, she fled Kherson, Ukraine, at the end of February, with the hope of...44 Days that Changed Everything for Her
In 2020, the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh broke out again. Images of fighting soldiers and accusing politicians remain in our minds. Women who were also part of the war are often forgotten.
by Sarah Schröer López
Vika Sargsyan (name changed by the author as the person feared hostilities towards her) has...Ready for Reconciliation? The State of Armenia-Turkey Relations in the Aftermath of the 44-Day War
by Dénes Jäger
Photo credits: Onur Binay One evening in November, the display board at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport reads "23:35 – Departure for Yerevan." What seems like an ordinary flight connection is much more: Since 1993 most communication between Turkey and Yerevan had come to...
Fear of Noise and Sense of Isolation: the Trauma of War Correspondents in Armenia and Germany
When the war broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2020, lots of Armenian journalists spontaneously became war correspondents. Many were not ready to work in such a situation neither physically nor mentally. As a result, they now suffer from secondary post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumas. Moreover, if in Europe media organizations do provide journalists with health insurance, including mental...
Is It War or Peace? Armenia Between Hope and Fear
This text is about encounters in Armenia. With acquaintances and strangers. The text uses these encounters to describe how hope and uncertainty make their way through everyday life in Armenia. Or perhaps even determine it.
by Anna Leidig
Yerevan, April 2022. My best friend in Armenia picks me up at the hostel and we drive through the...Journalists in the Spotlight: Discussing Free Speech Limitations with a War Reporter
Journalism is a responsibility that includes tons of ethical dilemmas and regulations. When it comes to the war, all the rules of the game change.
by Mariam Grigoryan
"Brutality, hopelessness, and honesty – that is the war to me," says Ibrahim Naber, a chief reporter at "Welt" TV channel. Ibrahim has been covering the Russian-Ukrainian War from...The Fragile Borders of War Propaganda, Bothsidesism and Objective Coverage
“Journalism is journalism no matter you are a conflict journalist, war journalist or specialized in writing about operas or economics or whatever: the task is to inform people as best as you can,” says German radio journalist Gesine Dornbluth in conversation with me.
by Victoria Andreasyan
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A Place of Hope
A Russian oppositionist founds an aid organization for refugees from Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, creating a place of hope and anticipation for homecoming for three nations.
by Ira Peter
“When the war broke out, we weren't even allowed to call it a war,” says Vasilisa Borzova. That, she notes, was a red line for...Following the War, Self-Defense Is Being Taught in Armenia
Since Armenia lost the war against Azerbaijan in 2020, people no longer have any illusions about the strength of their own military. More and more Armenians – and especially Armenian women – are therefore training in case of a renewed escalation.
by Sarah Vojta
About 40 minutes by car south of the Armenian capital Yerevan, the road...Why the 44-Day War Didn’t Make Big Headlines in the German Press
by Armen Mirzoyan
In March 1992, when the OSCE Minsk Group was established following the organization’s January 30, 1992 decision to join the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulation process, 11 states made part of the Group by attending the kick-off conference in Minsk. The Federal Republic of Germany was among them. Still, in a country, which is a...Why in Armenia the Military Topic Wins Over Lifestyle Content
The majority of Armenians trust social media over traditional media. People with а large number of followers become opinion makers or influencers impacting public perceptions. While a few political influencers try to do fact-checking, others use their social accounts to tell personal stories of war. But this may sometimes harm society and downgrade security.
by Larissa Mass
...A How-To Guide for Those Taking up War Reporting
by Avetis Harutyunyan
What does a journalist commissioned to go to a war zone need to know? This is the first question that pops up in the mind of a journalist with no experience in war reporting. First and foremost, while covering a conflict, no matter from...
The Energy Debate in the German Press
by Knar Khudoyan
Photo from German taz daily October 18, 2022 issue Resilience and decentralization: the articles published in the German press over the past month, if not the past year were filled with these two terms already perceived as buzzwords. Journalists question as to how...
