In the President’s speech in Strasbourg at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, and especially in the questions and answers that followed, there were many misrepresentations, but three in particular must be disowned by the administration. First, to claim
Armenia’s Justice Minister: Justice as a way of thinking
Watch Hrayr Tovmasyan outlined two current priorities of his work as Mnister of Justice, as a guest of the Civilitas “One Hundred Questions and Answers” series: tackling contradictions and inconsistencies in the law and instilling a new way of thinking
Armenia’s Ombudsman: Ready to go as far as he can
Watch Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (or Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan assured the audience that had gathered for the Civilitas Foundation’s regular 100 Questions and Answers forum that he is ready to go as far it takes to address human rights violations
Life in Gyumri Completely Stalled
At a Civilitas sponsored public forum in Gyumri, discussion revolved around the global crisis and the unprecedented economic downfall of recent years which has wreaked the greatest havoc in Armenia’s regions, outside Yerevan. Director of the Gyumri-based Arevamanuk Foundation Armine
Turkey: Mixing old identities and finding new ones
The Civilitas Foundation public forum entitled “From Ebru to Grandchildren” consisted of two hours of soul-searching, discovery, accusation combined with social, political and also very personal analyses of the challenges of cultural diversity and newly found Armenian identity in today’s
Pawning in order to survive
The Armenian Statistical Service March report on Armenia’s economic activity is evidence that Armenia is not out of the woods of the economic crisis. Following 2009’s 14.3 percent decline – the second biggest drop in the world – it could
Vahan Hovhannisyan on upcoming elections, party politics and challenges
Watch More than 150 guests – representatives of international and local organizations, government and academic institutions, diplomatic missions in Armenia as well as media – gathered to hear the second guest of the Civilitas Foundation “100 Questions and Answers” series.
Oskanian: Call for Action on Hunger Strike
Today, I once again visited Raffi Hovannisian, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia and founder of the Heritage Party, who has been on a hunger strike for the past eight days. In speaking with him, it becomes clear
Armenian libraries embrace the digital age to expand community outreach
The Civilitas Foundation continues targeted support to regional libraries, within the framework of its “Libraries as Centers of Civil Society” project, funded by the US Embassy in Armenia. A number of on-site consultation visits were carried out throughout last week,
100 Questions, 100 Answers: Vartan Oskanyan
Watch On Monday, February 28, the Civilitas Foundation launched a new series of public forums. In addition to the periodic discussions by a group of individuals about specific topics on the national agenda, this new series will come to offer