Ani Avetisyan
Ani was writing stories and photographing for four years before moving into the world of facts and numbers, first working as a data journalist, then as a fact-checker. Open-source investigations and data visualisation are her passions. Ani is interested in everything South Caucasus, politics, and 20th century world history.
Stepanakert’s memory hotel
The women living at the Ed-Em hotel carry with them the trauma of 30 years of conflict, but also the spark of hope for a better future.
Nagorno-Karabakh leadership slams Pashinyan
‘No government has a right to lower the negotiating bar for a status acceptable to Artsakh’, reads a recently adopted resolution by the Nagorno-Karabakh parliament.
Pashinyan: ‘By handing over territories I might have saved thousands of lives’
‘I should be blamed not for handing over the lands, but for not doing it’, the Armenian Prime Minister told parliament.
Armenian MPs barred from entering Nagorno-Karabakh by Russian peacekeepers
The MPs were from the opposition Armenia Alliance and I Have Honour blocs.
Armenia’s Minister of Emergency Situations arrested over alleged corruption
Minister of Emergencies Andranik Piloyan and over a dozen employees of the ministry have been arrested for alleged corruption.
Russia deploys more peacekeepers to halt ‘Azerbaijani advance’ in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani troops appear to have vacated the village of Parukh, but are still reportedly stationed nearby.
Two killed as Azerbaijan reportedly takes Nagorno-Karabakh village
Azerbaijani forces have reportedly taken control of the Armenian-inhabited village of Parukh, residents have been evacuated.
In deep freeze, Nagorno-Karabakh finds itself without gas again
For the second time in two weeks, over 100,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have been left without heating in sub-zero temperatures.
Armenian communists and peace activists hold competing Ukraine protests
Over the weekend Yerevan saw the largest pro-war and anti-war protests since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Evictions surge as rents skyrocket in Yerevan and Tbilisi
The unprecedented increase in the cost of rent has been driven primarily by migration out of Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.