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Armenia

Two men in suits shake hands at a formal event with a backdrop displaying various national flags.
DW
Ripple effects of Iran war felt in the Caucasus
5:24
Ripple effects of Iran war felt in the Caucasus
5:24
An Azerbaijani city rises from ruins
5:53
A speaker stands on stage at the APEC CEO Summit Korea 2025, with a large screen behind displaying the NVIDIA logo.
DW
A multi-million dollar AI data center is slated for Armenia
6:18
A group of people stands near a large decorated Christmas tree in front of a historic building with multiple green domes and golden crosses.
Finding the joy of Christmas amid the war in Ukraine
Full Episode
49:04
Armenia scores NVIDIA AI data center
6:18
A peace deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan has far-reaching implications
5:35
The unlikely song lyrics that helped an Armenian-American tween feel confident
7:23
New York mayor’s indictment highlights Turkey’s influence
Full Episode
48:55
Hope endures for Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks
6:26
Displaced Armenians adjusting to live in Yerevan
5:46
Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh still yearn for home
5:38
Conflict & Justice
Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh still yearn for home
5:38
Conflict & Justice
How the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still shaping the fraught relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan
6:33
A short history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
6:33
Armenia’s most-famous rock band still going strong after 40 years
6:36
Music
The Bambir, one of Armenia’s biggest rock bands, is still going strong after 40 years 
6:36
Global Politics
The rise of an Armenian church opposition leader
6:40
Armenian Church’s opposition leader
6:40
Exiled Russians making their way in Yerevan, Armenia
7:27
A Turkish delicacy sold at an Armenian shop in Boston
4:39
Conflict & Justice
Armenia-Azerbaijan engage in peace talks amid mass protests in Yerevan 
6:07
Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal talks amid mass protests in Yerevan
6:07
International students in the US face many challenges as they adjust to new cultural norms.
Sacred Nation
Chaplains open doors for international students on campus
5:59
In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, file photo, an ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard next to Nagorno-Karabakh's flag atop of the hill near Charektar in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, at a new border with Kalbajar district turned over to Azerb
Conflict & Justice
Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan lead to humanitarian crisis
Armenian skyline with buildings and mountains
Culture
More Armenians in California are moving back to their parents’ native land
Azerbaijani troops attend the parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Azerbaijan establishes checkpoint at Lachin Corridor, spiking tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh
A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is seen during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. 
Conflict
This Turkish-made drone continues to cause tension in Armenia
Colleagues gather at a cafeteria in the offices of Picsart, in Yerevan, Armenia.
Ukraine
Russia’s war turns Armenia into a booming tech sector
Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium
Top of The World
Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions
A forest burns in the mountains after shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery during a military conflict outside Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh
Conflict
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict stifles critical transport development in the region, analyst says
Supporters of the Turkey Youth Union chant slogans during a protest against US President Joe Biden's statement, outside the US consulate in Istanbul, April 26, 2021.
Human rights
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Biden’s acknowledgment of the Armenian genocide ‘unfounded, unjust, unrealistic’
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is shown with the fingertips of his hands pressed against each other and next to his mouth.
Global Politics
Armenian PM faces military’s demand to resign, talks of coup
A man with an Armenian national flag visits a 12th-13th an old brick monastery surrounded by mountain vistas
Conflict
Armenian winemakers hope to maintain ancient tradition following Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 
Stepanakert is the de facto capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.  
Conflict & Justice
Nagorno-Karabakh refugees are beginning to return home, but many are still displaced
Father Hovhannes Hovhanissyan, abbot of Dadivank monastery in Kelbajar
Borders
Following loss in war, Armenians bid adieu to Kelbajar area given to Azerbaijan
Women volunteers construct camouflage nets to be used on the Nagorno-Karabakh frontlines. 
Conflict
Armenians mobilize to support troops in Karabakh war, as ceasefires fail
Azerbaijan's national flag is shown flying over destroyed houses with bright rays of sunlight backlighting it.
Conflict
Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rages as US hosts talks
People watch from their vehicles as US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speak during a Presidential Debate Watch Party at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, Oct. 22, 2020.
Top of The World
Final presidential debate spotlights foreign policy; Pompeo to meet Armenian, Azeri officials; Nigerian president angers protesters
Children line up to enter a a temporary shelter in Florida, Feb. 2019.
Top of The World
545 migrant children still separated from families; Nigerian protesters break curfew; Nagorno-Karabakh beset by coronavirus
A crowd of people are shown walking across the London Bridge, many wearing face masks.
Top of The World
Europe on edge over new surges; North Korea’s new missile; Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire in question
A heavily damaged car is shown in an alley in the nearground with several damaged buildings in the distance.
Conflict & Justice
Armenia, Azerbaijan report attacks despite cease-fire deal
The World Food Program's flag flutters on the roof of WFP headquaters after the organization won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 9, 2020.
Top of The World
World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize; Moscow talks aim for Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire; China joins COVAX alliance
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris and US Vice President Mike Pence participate in their 2020 vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Top of The World
Harris and Pence trade barbs on foreign policy; Russia sees backyard chaos; Brazil cases top 5 million
People take part in a protest by Armenian Youth Federation against what they refer to as Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia and the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, outside the Azerbaijani Consulate General in Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 30, 2020.
Global Politics
How the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could spiral into bigger regional war
Four men are shown standing in an dug out area lined with stone in an open area near a house.
Top of The World
Russia, France, US demand ceasefire to fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh; Cyprus is blocking EU sanctions on Belarus; Arrests in Hong Kong
US President Donald Trump his shown with his hands raised near his face and wearing a dark suit and stripped tie.
Top of The World
Trump’s taxes show money from foreign sources; Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict flares; India passes 6 million cases
A page from "The Structure is Rotten, Comrade."
Arts, Culture & Media
This surrealist graphic novel delves into architecture and social change
Parliament
Despite death threats, this trans woman is fighting for LGBTQ rights in Armenia
Protesters carry black sign with white writing in support of slain Armenian journalist.
Conflict & Justice
100 years after genocide, Armenians in Turkey revive their identity
Three siblings smile and pose while sitting in the pew of a church
Dutch church ends 96-day service as Armenian family spared deportation
supporters
Leaders
Armenian women helped oust an autocrat. But they’re still being left out of politics.
Black and white photo of woman at tabel, facing away from camera, bending over recording device
Music
In the 1930s, an ethnomusicologist tried to preserve the history of immigration in California — and combat anti-immigrant feelings — with song
Red beret-wearing Armenian law enforcement officers detain a man during a protest.
Conflict
Armenian police detain almost 200 in protests
photo of Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan of ArmComedy, Armenia's first satirical news program
Global Politics
Look out Colbert, Armenia’s got funnymen with a few jokes for America
Armenian sisters Arev, left, and Lida stand in front of their home built from a shipping container.
Development
Armenian families are still living in containers dating to a 1988 quake
Activists hold portraits of victims during a silent demonstration on April 24 to commemorate the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in Istanbul, Turkey.
Global Politics
Why Germany’s recognition of Armenian genocide is such a big deal
Vahagni
Music
Flamenco was the soundtrack in this Armenian family
A protester throws rose petals in front of a line of riot police during an #ElectricYerevan protest in Armenia
Global Politics
Mass youth protests in Armenia target corruption
Thousands of Armenians staged a second day of protests on Tuesday in the capital Yerevan against a hike in electricity prices, defying police who used water cannon to try to disperse them.
Global Politics
The youth protests that have shaken Armenia were years in the making