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📍 Law enforcement raided 51 locations connected to Samvel Karapetyan as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement, tax evasion, and money laundering across the jailed billionaire’s business empire. Earlier, parliament passed a bill allowing the government to seize control of Armenia’s main power distributor, which Karapetyan owns. 📍 Meet the visionaries behind Firebird, Armenia’s $500M AI supercompute. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #civilnetbusiness – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check our website:

📍 Nikol Pashinyan once again suggested that in the long term, the government may not operate ENA, the country’s national power company. Pashinyan’s government nationalized the company earlier this year, which is subject to an ongoing international arbitration claim. 📍 A new agreement will allow cross-border trading between the Armenia Stock Exchange and Warsaw Stock Exchange, raising hopes for increased capital access forArmenian companies. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #civilnetbusiness – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check our website:

📍 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) representatives have arrived in Armenia to begin work on the Crossroads of Peace initiative. Their assessment will identify areas for improvement of border management and help guide necessary investments. 📍 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has confirmed that Armenia is in talks with five countries over the construction of a new nuclear power plant. He said that the choice will be based purely on economic considerations rather than political ones. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check our website:

📍 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are expected to sign a joint letter withdrawing their countries from the Minsk Group at the White House tomorrow. They have also reportedly agreed in a solution for the transit route in Syunik, dubbed ‘Trump Route for International Peace’ 📍 The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) warned that the expected joint statement or memorandum could legitimize Azerbaijan’s “genocidal actions” and derail prospects for a just peace in the region. 📍 Displaced Karabakh Armenians are facing growing uncertainty after a sharp reduction in state rent subsidies that took effect…

📍 Peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is now a reality, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said. 📍 Armenia will continue subsidizing tuition fees for all students from families displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, including those newly enrolling in universities and vocational schools. 📍 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said today that he does not consider the Stockholm arbitrator’s order, requiring Armenia to halt the nationalization of the country’s power grid, legally binding. Any cabinet official who thinks otherwise must resign, he added. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check…

📍 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House for a high-stakes summit. Key agreements, including a U.S.–Armenia transit road deal through Syunik, are expected to be signed. 📍 Washington Meeting: Peace or Theater? #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check our website:

📍 Vassilis Maragos, the European Union’s ambassador to Armenia, said the bloc will soon present an action plan on securing visa-free travel for Armenian nationals. 📍 Azerbaijan may now have little incentive to formally sign a peace treaty with Armenia following the recent Washington agreements, according to leading regional analysts. 📍 Economic Resilience, Visa Liberalization, and Rule of Law: Interview with EU Ambassador to Armenia #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check our website:

📍 Armenia and the United Kingdom pledged to elevate their relations to the level of a strategic partnership as the British Minister of State for Europe, North America and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty visited Yerevan. 📍 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the 1915 Genocide Armenians. This, however, cannot be considered Israel’s official recognition, an Armenian Genocide researcher told CivilNet. 📍 Armenian banks will for the first time exchange information on foreign taxpayers’ accounts with 47 countries, including Russia. Human rights activists say this may put exiled critics of the Kremlin in danger. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia – Follow us…

Richard Giragosian, political expert and founding director of the Yerevan-based Regional Studies Center, delivers a lecture on “Armenia’s New Post-War Strategy” at the 2025 Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia. The presentation took place on July 2, 2025, in Yerevan, as part of the symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The symposium ran from June 25 to July 13, 2025, in Batumi, Yerevan, and Tbilisi. Key points from the lecture: Pre-War Period and the 2020 Conflict: When Prime Minister Pashinyan came to power in 2018 through peaceful revolution, he…

Asbed and Aida Bogharian moved from Los Angeles to Gosh and launched initiatives to inspire future generations. They explain to CivilNet how they’ve navigated cultural differences between diasporans and locals in the village and what they’ve learned along the way. #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ – Follow us on Instagram: – Follow us on Telegram: – Find us on Facebook: – Check our website: