Lilit Arakelyan
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Civil society fears that new laws lack oversight and violate the confidentiality of personal data.
Can Yerevan regulate the information field without damaging freedom of speech?
Despite win in Europe’s human rights courts, political stalemate is likely to draw out the process of paying reparations to families displaced by war.
Current laws ban racist and similar remarks, but not verbal attacks on LGBTI people.
Reforms mean Anti-Corruption Council will include opposition and NGO representatives for the first time, but will still be led by the prime minister.
President invalidates candidate selection amid allegations that process was flawed.
As government dithers, university staff leave their posts.
People living close to the border with Azerbaijan question government initiative intended to boost business in their areas.
Government decides to draw more water from already overstretched resources.
Health ministry plans new strategy to tackle high rates of malnourishment among under-fives.