Nagorno-Karabakh

March 26, 2026 13:39

• Activists considered Pashinyan's dispute with a refugee to be discrimination against Karabakh residents.

  Nikol Pashinyan, in voicing his grievances against a refugee from Nagorno-Karabakh, behaved in a manner unacceptable for a government official. NGO representatives and activists emphasized that politicians at all levels should not legitimize violence and discrimination.

March 25, 2026 08:12

• Protesters in Yerevan demanded the release of a report on the 44-day war.

  Relatives of fallen and missing soldiers demanded that the Armenian parliament publish the report of the commission that investigated the circumstances of the 44-day Karabakh war. The authorities promised to publish the document in the fall of 2025, but failed to fulfill their promise and classified the report.

March 22, 2026 02:03

• The announced change in the housing program has sparked criticism from Karabakh refugees.

  Armenian authorities announced an increase in the cost of housing certificates for Karabakh refugees wishing to purchase housing near Yerevan from three to four million drams. Refugees believe this will not help them resolve their housing problem.

March 21, 2026 02:30

• More than 34,000 refugees from Karabakh have received Armenian citizenship.

  34,576 refugees from Karabakh have received Armenian citizenship; five thousand people have applied for it since the beginning of the year.

March 18, 2026 04:25

• A post about protecting Karabakh's Armenian heritage sparked a thousand-comment discussion.

  Over a thousand comments were left by Facebook* users under a "Caucasian Knot" post about historians' calls to preserve Karabakh's Armenian heritage. The discussion escalated into mutual accusations of vandalism at various points in the region's history and the need for appeals to the international community.

March 16, 2026 16:54

• Vardanyan requested a meeting with the Azerbaijani ombudsman

  In a conversation with his family, former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan attempted to convey a request to the Azerbaijani ombudsman for a meeting. According to him, a month after the trials ended, neither he nor the other convicted Nagorno-Karabakh leaders had received copies of the verdicts, and it was impossible to contact the ombudsman. The Azerbaijani side ended the call.

March 15, 2026 13:02

• Historians call for an end to the destruction of Armenian monuments in Karabakh

  Armenian historians have called for international intervention to prevent Azerbaijan from destroying cultural heritage sites in Karabakh. Authors of a report to the British Parliament also reported instances of vandalism in the former Karabakh conflict zone.

March 13, 2026 12:25

• Social media users debated the return of Azerbaijani families to Karabakh.

  Azerbaijani commentators pointed out that demining, housing construction, and infrastructure are necessary for the return of Azerbaijanis to Karabakh, explaining the slow pace of resettlement. At the same time, they called this a restoration of justice. Armenian users countered that many of the settlements in question were historically Armenian.

March 05, 2026 11:46

• A video of the last days of the Armenian population in Karabakh sparked a conflict among Facebook users*

  The publication of three amateur films about the final period of the Armenian population's stay in Karabakh has sparked debate about the region's territorial jurisdiction and the perpetrators of the conflict.

February 25, 2026 13:00

• Ruben Vardanyan declined to appeal the Baku court's verdict.

  The former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, sentenced in Baku to 20 years in prison, declined to appeal, explaining that he does not recognize the verdict as an act of justice.

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