By Areg Bagdasarian
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Armenia has retained strong ties with Russia, while at the same time finding areas of political, economic and social cooperation with Europe. These relations between the European Union and Armenia are governed through the framework of the EU-Armenia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed in 1996 and implemented in 1999. With the continued enlargement of the European Union, the EU launched the European Neighborhood Policy Instrument which Armenia became a part of in 2004. Specifically, the Armenian government finally adopted ENPI on November 14, 2006...
more >>By Dogu Ergil
After a few year of High School education I came to believe that history was a legend based on selected facts. With that reasoning "national history" was a fact based selected legends. Never-the-less, history as a collective experience or the impressions thereof, has a role in the constitution of individual, social and cultural identities. History tells us who we are with a covert intantion of what we ought to be, which means loading history with ideology. And all ideologies are spiritual arsenal or shields of contemporary fights...
more >>By Christian Garbis Ohanian
With Armenia's agreement with the EU in terms of reform according to European guidelines, a more involved question of the compatibility of Armenian and European values should be examined. The history of the Armenian people is wrought with strife and tribulation based in a constant tension with the more powerful ruling majority. This consistent exposure to a dominant culture had consequences in the development of the Armenian culture, and values...
more >>By James Bosbotinis & Irina Ghaplanyan
The national referendum in Montenegro on the question of national independence, and subsequent declaration and recognition of its sovereignty marked the latest milestone in the demise of the Former Yugoslavia. The collapse of the Yugoslav federation and the achievement of sovereignty by its former constituent republics have served to illustrate the problems of reconciling the principles of national self-determination and territorial integrity. The states of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were recognised as sovereign states, thus achieving national self-determination whilst preserving territorial integrity; this is in contrast to the situation in Bosnia...
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This announcement is available only in Armenian.
On March 3, 2021, the first meeting of the GreenDeal Task Force created under the Initiative Lisbon-Vladivostok was held. In the videoconference format, more than twenty authoritative experts in the field of ecology and business from Austria, Armenia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, France, as well as the representatives of the largest business industry associations supporting the Initiative Lisbon-Vladivostok, discussed common approaches to harmonizing the activities implemented by the EU and the EAEU on the path to sustainable development, including a radical reduction in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere by 2050.
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