Armenian News Network - Groong: Week In Review Podcast
Weekly review of Armenian News from https://groong.org. Keeping up with news related to Armenia and Armenians can be challenging; the sheer volume of news in the past few years has increased greatly, and the rise of the “Fake News” phenomenon contributing to the erosion of trust in the news media. The diversity of languages used by the worldwide Armenian community also poses a challenge for Armenian news; there is a significant portion of news that originates in Armenian, sometimes in Russian, and does not get adequately translated into English, or Western Armenian, for those in the Diaspora who are not proficient in Eastern Armenian. Finally, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the political turbulence in countries where significant communities of the Armenian Diaspora reside, be it Syria, Lebanon, the United States, etc., many of our friends and colleagues indicate that they’re simply overloaded with information and lack the time and energy to separate the good from the bad. So we’re creating this weekly digest of news and analysis that we find relevant to share with our friends and the wider ANN/Groong audience. Our goal is to provide a brief overview of the main headlines of the past week, and then cover a smaller set of the more important developments, curated by ANN/Groong editors and contributors who spend an inordinate amount of time daily to process Armenian news. We hope that over time this podcast will help our listeners in becoming more astute consumers of Armenian news. We will strive to provide a rich set of notes with each installation, with links to the most relevant articles and information as a starting point for your further investigation.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 469
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Syunik Confidential | Developments in Artsakh | Snap elections flip flop (Ep #49)
ANN/Groong Week in Review Episode 49 - February 14, 2021
Topics Covered:
- Syunik Confidential
- Developments in Artsakh
- Snap elections flip flop
Guests:
- Emil Sanamyan
- Alen Zamanyan
Your Hosts:
- Hov…
Lost in Artsakh | Law on Mass Media | Political Scene in Yerevan | Economic Outlook (Ep #48)
𝐀𝐍𝐍/𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟒𝟖 - 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
Topics Covered:
- Lost in Artsakh, Thirsty in Syunik
- Amending the Law on Mass Media
- Update on the Political Scene in Yerevan
- Rising National D…
Constitutional Amendment | Opp Rising | Zarif Tour | Virus Update | Armenia Fund & the Dram (Ep #47)
𝐀𝐍𝐍/𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 - 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
Topics Covered:
- Another Constitutional Amendment?
- Opposition Rising: New Bottle, Old Wine?
- Iran’s FM Zarif on a Tour de Six
- State of the Virus in Armenia
- …
Conversation with Ruben Muradyan - 01/31/2021 (Ep. 46)
Conversation with Ruben Muradyan - 01/31/2021
Experience being called up and participating in the war
Ethics of a security professional. What to do when a government member asks you to conduct greyhat …
Supreme Judicial Council | Turk-Azerbaijani Military Exercises in Kars | Blinken on Armenia
𝐀𝐍𝐍/𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 - 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
Topics Covered:
* Supreme Judicial Council Appointments
* Turkish-Azerbaijan Military Exercises in Kars Region
* Incoming US Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Ar…
Opposition Talks: Armen Ashotyan of the RPA/HHK - 01/19/2021
𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 - 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐇𝐊/𝐑𝐏𝐀’𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐧 - 𝟎𝟏/𝟏𝟗/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
Following the trilateral Karabakh ceasefire of Nov 9, all major political forces in Armenia (be that parliamentary or extra-parliamentary,…
Pashinyan Moscow Trip | Azerbaijan's geo-political situation | Domestic Politics in Baku | Azerbaijan's Losses in the War (Ep. 43)
ANN/Groong Week in Review - Episode 43 - Jan 17, 2021
Topics Covered:
- Outcomes from Nikol Pashinyan’s trip to Moscow
- What is Azerbaijan’s geo-political situation after the war?
- Domestic politics in…
Former Artsakh Ombudsman Ruben Melikyan (Ep #42) - 01/18/2021
Former Artsakh Ombudsman Ruben Melikyan (Ep #42) - 01/18/2021
We’ll be discussing various legal and human-rights topics within the context of recent developments in Armenia.
Our guest today is:
- 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐞…
Conversation with Aram Vardevanyan
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧 - 𝟎𝟏/𝟏𝟑/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
Since Nikol Pashinyan came to power in 2018, and prior to the Artsakh war of 2020, issues around the Armenian constitution and constitutional court hav…
State of The Opposition | Update on Am/Az Border Positions | State of the Artsakh LoC
𝐀𝐍𝐍/𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟒𝟎 - 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
Topics Covered:
- The State of the Opposition and their demands
- Update on the Border Positions between Armenia & Azerbaijan
- The State of the Line o…
Conversation with My Step’s Maria Karapetyan
Conversation with My Step's Maria Karapetyan (Ep #39) - 01/08/2021
As protesters in the streets of Yerevan continue demanding the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan in the aftermath of the war in Nagor…
Arevik Anapiosyan on Research in Policy Making and Implementation (EP #38)
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐄𝐩 #𝟑𝟖) - 01/03/2021
Policy is a set of proposals developed and then implemented by governments to address an issue or a problem in the society. The spher…
Tevan Poghosyan on Diplomacy, War and The Way Forward (#37 - Dec 29, 2020)
Since the end of the first Nagorno-Karabakh war in 1994 and for over quarter of a century, Armenia has engaged in diplomatic activity with Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia and the West. The aim of those di…
Opposition Talks: Edmon Marukyan of Bright Armenia Party
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 Bright Armenia's Edmon Marukyan
Following the trilateral Karabakh ceasefire of Nov 9, all major political forces in Armenia (except for the ruling party) condemned Nikol Pashinyan’s …
Life in Artsakh | Hin Tagher/Khtsaberd | Political Scene in Yerevan | Kapan Border Tension (Ep. 35)
𝐀𝐍𝐍/𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟑𝟓 - 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎
Topics Covered:
- Life in Artsakh
- Update on Hin Tagher & Khtsaberd
- Internal Political Situation in Yerevan
- Kapan Border Tension
Guests
- 𝐀𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐡…
Opposition Talks: Arthur Khachatryan of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun (Ep. 34)
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐑𝐅’𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧
Following the trilateral Karabakh ceasefire of Nov 9, the Armenian opposition has nearly universally condemned Nikol Pashinyan’s agreement to the deal.
The l…
Renewed Fighting & the OSCE MG | Border Demarcation | Fate of Sotq | Diplomatic Relations (Ep. 33)
ANN/Groong Week in Review Episode 33 - Dec 13, 2020
Topics Covered:
- Renewed Fighting & the OSCE MG visit
- Expedited Border Demarcation?
- What will happen to Sotq?
- Diplomatic Relations with Azerbaija…
The Role of The Humanities and Social Studies in Armenian Life (Ep. 32)
Academia and academic work, especially in the fields of humanities and social sciences, has always been instrumentalized by various ideologies and/or political regimes. Moreover, various disciplines …
Artsakh-Karabakh – From a Russian Foreign Policy Perspective (Ep . 31)
On November 9, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed The Statement ending the war in Artsakh, known more commonly as Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia emerged as a major winner, by ending the violence, introd…
Turkey and Azerbaijan Connecting | Armenia’s Political Opposition Uniting | Does Putin support Pashinyan? | Robert Kocharyan Interview (Ep. 30)
Turkey & Azerbaijan Connecting | Opposition Uniting | Putin support? | Kocharyan Interview | Ep. 30) - Dec 6, 2020
Topics:
- Turkey and Azerbaijan Connecting
- Armenia’s Political Opposition Uniting
- Do…