On 13 February, the EU-Armenia Partnership Council met for the fifth time in Brussels, chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. “The...
On 13 February, the EU-Armenia Partnership Council met for the fifth time in Brussels, chaired by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. “The meeting confirmed the mutual interest and commitment of the EU and Armenia to strengthen and...
On 2 February, the Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Armenia Frank Hess attended a launch ceremony marking the expansion of the Yerevan Municipality Waste Sorting and Recycling Programme. This programme expansion followed an EU-funded investment in waste trucks and containers. The equipment has been provided as...
On 2 February, the 12th award ceremony of the EU Prize for Journalism 2023 took place in Tbilisi. EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski awarded the winners in six categories covering print, broadcast, online, and photo journalism. The winner of the EU Monitoring Mission’s (EUMM) special prize for peace...
The ‘EU4Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Armenian Communities’ project with a budget of €2.8 million, co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, was launched last week in Yerevan. The project aims to support communities and households to have better access...
On 11 December, the EU Foreign Affairs Council agreed to strengthen the European Union civilian mission in Armenia (EUMA), increasing its presence on the ground from 138 staff to 209. Announcing this, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said it was “an important increase in the size of the mission,...
The Republic of Armenia Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs is launching a new volunteer program for professionals called DiasPro. This program welcomes individuals to contribute to the work of government institutions in Armenia by providing their expertise, skills and insights. The program was initiated and developed in...
Media Literacy Week was launched in Armenia on 6 November with the support of the EU. The week is held annually in autumn after UNESCO’s World Media and Information Literacy Week and serves as an important occasion to draw public attention to the topic of information literacy. This year’s...
Deepening the EU-Armenia relations: new challenges and unlimited opportunitiesRelations between Armenia and European countries boast a history that spans thousands of years. The time hascome now to return to these roots and renew the old ties and reconceptualize them in a new way to kick-start theprocess of deeper integration...
The European Union has called for the assurance of human rights, fundamental freedoms and the security of the Karabakh Armenians, in a statement to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 18 October. Noting that nearly the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh, over 100,600 persons, had found...
The EU today announced a €5 million increase in humanitarian funding in response to the growing needs caused by the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. “The conflict escalation and subsequent ceasefire is expected to trigger a mass exodus of people from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, with approximately 13,500 refugees having crossed the...
