Series: WIR

Armenian News Network - Groong Week in Review - Sep 4, 2022

Topics:

• September 2: Artsakh Independence Day
  • September 2 is a public holiday commemorating the day 31 years ago when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic declared independence from the USSR. Before 2020, this would be a festive holiday. This year, there were protests in both Yerevan and Stepanakert as well as visits to the gravesites of fallen heroes.
• Developments in Geopolitics
  • There were two major meetings this week between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On August 30, the deputy PMs met in Moscow, then on August 31, Pashinyan and Aliyev met

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - August 21, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:02 Opposition movement restarts
• 25:28 Berdzor & Aghavno handover
• 34:43 “Peace Plan” coming?
• 49:54 Newly proposed military service avoidance law
• 54:15 Rant

Guest: Dr. Arthur Khachikyan

Hosts:

Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 160 | Recorded: Sunday, August 28, 2022

Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220828.html

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - August 21, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:44 Surmalu Blast
  • 01:44 What happened in Surmalu market?
  • 07:41 Why did Pashinyan jump the gun to declare that it’s not terrorism?
  • 08:45 Russian note of protest on anti-Russian sentiments in information sphere
  • 12:55 A mayoral campaign in the midst of tragedy?
  • 19:01 Policy response: ban fireworks?
• 21:52 Foreign Relations
  • 21:52 Aliyev rejects Artsakh status
  • 28:26 Aghavno/Berdzor handed over
  • 41:50 Papikyan in Moscow
  • 43:28 Iranian red lines, again
  • 48:03 Checkpoints for Azerbaijan
• 53:48 Resistance

ANN/Groong Week in Review - August 7, 2022

Topics:

• Azerbaijan Attacks Artsakh Again
  • Armenian & Artsakh Authorities Evacuating Berdzor & Aghavno Population
• Avetik Chalabyan Re-arrested

Guests:

• Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan - TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 152 | Recorded: Monday, August 8, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220807.html

ANN/Groong Week in Review - July 31, 2022

Topics:

• Tehran 2022 Trilateral Summit
• “Normalization” or Pax Turkiana?
• EU - Azerbaijan gas deal
• Diaspora Personae Non-Grata

Guests:

• Yeghia Tashjian - TW/@yeghig

Host:

• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 149 | Recorded: Monday, July 31, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220731.html

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - July 17, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:02:30 CIA Chief in Armenia
• 00:18:26 Army Chief Appointed
• 00:30:41 Armen Grigoryan Dies in Court
• 00:45:14 Mourad Papazian is Denied Entry in Armenia
• 00:57:04 Bayramov and Mirzoyan in Tbilisi
• 01:06:11 Rants

Guests:

• Tevan Poghosyan - TW/@TevanPoghosyan

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 148 | Recorded: Monday, July 19, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220717.html

Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - July 10, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:40 Developments in the Regional Geopolitics
• 47:53 Watch your Internets!
• 55:58 Rants

Guests:

• Hrant Mikaelian / TW/@Hrant_M
• Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan / TW/@Benyamin_Poghos

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 146 | Recorded: Monday, July 11, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220710.html

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Armenian News Network/Groong Week in Review - June 26, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:08 Who killed the OSCE Minsk Group?
• 21:36 Murders in Aparan
• 27:01 Arthur Vanetsyan Resigns from Parliament
• 38:51 Gagik Jhangiryan in the Line of Fire
• 44:39 Rants

Guests:

• Hrant Mikaelian / TW/@Hrant_M

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 144 | Recorded: Monday, June 27, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220626.html

Armenian News Network/Groong - Week in Review - June 19, 2022

Topics:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:53 Did the Opposition Blink? What will happen to the Yerevan protests?
• 15:54 Scandal in the Supreme Judicial Council involving Gagik Jhangiryan (SJC)
• 34:31 More Artsakh “Peace” Talks, More Border Shootings
• 52:32 Rants

Guests:

• Tevan Poghosyan / Թեւան Պողոսյան / TW/@TevanPoghosyan

Host:

• Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
• Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 143 | Recorded: Monday, June 20, 2022 Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220619.html

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