Civil Contract

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Aghasi Yenokyan

Topics:

• Ruling Party Power Grabs
  • Why is Civil Contract so Adamant on Total Municipal Control
  • Political Prisoners
• Early/Snap Elections?
• Armenia’s Controlled Judiciary
• About Yenokian’s new book: Ալտերնատիվ պատմություն Հայոց

Episode 298 | Recorded: December 13, 2023

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Levon Zourabian

Topics:

• Armenian National Congress (ANC)
• Democracy and Armenia
• Azerbaijan-Armenia Negotiations
• Artsakh
• Global Conflicts - Israel, Ukraine

Episode 290 | Recorded: October 27, 2023

Groong Links:

• linktr.ee/Groong

Guest:

• Levon Zourabian

Topics:

• Armenian National Congress (ANC)
• Democracy and Armenia
• Azerbaijan-Armenia Negotiations
• Artsakh
• Global Conflicts - Israel, Ukraine

Episode 290 | Recorded: October 27, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• At the Brink of a New War?
• Relations with Russia
• Platform Shuffle: Brussels vs. Moscow
• Update on Yerevan Mayor

Episode 286 | Recorded: October 17, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• At the Brink of a New War?
• Relations with Russia
• Platform Shuffle: Brussels vs. Moscow
• Update on Yerevan Mayor

Episode 286 | Recorded: October 17, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• The Game of Alternatives
• How does it apply to Negotiations?
• Is Armenia Negotiating Effectively?

Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• The Game of Alternatives
• How does it apply to Negotiations?
• Is Armenia Negotiating Effectively?

Episode 281 | Recorded: October 1, 2023

Topics:

• Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
• Artsakh Elections / Blockade
• Yerevan Elections

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Topics:

• Armenia’s Diplomacy at the UN
• Artsakh Elections / Blockade
• Yerevan Elections

Guest:

• Dziunik Aghajanian

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Yerevan Mayoral Elections
• Artsakh Domestic Developments
• Developments in Geopolitics and Negotiations

Episode 277 | Recorded: Sep 3, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Yerevan Mayoral Elections
• Artsakh Domestic Developments
• Developments in Geopolitics and Negotiations

Episode 277 | Recorded: Sep 3, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Day 264 - Ep 276, September 1, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - September 1, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Arayik Harutyunyan resignation
• Samvel Shahramanyan state minister
• Kirill Kulakov new commander of Russian PKs
• September 2 - 32nd anniversary

Episode 276 | Recorded: September 1, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Day 264 - Ep 276, September 1, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - September 1, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Arayik Harutyunyan resignation
• Samvel Shahramanyan state minister
• Kirill Kulakov new commander of Russian PKs
• September 2 - 32nd anniversary

Episode 276 | Recorded: September 1, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• UNSC Meeting on Artsakh
• Artsakh Internal Developments
• Yerevan Elections

Episode 275 | Recorded: August 22, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• UNSC Meeting on Artsakh
• Artsakh Internal Developments
• Yerevan Elections

Episode 275 | Recorded: August 22, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Situation in Artsakh
• Yerevan Elections Heating Up
• July MPG Survey Outtakes
• August MPG Survey Outtakes
• Baku Poll
• Thoughts on the Economy

Episode 273 | Recorded: August 15, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Situation in Artsakh
• Yerevan Elections Heating Up
• July MPG Survey Outtakes
• August MPG Survey Outtakes
• Baku Poll
• Thoughts on the Economy

Episode 273 | Recorded: August 15, 2023

Guest:

• Yeghia Tashjian

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Azerbaijani Propaganda in Shushi
• Situation in Artsakh

Episode 271 | Recorded: July 31, 2023

Guest:

• Yeghia Tashjian

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Azerbaijani Propaganda in Shushi
• Situation in Artsakh

Episode 271 | Recorded: July 31, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Latest on Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Economic State in Armenia
• September Yerevan Mayoral Elections
• Estimating the War Dead
• Hayaqve [.am]

Episode 269 | Recorded: July 17, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Latest on Armenian Azerbaijani Negotiations
• Economic State in Armenia
• September Yerevan Mayoral Elections
• Estimating the War Dead
• Hayaqve [.am]

Episode 269 | Recorded: July 17, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Negotiations
• US, Armenian NSC Advisors Meet
• New MPG Poll
• Haya-Qve [.am]

Episode 268 | Recorded: July 10, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Armenia Azerbaijan Negotiations
• US, Armenian NSC Advisors Meet
• New MPG Poll
• Haya-Qve [.am]

Episode 268 | Recorded: July 10, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Negotiations in DC: chances of progress
  • Vartan Oskanian on negotiations
  • Rights and Security
  • Self-Determination for Artsakh
  • Border Demarcation
  • No Unblocking or Guarantees
• Hayaqve.am
• Rants

Episode 266 | Recorded: July 4, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G. Martirosyan

Topics:

• Armenian Azerbaijan Negotiations Continue
  • Negotiations in DC: chances of progress
  • Vartan Oskanian on negotiations
  • Rights and Security
  • Self-Determination for Artsakh
  • Border Demarcation
  • No Unblocking or Guarantees
• Hayaqve.am
• Rants

Episode 266 | Recorded: July 4, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Concrete Barriers On Hakari Bridge
• Erdogan visit to Azerbaijan
• Lukashenko at the CSTO
• Putin Defuses Wagnerian Opera
• Pashinyan 44-Day War Testimony in Parliament
• HayaQve [.am]

Episode 264 | Recorded: June 27, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Concrete Barriers On Hakari Bridge
• Erdogan visit to Azerbaijan
• Lukashenko at the CSTO
• Putin Defuses Wagnerian Opera
• Pashinyan 44-Day War Testimony in Parliament
• HayaQve [.am]

Episode 264 | Recorded: June 27, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Erdogan Reshuffles Cabinet, First Visit to Baku
• Latest Developments in Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations, Baku Postpones
• Economic Developments, More Subsidies to IT Sector
• MPG Poll: Pashinyan’s Rating is Falling

Episode 252 | Recorded: June 12, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• Erdogan Reshuffles Cabinet, First Visit to Baku
• Latest Developments in Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations, Baku Postpones
• Economic Developments, More Subsidies to IT Sector
• MPG Poll: Pashinyan’s Rating is Falling

Episode 252 | Recorded: June 12, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 259, June 2, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - June 2, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Current Living and Humanitarian Conditions
• Morale after Pashinyan’s Recognition of Artsakh in Azerbaijan
• How is Artsakh Responding to Aliyev’s Amnesty Threats?
• Moral of the Artsakhtsi Population
• About Artsakh Men Being Denied Transit through Azeri Checkpoints
• Have the Russian Peacekeepers Changed Under Lentsov?
• All Parties are in Breach of the November 2020 Trilateral Ceasefire Agreement

Episode 259 | Recorded: June 2, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 259, June 2, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - June 2, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• Current Living and Humanitarian Conditions
• Morale after Pashinyan’s Recognition of Artsakh in Azerbaijan
• How is Artsakh Responding to Aliyev’s Amnesty Threats?
• Moral of the Artsakhtsi Population
• About Artsakh Men Being Denied Transit through Azeri Checkpoints
• Have the Russian Peacekeepers Changed Under Lentsov?
• All Parties are in Breach of the November 2020 Trilateral Ceasefire Agreement

Episode 259 | Recorded: June 2, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Armenia celebrates May 28
  • A new political movement, Mother Armenia, was announced.
• Aliyev Threatens, Pashinyan Concedes
• Erdogan Reelected President in Turkey
• Goodbye CSTO, Hello NATO?

Episode 257 | Recorded: May 30, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• Armenia celebrates May 28
  • A new political movement, Mother Armenia, was announced.
• Aliyev Threatens, Pashinyan Concedes
• Erdogan Reelected President in Turkey
• Goodbye CSTO, Hello NATO?

Episode 257 | Recorded: May 30, 2023

Yerevan Court Freezes Assets of 168.am and Journalist Davit Sargsyan on Tigran Avinyan’s Demand A Conversation with Ruben Melikyan

Guest:

• Ruben Melikyan

Topics:

Episode 254 | Recorded on Thursday, May 13 2023

Yerevan Court Freezes Assets of 168.am and Journalist Davit Sargsyan on Tigran Avinyan’s Demand A Conversation with Ruben Melikyan

Guest:

• Ruben Melikyan

Topics:

Episode 254 | Recorded on Thursday, May 13 2023

Guest:

• Anna Kostanyan

Topics:

• Intro to Anna Kostanyan and Hamakhmbum (Consolidation) Movement
• New HR Ombudswoman Anahit Manasyan
• Azeri Attacks and Infiltrations into Armenia
• Yerevan Mayor-less Until End of 2023 Elections

Episode 248 | Recorded: April 16, 2023

Guest:

• Anna Kostanyan

Topics:

• Intro to Anna Kostanyan and Hamakhmbum (Consolidation) Movement
• New HR Ombudswoman Anahit Manasyan
• Azeri Attacks and Infiltrations into Armenia
• Yerevan Mayor-less Until End of 2023 Elections

Episode 248 | Recorded: April 16, 2023

Guest:

• Alison Tahmizian Meuse

Topics:

• Aghavno / Berdzor
• April 11 Azeri Aggression Near Tegh
• Raising Flags
• Azeri Infiltrations into Armenia

Episode 247 | Recorded: April 14, 2023

Guest:

• Alison Tahmizian Meuse

Topics:

• Aghavno / Berdzor
• April 11 Azeri Aggression Near Tegh
• Raising Flags
• Azeri Infiltrations into Armenia

Episode 247 | Recorded: April 14, 2023

Guest:

• Naira Melikyan

In this Conversations on Groong episode, we’ll be talking Naira Melikyan who shares troubling information from her attempt to travel to Artsakh via the newly built road passing by the village of Kornidzor. Armenian border guards turned away the Miasin group citing security concerns.

Episode 245 | Recorded: April 7, 2023

Guest:

• Naira Melikyan

In this Conversations on Groong episode, we’ll be talking Naira Melikyan who shares troubling information from her attempt to travel to Artsakh via the newly built road passing by the village of Kornidzor. Armenian border guards turned away the Miasin group citing security concerns.

Episode 245 | Recorded: April 7, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijani Attacks over the Weekend
• East and West
• Armenia and the Rome Statute

Episode 241 | Recorded: March 26, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Azerbaijani Attacks over the Weekend
• East and West
• Armenia and the Rome Statute

Episode 241 | Recorded: March 26, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Pashinyan’s Press Conference
• Negotiating with Belligerent Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Moscow
• Mayoral Politics in Yerevan

Episode 240 | Recorded: March 20, 2023

Guest:

• Tevan Poghosyan

Topics:

• Pashinyan’s Press Conference
• Negotiating with Belligerent Azerbaijan
• Mirzoyan in Moscow
• Mayoral Politics in Yerevan

Episode 240 | Recorded: March 20, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• 35th Anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms
• Turkey after the Earthquake
• One Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine
• Azerbaijan-Armenian Negotiations Continue
• Personal topics

Episode 232 | Recorded: February 28, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur Khachikyan

Topics:

• 35th Anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms
• Turkey after the Earthquake
• One Year Anniversary of the War in Ukraine
• Azerbaijan-Armenian Negotiations Continue
• Personal topics

Episode 232 | Recorded: February 28, 2023

In this Conversations on Groong episode, we’ll be talking about the Internet censorship bill proposed in Armenia before the new year. We’ll also talk about the threat and activity of some Cyber spying malware in Armenia, such as the Israeli Pegasus software, which represents a threat to journalists and freedom of expression.

Topics:

• Censoring the Internet
• Cyberthreats and Cyberspying in Armenia

Guest: Artur Papyan , malware researcher, digital security consultant, co-founder of CyberHub and director of the Media DIversity Institute .

Episode 229 | Recorded: February 24, 2023

In this Conversations on Groong episode, we’ll be talking about the Internet censorship bill proposed in Armenia before the new year. We’ll also talk about the threat and activity of some Cyber spying malware in Armenia, such as the Israeli Pegasus software, which represents a threat to journalists and freedom of expression.

Topics:

• Censoring the Internet
• Cyberthreats and Cyberspying in Armenia

Guest: Artur Papyan , malware researcher, digital security consultant, co-founder of CyberHub and director of the Media DIversity Institute .

Episode 229 | Recorded: February 24, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 227, Feb 21, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Feb 21, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• The Politics around Ruben Vardanyan

Episode 227 | Recorded: February 21, 2023

Artsakh Blockade Flash Update with Gev Iskajyan - Ep 227, Feb 21, 2023

Armenian News Network Groong - Feb 21, 2023

Guest:

• Gev Iskajyan

Topics:

• The Politics around Ruben Vardanyan

Episode 227 | Recorded: February 21, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G Martirosyan

Topics:

• Army Day - January 28
  • Events at Yerablur
• New EU Monitoring Mission
  • Armenia’s Diplomacy
  • Russia’s Increasing Displeasure
  • Iran’s Tempered Displeasure
• Artsakh Blockade

Episode 219 | Recorded: January 29, 2023

Guest:

• Arthur G Martirosyan

Topics:

• Army Day - January 28
  • Events at Yerablur
• New EU Monitoring Mission
  • Armenia’s Diplomacy
  • Russia’s Increasing Displeasure
  • Iran’s Tempered Displeasure
• Artsakh Blockade

Episode 219 | Recorded: January 29, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Hovik’s Reflections from the Artsakh Blockade Interviews
• Is Russia Pressuring Armenia to join a “Union State”?
• Government Bill to Control the Internet During Martial Law
• Highlights and Lowlights from Armenian News in 2022
• Predictions for 2023

Episode 197 | Recorded: January 3, 2023

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topic:

• Hovik’s Reflections from the Artsakh Blockade Interviews
• Is Russia Pressuring Armenia to join a “Union State”?
• Government Bill to Control the Internet During Martial Law
• Highlights and Lowlights from Armenian News in 2022
• Predictions for 2023

Episode 197 | Recorded: January 3, 2023

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• How is Armenia’s Economy Doing?
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations
• French Senate Slams Azerbaijani Occupation of Armenia
• The Opposition Returns to Parliament

Episode 179 | Recorded: November 21, 2022

Guest:

• Hrant Mikaelian

Topics:

• How is Armenia’s Economy Doing?
• Armenia-Azerbaijan Negotiations
• French Senate Slams Azerbaijani Occupation of Armenia
• The Opposition Returns to Parliament

Episode 179 | Recorded: November 21, 2022

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Massive Stepanakert Rally
• The Sullivan Plan
• CSTO Security Council Convened
• Trilateral Summit in Sochi
• From Sochi to Tehran

Episode 173 | Recorded: November 1, 2022

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Massive Stepanakert Rally
• The Sullivan Plan
• CSTO Security Council Convened
• Trilateral Summit in Sochi
• From Sochi to Tehran

Episode 173 | Recorded: November 1, 2022

Guest:

• Benyamin Poghosyan

Topics:

• Meetings in Prague
• Pashinyan Consolidating Power
• Personal Rants

Episode 167 | Recorded: October 10, 2022