Today, on Wednesday, 12 March, Pawel Kowal's report on assessing and setting priorities for EU relations with the Eastern Partnership countries was adopted by 87% of MEPs present. The European Parliament (EP) calls on the EU to promptly implement policies that will also have a positive effect on Armenia in areas such as mobility, energy and transport, as well as civil society. "In the report, the EP states that successive EU enlargements have brought Armenia closer to the EU, which means... Read more

On 12 February 2014, the Centre for European Studies (CES), supported by EuFoA, hosted a lunch debate "The Future of the EU-Armenia Relations: what's next?" EuFoA's Director Eduardo Lorenzo Ochoa was part of the discussion panel alongside Frank Engel (MEP and Member of the Europe-Armenia Advisory Council) and Gunnar Wiegand (Director for Russia, Eastern Neighbourhood, Central Asia and OSCE, EEAS). The discussion was moderated by Salomé Samadashvili, visiting fellow at CES and former... Read more

Mr Ashot Ghulyan, in his capacity of President of the Democratic party of Nagorno Karabakh, attended the annual European Free Alliance General Assembly, which took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on 14 and 15 February 2014.   President Ghulyan explained how the right to self-determination was peacefully put into practice in Nagorno Karabakh in line with international law and the applicable framework back in 1991. In addition, he elaborated on how the EU model of development is... Read more

On Monday, 25 November 2013, Ambassador and Maestro Charles AZNAVOUR personally awarded The Charles Aznavour Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Fostering Europe-Armenian Friendship to Baroness Caroline COX. The prize was created by the Brussels-based NGO European Friends of Armenia (www.EuFoA.org) and the Europe-Armenia Advisory Council (EAAC, www.EAAC.EuFoA.org). The EAAC chose Baroness Caroline Cox as the first recipient of the prize during its General Assembly in Yerevan on 16 February... Read more

On 9 October 2013, the London-based Foreign Policy Centre, jointly with EuFoA, organised a panel discussion on the current situation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with the EUSR Ambassador Lefort as keynote speaker.   The Ambassador Philippe Lefort (EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia), Dr Laurence Broers (Caucasus Project Manager - Conciliation Resources), OBE Craig Oliphant (Senior Advisor on Europe and Central Asia - Saferworld), Con... Read more

The European Union gave green light to the EU-Armenia visa facilitation agreement. Procedures for Armenian citizens travelling to the EU will face a quicker visa process and less bureaucracy. Below we provide you with more information.     EP ratified visa faciliation agreement (source: www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/politics/views/31064) EP Press Release - 09.10.2013 / 15:46 CET Armenian citizens will face fewer hurdles to travel to the EU for short stays, under an... Read more

EuFoA's Secretary General Michael Kambeck and MEP Elmar Brok, member of the Europe-Armenia Advisory Council and Chairman of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, have commented on Armenia's decision to join the Eurasian Union. Below we provide you with these articles. Armenia chooses Russia over EU (source: http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2013/september/armenia-chooses-russia-over-eu/78090.aspx) By Andrew Gardner - 03.09.2013 / 18:31 CET   Armenia says it will join the... Read more

In a joint statement released today, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Enlargment Commissioner Stefan Fule announced completion of the negotiations on the Association Agreement (AA) with Armenia, which now awaits initialing during the Vilnius Summit on 29 November. Yesterday, the EU and Armenia concluded negotiations on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which is part of the Association Agreement. Below we provide you with a couple of articles on the... Read more

On 11 July 2013 EuFoA organised a panel discussion in Yerevan about the current situation of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process: "Looking at Europe's next avoidable war: Nagorno-Karabakh". Richard Giragosian (Director of the Regional Studies Center - RSC), German Karabakh researcher Christian Kolter and our Secretary General Michael Kambeck discussed the situation, also referring to the recently published book "Europe's next avoidable war: Nagorno-Karabakh"... Read more

At short notice, EuFoA learnt about the visit to the NATO headquarters of 6 Members of the Armenian Parliament (Alexander Arzoumanian, Grigor Grigoryan, Ishkhan Khachatryan, Khachatur Kokobelyan, Tevan Poghosyan, and Artur Stepanyan). Using this occasion, EuFoA organised an ad-hoc round-table briefing with them on Wednesday, 19 June 2013. The meeting focused on security challenges which Armenia is facing given its geo-strategic situation.   After a short introduction by EuFoA... Read more