BRUSSELS, 25/04/2017 – This morning, European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) organised a briefing to assess the parliamentary elections held in Armenia on 2 April, and their consequences for the future of the Armenia-EU cooperation. Read more

Diogo Pinto, EuFoA's Director and Michael Kambeck, Co-founder of EuFoA, comment on Euobserver the outcomes of the recent parliamentary elections in Armenia and the impact on internal politics. Read more

European Friends of Armenia (www.EuFoA.org) is proud to publish today its new guide Armenia 2017: An introduction to the party-political landscape. For five years, the first version of this guide was used extensively by EU officials, election observers, international academics and journalists. Several of these asked us to prepare a new version for the upcoming elections of 2 April, reflecting all the recent changes. Read more

"This is a starting gun for international investors and the worldwide Armenian business community: Armenia now has all chances to become an stronghold of reliability in the region, and an ideal hub for all who want to trade from Vladivostok to Lisbon." says Dr Michael Kambeck, Acting Director of European Friends of Armenia Read more

Today, in our Brussels office, Mr Arman Tatoyan, Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Armenia gave a briefing followed by a lively debate about the Human Rights situation in Armenia. He explained the new tools given to his institution, such as immunity for his members of staff, the Ombudsman's permanent representative in the Armenian Parliament, and the new forms of NGO involvement in his work.   "The institution of the Ombudsman in Armenia is now strong and legally... Read more

On 14 December, the European Friends of Armenia organised a Briefing to assess the current state of the play in the EU-Armenia framework agreement negotiations, one year into the process. Garegin Melkonyan, First Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia, Dirk Schuebel, (EEAS) and Petros Sourmelis (DG TRADE) were the speakers at the Briefing, which was moderated by Dr Hrant Kostanyan, Researcher at CEPS - Centre for European Political... Read more

On 9 December 2016, the Ombudsman of Nagorno Karabakh has published a new report on atrocities committed by Azerbaijani forces during April 2-5, 2016 against the civilian population and soldiers of Nagorno Karabakh. According to Mr. Ruben Melikyan, Ombudsman of Nagorno Karabakh, the findings of the present report are alarming for the international community, in particular the international human rights community. The systemic and grave violations of the International Humanitarian Law in April... Read more

On 14 December, the European Friend of Armenia organises a briefing to assess the current state of the play in the EU-Armenia framework agreement negotiations, one year and seven rounds into the process.   The negotiations were officially launched on 7 December 2015 by the EU High Representative and the Armenian Foreign Minister and the seventh round is taking place on 13 and 14 of December in Brussels, making this event a perfect opportunity to learn about the latest developments... Read more

BRUSSELS, 11/11/2016: On 17 November, the European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) hosted a roundtable briefing on the results of a new opinion poll on socio-economic developments, public perceptions of foreign affairs, international recognition, and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution. Hovhannes Grigoryan, CEO of the Institute for Political and Sociological Consulting (IPSC), presented the results, followed by a commentary by Member of the European Parliament Frank Engel, the head of... Read more

New figures confirm that security is the main concern for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, and that combined support for independence or unification with Armenia grows from 91.7% in 2015 to 95.1% in 2016. Hovhannes Grigoryan, CEO of the Institute for Political and Sociological Consulting (IPSC), presented results of a new opinion poll on socio-economic developments, public perceptions of foreign affairs, international recognition, and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution. The poll... Read more