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07/05/2026

BREAKING: The Court has ruled.

06/29/2026

A History of Armenian Critical Thought - Part VII
The Early Armenian Bolsheviks

The Critical Corner
June 29, 2026

By Eddie Arnavoudian
With a foreword by Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Eddie Arnavoudian is a true Armenian original whose extraordinary life and incredible career mirror the fate of the Armenian Diaspora itself. Born in Nairobi, Kenya to Armenian parents from Egypt, he studied for two years at the Mekhitarist Monastery at San Lazzaro in Venice before leaving the pries...

06/17/2026

Armenia’s election aftermath is no longer just about who won or lost. It is now about whether the final numbers were shaped by process, pressure, and selective decisions after election day.

In this Week in Review, Hovik and Asbed discuss:

• The CEC’s invalidation of precinct results
• Prosperous Armenia falling below the 4% threshold
• Civil Contract’s resulting three-fifths majority
• Whether the opposition should take its mandates
• The constitutional referendum fight
• Post-election taxes after pre-election spending promises
• Hikmet Hajiyev’s visit to Armenia
• Armenia-Georgia relations and the growing corridor competition
• The U.S.-Iran interim agreement and the unresolved Lebanon question

The episode also looks at what may come next: street pressure, Constitutional Court appeals, pressure on opposition MPs, and the wider regional bill that Pashinyan may now be expected to pay.

Full show: https://youtu.be/ioSlOhVsLFo

Week in Review - June 14, 2026In this episode of Groong Week in R...

06/12/2026

After the Anger, What Next?

In this episode of Conversations on Groong, Hovik and Asbed speak with Arthur G. Martirosyan about Armenia’s post-election situation after the June 7 parliamentary vote.

The preliminary results give Civil Contract the lead, but the opposition is contesting the outcome. Prosperous Armenia is fighting for the small margin needed to enter parliament, while the final mandate count could affect whether Pashinyan secures a 3/5th majority.

We discuss:

• Was this a free and fair election?
• Why did high turnout not deliver an opposition victory?
• What does PAP’s 0.004% fight mean?
• Are arrests and threats becoming tools of rule?
• How much did Western support matter?
• Why did Russia react so late?
• Should the opposition take its mandates, go to court, or move to the streets?

Arthur Martirosyan argues that the election cannot be judged only by election day. The full picture includes the pre-election pressure, arrests, media control, invalid ballots, recounts, and whether Armenia’s courts can act on their own.

Watch the full discussion and let us know what you think:

https://youtu.be/pQIoY5dmicc

Conversations on Groong - June 10, 2026In this episode of Convers...

06/11/2026

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06/11/2026

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06/11/2026

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06/10/2026

Armenia’s June 7 election is over, but the mandate remains under dispute.

Civil Contract declared victory while major questions remain: the sudden drop of Prosperous Armenia below the 4% threshold, more than 17,000 invalid ballots, opposition arrests, late-night voting reports, and the political meaning of a possible three-fifths majority in parliament.

In this Week in Review, Hovik and Asbed discuss what happened on election day, what the ODIHR report says, how foreign powers reacted, and what choices now face the opposition.

Was this a democratic mandate, or a managed outcome?

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/nUDKV5WEx-g

Week in Review - June 7, 2026In this episode of Groong Week in Re...