Narine Ghalechian is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Armenian Service.
Marine, not her real name, was considering surgery to deal with intense pain. Three doctors refused to see her before a fourth agreed. She's convinced the rejections were due to her HIV status. The only NGO in Armenia dealing with the rights of people with HIV says hers is not an isolated case.
An estimated 18,000 schoolchildren from Nagorno-Karabakh have been registered in Armenia following a mass exodus from the disputed territory. Dozens of new teachers have been hired to handle the influx of students who fled to Armenia when Azerbaijan reclaimed control over Nagorno-Karabakh.
A 13-year-old boy drove seven relatives out of Nagorno-Karabakh to safety in Armenia amid a mass exodus from the region. With his military father away during fighting, the family says the young teenager, Gor Khachatrian, was their only hope to reach Armenia.
Zaruhi Zakarian sews patterns into cloth, showing branching trees made of colorful threads. The images, along with collages and paintings, suggest hope, she says, that her missing son Robert will return. He is one of some 200 Armenian soldiers missing in action since the 2020 war with Azerbaijan.
Varazdat Saneian, who lost both his arms in the 44-day war in and around Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, is learning new skills to live a fuller life. But he still faces a long battle to recover. He has trouble wearing the high-tech prosthetics he was given and has more surgery to come.
Armenia on October 26 reported record-high coronavirus-related deaths amid a surge in infections and low vaccination rates in the South Caucasus nation.
Armenian officials say 75 were injured and more than 20 detained in clashes between police and protesters in the capital. The violence, which left three RFE/RL journalists injured, erupted when demonstrators tried to approach a police station where oppositionist gunmen have barricaded themselves,
