Analytical Monitoring Report 1. Context As the pre-election campaign entered a more active phase, the volume of polarized and emotionally charged content in the information space continued to grow. Most political actors portrayed the elections not merely as a process of changing or maintaining power, but as a decisive choice concerning the country’s security, foreign…
Analytical Monitoring Report 1. Context During the week under review, the information landscape could conditionally be divided into two main phases. In the first half of the week, primary attention was focused on the European Political Community Summit held in Yerevan, Armenia’s European prospects, the Pashinyan-Macron relationship, and the intensifying competition between Russian and Western…
Analytical Monitoring Report 1. Context During the week under review, the information environment continued to be shaped by discussions surrounding the pre-election process, foreign policy orientations, and security-related issues. Criticism over the design of the new biometric passports, reactions to statements made by Arsen Torosyan, as well as debates surrounding the “There Is No Armenia…
Analytical Monitoring Report 1. Context The fourth week of April 2026 was marked by heightened tension in the information space, particularly in its final days. Discrediting of opponents maintained a leading position, with a strong emphasis on the sensitive occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Armenian Genocide. The subsequent Citizens’…
Analytical Monitoring Report 1. Context During the third week of April 2026, the narrative of mutual discrediting among political competitors continued to dominate, manifesting both through the government-opposition confrontation and growing tensions within the opposition camp itself. Developments surrounding representatives of the “Strong Armenia” party became the subject of broad public discussion, accompanied by narratives…
Monitoring Analytical Report 1. Context During the second week of April 2026, Armenia’s information landscape was shaped by domestic political tensions and pre-election realignments, with developments related to the discrediting of opponents, external influence, and electoral processes taking center stage. The week was marked by discussions surrounding the pre-election program of the “Civil Contract” party,…
Monitoring Analytical Report 1. Context During the first week of April, the “Competitor Discreditation” narrative maintained its dominant position, with its focus shifting to the legal domain. Developments surrounding the incident at St. Anna Church became the central topic, within which trends of criminalization and mechanisms applied to dissent were actively discussed. This contributed to…