The Armenian government has made a decision that could be devastating for our statehood. The Metsamor nuclear power plant is to be replaced by the unknown technology of small modular reactors (SMR). Why is the executive branch abandoning the proven and safe Water-Water Energetic Reactors (VVER) and choosing a path that specialists describe as premature and highly risky?

During this extensive interview, the hottest issues of the domestic political field were discussed, ranging from the internal division of the opposition to the mechanisms of maintaining power. Edmon Marukyan presents his vision of why it is necessary to form a single unified opposition pole and what dangers are involved in going to the elections separately.

Today's episode is dedicated to the external and internal issues facing Armenia and the Armenian people. At the beginning, Edmon Marukyan's visit to Strasbourg was discussed. During a meeting with co-rapporteurs at the PACE, he voiced significant inaccuracies found in the reports being prepared. In particular, he pointed out the incorrect phrasing of state-church relations, emphasizing that an equal sign cannot be placed between an authority using repressions and the persecuted clergy.

Within the framework of the PACE session in Strasbourg, Edmon Marukyan presented important observations to co-rapporteurs Boriana Åberg and Mr. Fassino, pointing out significant inaccuracies in the reports being prepared.

What it was, what it became

The property tax calculated by the new procedure has been taxed gradually since 2021. That is, a part of the property tax was taxed every year, for example: 25% in 2021, 30% in 2022, 35% in 2023, 50% in 2024, 75% in 2025, and the full 100% in 2026.

In this episode, we discuss the speech made by the President of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan, at the World Economic Forum, also known as the Davos Forum.