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Yerevan cut relations 10 years ago following Hungary’s extradition of an Azerbaijani soldier who murdered an Armenian counterpart. But the post-war reality has pushed Yerevan to reconsider.

The increases have reversed a demographic decline that the territory has seen since the pandemic and war with Azerbaijan.

The country has belatedly introduced a COVID pass system to enter restaurants and bars as the vaccination rate remains at just 28 percent.

Employers are now effectively required to demand proof of vaccinations from their workers. But the country’s health care system is now being pushed to the limit.

The government hopes to boost vaccination rates, but a new anti-vaccine campaign is on the rise.

The new rules come as the country is trying to stave off a third wave of the virus and vaccination numbers remain in the low single digits.

Despite ambitions for Karabakh reconstruction, the government's overall construction budget has barely budged.

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.

Analysts believe the country may be benefiting from herd immunity after devastation last year.

The losses to tax revenues will hit the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh government even harder than Yerevan.

The state has set up three “voluntary” funds for Azerbaijanis to cover post-war needs. But widespread reports suggest that people are being forced to contribute.

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.

The mood in Baku is triumphal but it’s heavy and vengeful rather than joyous.

Unemployment, post-COVID hopes, and moving gas: This and more in our monthly briefing on the Eurasian Economic Union.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.