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Home advantage

19 May 2015

Isolated and challenged financially, Armenia faces a set of problems common to many post-Soviet nations. But in the capital of Yerevan, a new generation of tech-savvy entrepreneurs is forging exciting links with the outside…

Film

Yerevan’s open doors

30 April 2020

We shine a spotlight on entrepreneurship in Armenia. Yerevan’s boulevards are lined with magnificent Soviet architecture but venture beyond the imperious façades and you’ll find a busy start-up scene and well-funded art…

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Taking root

23 April 2020

Robert Bound reporting from Yerevan: From its start-up scene to coping with the pandemic, Armenia shows how a small nation can benefit from building strong ties to its powerful diaspora.

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Where next?

19 November 2009

From Israel’s new museum district to Poland’s secret economic hotspot via Armenia’s favourite mountain, Monocle runs the rule over five places you should keep an eye on in 2010.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 21: the Cascade

29 August 2016

In the Armenian capital of Yerevan there is one structure that draws attention like no other: the Cascade. We check out the brainchild of a group of pioneering modernist architects in the 1960s.

Radio

The Globalist - Tuesday 8 May

8 May 2018

We head to Yerevan to ask if Armenia is about to break its political deadlock and examine free speech, or its absence, in Cambodia, as its last independent newspaper is sold. Plus, we punch our ticket to find out which city…

Monocle Minute

Meet Dilijan

16 August 2016

Few will have heard of Dilijan, the so-called “Switzerland of Armenia”, but this ambitious enclave is intent on putting itself on the map. Since the Central Bank moved some of its operations from Yerevan (see issue 84 of…

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Limbo land

16 May 2016

The republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in the Caucasus lies in purgatory. Despite its violent history, peace and PR is seen as the fastest route to normality; we visited just before the most recent flare-up to see if it can…

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Cometh the hour

13 August 2018

Still basking in the warm afterglow of April’s peaceful revolution, Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan knows the hard work starts now. Can he deliver what his people expect?

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Hidden depths

10 March 2015

The city of Trabzon in northeastern Turkey sits where mountainous terrain meets the Black Sea and while its tough-living population is fiercely patriotic, not all agree on the region’s character. So just what does it mean…

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The directory

21 September 2017

Where to sleep, eat and shop this month.

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Art direction

2 December 2021

How can the Uzbek capital become an art city? The plan: to eschew starchitects and take things slowly.

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Persian party

18 May 2017

War left the Turkish city of Van bereft of visitors – but it’s being transformed by Iranians in search of the good life.

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The Agenda

21 April 2022

In the Georgian capital, Russian émigrés are trying to make sense of the country they’ve left behind.