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The Partnership for Open Society Initiative, representing more than 60 civil society organizations, is pleased to invite you to participate in public discussion series titled CIVIL SOCIETY AGENDA TOWARDS SNAP PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. The upcoming public discussion will focus on the more »

Necessity of Constitutional Amendments in New Armenia The constitutional referendum held on 6 December 2015, shifted Armenia from semi-presidential to a parliamentary republic, giving the executive power to the prime minister and leaving the president with mainly ceremonial role. The more »

The Role of Strategic Litigation in Justice System Reform On October 23, 2018 the Partnership for Open Society initiative held another edition of their public discussion series, New Armenia: justice and good governance reform agenda. With a view to Armenia’s more »

The Partnership for Open Society Initiative, representing more than 60 civil society organizations, is pleased to invite you to participate in public discussion series titled “New Armenia: Justice and good governance reform agenda.” Considering the new political context, the series more »

  The Role of Public Television in New Armenia, a public discussion The success of Armenian velvet revolution, according to both national and international analyses, was the civil society’s challenging of pro-government media broadcasting and using social and online media more »

I was not watching the news conference in Helsinki on Monday, when Vladimir Putin mendaciously sought to smear George Soros, the founder of the philanthropic organization I direct, by comparing his many decades of human rights work to the dirty more »

In the light of new political developments in Armenia, the judiciary has obtained an unprecedented opportunity to reinstate its independence and administer justice in the politically sensitive cases involving opposition representatives and civic activists. On this occasion, on May 29, more »

What just happened in my country is likely making autocrats around the world nervous. I have worked on democracy programs in Armenia for 20 years. But even I was surprised that so many of my fellow citizens took to the more »

On February 27, 2018, the Open Society Foundations – Armenia organised a press conference to inaugurate the project, Pursuing positive change through empowering the civil society. The foundation is going to implement the project with two partners, the Institute of more »

George Soros Remarks delivered at the World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018 The current moment in history Good evening. It has become something of an annual Davos tradition for me to give an overview of the current state more »