News stories by Anush Ghavalyan

  1. Jailed in Limbo: The Armenian Prisoners in Azerbaijan

    - Inter Press Service

    YEREVAN, Armenia, Jan 25 (IPS) - On July 29, 2023, Vagif Khachatryan, a 68-year-old Armenian retiree, woke up early in Nagorno Karabakh —a self-proclaimed republic in the Caucasus region—to travel to Armenia. He needed to undergo delicate heart surgery.

  2. Blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh: When Bread and Sanitary Pads Become Luxury Items

    - Inter Press Service

    STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh, Aug 08 (IPS) - Tatev Azizyan, a 28-year-old journalist from Nagorno-Karabakh, says she has explained to her child that they both have to switch to “energy save mode” to survive.

  3. To Be Black (and Crash the Goal) in Nagorno-Karabakh

    - Inter Press Service

    STEPANAKERT, Nagorno Karabakh, Sep 02 (IPS) - "This year the weather in Nagorno-Karabakh is warmer than in my home country, Senegal," jokes Sow Ababacar, a 22-year-old footballer from the local stadium in Stepanakert, the capital of this Caucasus enclave. Although he once dreamed of playing for the Senegalese national team, the midfielder is currently training with the disputed territory´s national squad.

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