The book “Achajur and the people of Achajur” was published

The book “Achajur and the people of Achajur” by the famous scientist, doctor, and professor Henzel Manucharyan was published. It tells about the author’s deep love for the village.

Henzel Manucharyan is a Doctor of Philosophical Sciences. The author was born in Achajur village and in the book expresses the attitude towards the past and coming generation of the village.



Free training on “Implementation of agricultural spraying using UAVs (drones)”.

Within the framework of the “Workforce Development in Armenia” program, the “Armenian National Agrarian University” Foundation announces a free training on the Implementation of agricultural spraying using UAVs (drones).

Who can participate:

  • Young people from the RA, ages 15-20, who intend to work in the field of the Implementation of agricultural spraying using UAVs (drones).
  • Start: February 20, 2023
  • Duration: 100 hours
  • Participation: free
  • Location: ANAU, Yerevan, st. 74 Teryan
  • Format: classroom and extracurricular (field practical classes).

Use the following link to apply for the program; deadline: February 15, https://bit.ly/3jwIk1N

For more details, you can contact: 099 21 73 53:



DW reference about Tavush media reporter Ester Zakaryan

Ester Zakaryan moved to Armenia’s remote Tavush region four years ago. She’s a young woman who had previously lived in the country’s capital city of Yerevan.
Usually, it’s the other way around: Armenian youth are drawn toward city life, leaving their small towns, villages and hamlets behind.

According to Ester, life in the village is no less interesting than in Yerevan and full of stories. She was disappointed by how the region is frequently portrayed in the media, she said, focusing exclusively on the fact that it is located close to the border with Azerbaijan but omitting almost every other aspect of living here.

This is what got her to start relating the stories herself, taking part in a journalism competition and eventually becoming a reporter for Tavush Media, a regional media that has formed a network of young reporters.

Tavush Media is a regional partner of DW Akademie in Armenia. It provides young reporters like Ester Zakaryan with a platform where they can publish articles, photo reports, and human-centered stories. The reporters are focusing on the lives of ordinary people in border villages, the challenges and the problems their communities are faced with.

In fact, Ester is doing all her reporting on her phone. Mobile journalism presents opportunities to create content on the go and in remote locations. Now, everyone can tell a story about an interesting person living in their village, about a neighbor who has returned from a work abroad, about a night spent in a bomb shelter or about a summer spent working in summer pastures.

This de-centralized community journalism is contributing to closing an information divide in the Armenian media system: Those living in Yerevan only have very little access to reporting from the remote and rural parts of the country. Unless they really dig for and find information, a person living in the capital might only ever hear of a village if a government official visits there. But life in the city and the small villages is fundamentally different; relaying both – multifaceted – realities is vital for dialogue.