Neil Hauer is a freelance writer based in Armenia.
A newly opened museum by Azerbaijan inspired by last year's war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh has been criticized for belittling Armenians and disrespecting those who died in the fighting.
The de facto president of Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutiunian, is battling to stay in power following the humiliating defeat of Armenian forces in its war last year with Azerbaijan
The Armenian town of Yeraskh -- on the border with Azerbaijan's Naxcivan Province -- is the center of the next stage of the aftermath of last year's war in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is here where an old Soviet rail line, abandoned for a generation, is set to run again.
A glance at the map makes the problem immediately evident: a new Azerbaijani-Armenian border is arising where a near-meaningless divider once existed between two Soviet provinces.
The ethnic Armenian village of Taghavard is divided between Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers and tensions are high as there are no Russian peacekeepers to be found.
Azerbaijan has confirmed striking a missile-launch site in Armenia that Baku claims was being used to target civilian areas, marking the first time in a two-week escalation in fighting that it has acknowledged hitting targets inside Armenian territory.
The low number of coronavirus infections and deaths has led some to credit the Georgian government, which it hopes to parlay into success in this year's parliamentary elections.
Though Armenia has not been severely affected by the coronavirus, it has caused economic ripples with neighboring Iran and major trading partner China.
