Ahead of CBD COP17 in Yerevan, we spoke to Gevorg Machanyan, Chairman of the Management Board and Executive Director at ArmSwissBank, about their two decades of sustainable finance and the growing role of banks in protecting Armenia’s natural capital.

In this op-ed written for Regional Post’s COP17 issue, Dr. Tiffany Grabski, Head of the SSE Academy at the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, explains why stock exchanges hold the key to mobilising private capital for nature.

We see the public face of COP17, featuring meetings, events, workshops, and discussions. But a lot of work takes place in the background, where experts work diligently to develop the right strategies, produce accurate reports, and help inform policymakers on key topics. We learned more about this from Alla Aleksanyan, a biodiversity and environmental policy professional with two decades of experience in science, policy and practice.

Ahead of COP17, Hambardzum Matevosyan discusses preparations for the conference, Armenia’s environmental reforms and the outcomes he hopes will endure after international delegations leave Yerevan.

TrustConf2026 by imID, an annual conference dedicated to digital trust, was held in Yerevan for the first time, bringing together representatives of the public and private sectors, financial and telecommunications industries, the technology community, businesses, and international experts.

An invitation to the Mestia International Short & Mountain Film Festival took our film critic away from the familiar circuit of European premieres and into Georgia's high Svaneti, a region of medieval towers, legendary climbers and tables that dissolve into song. What she found was less a festival than a place that refuses to be consumed quickly.

In 2024, Armenian banks reported 1,084 fraud cases to the Central Bank of Armenia. A year later that number had climbed to 1,690, a clear sign that financial scams are spreading faster and growing harder to recognize. Together with the Central Bank, we walk you through the most common schemes operating in Armenia today and the simple steps that can keep your money safe.

When one thinks of museums and galleries, the first thoughts that come to mind are history, art, and culture, not cold, hard cash. But Zaruhi Barseghyan, Head of the Visitor Center of the Central Bank of Armenia, suggests that there is just as much to learn about the history of money and the Armenian Dram.

The success or failure of financial reforms, the development of the financial sector, and a range of other outcomes in Armenia are all directly linked to the level of financial literacy of the population. We spoke to Armenuhi Mkrtchyan, Head of the Consumer Empowerment Center of the Central Bank of Armenia, about the state of financial education in the country and what it will take to build on a decade of genuine progress.