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The European Union Delegation to Armenia is offering paid traineeships for motivated young graduates looking to gain hands-on experience in diplomacy. The available positions are across two key sections: Duration: 6 months Tentative start date: October 1, 2026 Don’t miss this opportunity to kickstart your career in international diplomacy. Review the full eligibility criteria and […]

Photos: Srap Gevorgyan | Facebook This essay by 17-year-old Srap Gevorgyan was selected as the winning entry in the EU Delegation to Armenia “A Day with the EU Ambassador” initiative. His sharp insights into EU-Armenia relations earned him a full, fast-paced day shadowing Ambassador Vassilis Maragos. Read his winning perspective below. Meet the Author Name: […]

A whole year went by. A whole year of coordinating and managing the Young European Diplomats (YED) Programme. Starting with the programme in November 2025, we finally finished on the week of Europe Day (the first week of May 2026). This Programme is a one-of-a-kind for the Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) Initiative, with the YED Programme hosting three events, developing eight activities, and p…

Nobody handed Armenia a map to Europe. For a long time, that absence felt like a disadvantage – as if we were navigating without a clear direction, moving closer without knowing exactly where we were meant to arrive. But over time, something shifted. When there is no map, you stop asking where you are supposed to go and start drawing your own future worth building. In Armenia, that question is no…

Photo source: Reuters The content we consume shapes the way in which we see the world. And so it also shapes how we see Europe. Apart from influencing the online trends into which we buy, our social media feeds can affect how we might vote in a referendum, whether we believe in projects like the European Union, and what we think of expanding it. There is just one problem with this: information ca…

A question of belonging What does Europe mean if you don’t live there? For many of us in Armenia, it’s a mix of curiosity and distance. We hear about it in the news, in classrooms, or through exchange schemes – but it often feels like something happening elsewhere. Yet for my generation, Europe isn’t just an idea on a map. It’s a set of values and opportunities that shape how we imagine our futur…

From 30 May to 3 June 2026, I had the chance to participate in the international youth exchange “Hear My Voice” in Oshakan, Armenia. This exchange was organised within the framework of OFAJ/DFJW (the Franco-German Youth Office), bringing a special focus on dialogue between young people from Armenia, France, and Germany. The project brought together 15 young people from rural and refugee communiti…

In a small Armenian village, teenagers learn how to identify disinformation online. In Azerbaijan, young people gather to discuss diplomacy, leadership and opportunities beyond their borders. In rural Georgia, students hear for the first time that studying or volunteering abroad might be within their reach. In Moldova, young people travel from school to school explaining what the European Union m…

Ten years ago today, on 16 June 2016, the Young European Ambassadors (YEA) network was launched, with the first 100 YEAs, drawn from the six partner countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – and the European Union. That year, seven activities were carried out by the network, reaching 7,000 people. A decade on, more than 3,000 YEAs have served in the network, taking…

During the hottest days of the summer harvest, four students from the secondary school of Ddmashen community in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia – Taguhi Safaryan, Anna Badalyan, Zhanna Ghevondyan, and Sona Voskanyan – wake up early and hurry to the orchards of their fellow villagers. Although each of the girls has her own interests […]

Secondary School No.107 is located on the outskirts of Yerevan – an old yet well-kept building whose walls are filled with students’ voices, ideas, and dreams. Although the school was last renovated back in the twentieth century, today it lives and breathes the spirit of the twenty-first century, shaped by modern thinking, creative young minds, […]

In the lead-up to World Environment Day 2026, Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) initiative in Armenia is organising a clean-up activity around the Azat Reservoir to raise awareness about the need for environmental action, emphasizing that it is sustained through daily community efforts. The Azat Reservoir is used for irrigating the Ararat Valley, where agriculture is […]