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04 August 2021 • 11:54 AMT
Armenia names new Chairman of State Revenue Committee

Former Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan has been appointed the Chairman of the State Revenue Committee.

04 August 2021 • 11:36 AMT
Macron: France to donate 200,000 Covid vaccine shots to Armenia

France is ready to send 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Armenia, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.

04 August 2021 • 11:33 AMT
Karabakh President wants permanent presence of Russian troops

Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan believes there is need for the permanent presence of Russian troops in Karabakh.

04 August 2021 • 10:22 AMT
Freedom House: Armenia must drop charges against Yezidi activist

Freedom House said recent developments indicate that achievements to democracy over recent years in Armenia are threatened.

04 August 2021 • 10:15 AMT
Covid-19: Armenia infections grew by 280 in the past 24 hours

A total of 6897 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

04 August 2021 • 10:03 AMT
Armenia thwarts Azerbaijan’s attempt to violate its airspace

The air defense forces have thwarted the attempt of an Azerbaijani drone to violate the airspace of Armenia.

04 August 2021 • 07:38 AMT
HRD: Azerbaijani troops continue stealing Armenian villagers’ cattle

Azerbaijani servicemen have stolen 8 cows and 1 bull belonging to 3 families of Armenia’s Syunik province, Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan has said.

03 August 2021 • 15:35 AMT
Gorbachev: Karabakh conflict didn’t and doesn’t have simple solution

Gorbachev believed back then that reaching an agreement on the status of Karabakh was the business of Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

03 August 2021 • 14:08 AMT
New batch of 50,400 AstraZeneca shots delivered to Armenia

The new shots were purchase through the Covax vaccine-sharing facility to be used in the country’s vaccination program.

03 August 2021 • 13:38 AMT
ATEME to boost Telecom Armenia operations with new OTT solution

With a legacy system in place, Telecom Armenia has identified a need for a scalable and effective video-delivery solution.

03 August 2021 • 13:01 AMT
Olympics: Simon Martirosyan snatches silver for Armenia

One of Armenian strongest weightlifters won silver, raising the medal count on Armenia’s balance to three at the Olympic Games.

03 August 2021 • 11:59 AMT
Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan wins Olympic silver

Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan won Armenia’s first silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, August 3.

03 August 2021 • 11:35 AMT
Bad referee call leaves Karapet Chalyan with no Olympic medal

Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Karapet Chalyan lost the bronze medal bout due an unfair call from the referee.

03 August 2021 • 11:14 AMT
Ruben Rubinyan elected Vice President of Armenian parliament

Ruben Rubinyan from the ruling Civil Contract party has been elected the Vice President of the Armenian National Assembly.

03 August 2021 • 10:19 AMT
Armenian students win 3 bronze medals in Chemistry Olympiad

Comprised of Hayk Aghekyan, Leonid Asatryan, Sevada Nersisyan and Tigran Harutyunyan, the Armenian team secured three bronze medals.

03 August 2021 • 10:01 AMT
Armenian American Museum selects PNG Builders for Phase I construction

The Phase I phase includes the one-level semi-subterranean parking garage and foundation of the cultural and educational center.

03 August 2021 • 09:57 AMT
Karabakh building $25M hydroelectric power plant in Martakert

$25 million will be invested into a large hydroelectric power plant set to be built in Martakert, Nagorno-Karabakh.

03 August 2021 • 09:00 AMT
Sarkissian unveils old and new names for Ministers’ posts

Pashinyan has suggested that President Sarkissian appoint Mher Grigoryan in the post of the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia.

03 August 2021 • 07:59 AMT
China to test all of Wuhan’s 11 million residents amid new Covid cases

Health authorities reported eight new cases in Wuhan, the city where Covid-19 was first detected in late 2019.

03 August 2021 • 07:36 AMT
Covid-19: Armenia infections grew by 237 in the past day

A total of 7398 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

03 August 2021 • 07:29 AMT
Two Armenian Olympians to fight for gold on Aug. 3

Also Tuesday, wrestler Karapet Chalyan (77 kg) will take on Rafig Huseynov of Azerbaijan for the Olympic bronze.

03 August 2021 • 06:36 AMT
Olympics: Armenia boxer Hovhannes Bachkov advances to semifinals

Bachkov defeated Uzbekistan’s Elnur Abduraimov 5-0 and is now guaranteed no worse a bronze medal.

02 August 2021 • 15:20 AMT
Yerevan: Alen Simonyan elected President of National Assembly

Alen Simonyan from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party has been elected as the President of the National Assembly.

02 August 2021 • 14:56 AMT
Lilit Makunts named Armenia’s ambassador to U.S.

Ex-lawmaker and former Minister of Culture Lilit Makunts has been appointed Armenia’s ambassador to the United States.

02 August 2021 • 14:55 AMT
Remains of four more war victims recovered in Karabakh

The bodies will be identified through DNA analysis, Karabakh’s State Service for Emergency Situations said.

02 August 2021 • 14:30 AMT
New Ministers of Labor, Territorial Administration appointed

The Armenian Prime Minister, one Deputy PM and four ministered have so far been appointed in the country.

02 August 2021 • 13:29 AMT
Ameriabank inaugurates Erebuni Branch in Yerevan

Ameriabank has launched its newest branch – Erebuni – at Erebuni Mall, 17/1 Erebuni Street in Yerevan.

02 August 2021 • 12:14 AMT
Armenia appoints new Deputy PM, Defense Minister

President Armen Sarkissian signed decrees on August 2 to appoint a new Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister.

02 August 2021 • 10:52 AMT
Artur Davtyan wins Armenia’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo

Gymnast Artur Davtyan won Armenia’s first medal at the Olympics in Tokyo on Monday, August 2.

02 August 2021 • 10:29 AMT
Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan storms into Olympic wrestling final

Karabapet Chalyan (77 kg), also representing Armenia, lost to Akzhol Makhmudov of Kyrgyzstan.