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29 April 2021 • 10:50 AMT
Official: Opening of Armenian-Turkish border not on the table

Vahan Kerobyan said Armenia will most probably introduce a ban on the sale of Turkish products as well.

29 April 2021 • 10:09 AMT
Acting Armenian PM due in Russia for EAEU meeting

Pashinyan will take part in a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and visit the high-tech city Innopolis in Kazan.

29 April 2021 • 09:27 AMT
OSCE role in Karabakh process is important, Blinken tells Aliyev

Secretary Antony J. Blinken underscored the importance of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

29 April 2021 • 08:59 AMT
Armenia approves hemp production, sale, export

The country seeks to boost the development of agriculture and use all the resources to achieve economic development in Armenia.

29 April 2021 • 08:17 AMT
Covid-19: Armenia infections grew by 656 in the past 24 hours

A total of 4284 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

29 April 2021 • 08:04 AMT
Pashinyan expects “concrete results” in issue of Armenian POWs

The acting PM also stressed the importance of processes currently underway in the European Court of Human Rights.

29 April 2021 • 07:20 AMT
Opposition alliance asks Macron to consider sending peacekeepers to Armenia

According to the alliance, the deployment of such a mission would help protect Armenia’s statehood and territorial integrity.

29 April 2021 • 06:53 AMT
Samantha Power confirmed to lead USAID

Power is also expected to have a seat on the National Security Council, which she also held during the Obama administration.

28 April 2021 • 15:11 AMT
Karabakh official: Azeris withdraw from positions they moved to earlier

The previous time, the Azeris pulled back to their original posts only after the Russian peacekeeping contingent weighed in.

28 April 2021 • 14:42 AMT
Top Armenian officials receive first doze of AztraZeneca vaccine

Avinyan said they have chosen the AstraZeneca jab due to misconceptions among the public about the vaccine’s efficiency.

28 April 2021 • 14:17 AMT
Elections: Obstruction to campaigning could be criminalized

Lawmaker Vahagn Hovakimyan said the proposed changes are presented in a package of reforms to the Electoral Code.

28 April 2021 • 13:07 AMT
President: Armenia expects OSCE, CoE intervention in POW matter

The President also cited the activity and the fact-finding missions launched and carried out by the Human Rights Defender’s office.

28 April 2021 • 11:45 AMT
Freedom House: Armenia democracy declines for first time since 2018

Developments to date, including tensions between the military and the PM, show that the situation could grow worse, the report added.

28 April 2021 • 11:36 AMT
Karabakh: Stopping war in October was perceived as treason in Armenia

Harutyunyan said he had a clear idea of what consequences the war was going to have as early as the beginning of October.

28 April 2021 • 10:22 AMT
Armenia, Russia agree to expand space industry cooperation

The Secretary of the Armenia’s Security Council and the General Director of Roscosmos have agreed to create a working group.

28 April 2021 • 09:24 AMT
Turkish parliament censures Biden’s Armenian Genocide message

The parliament claimed in a declaration on April 26 that Biden’s recognition was “factually incorrect”.

28 April 2021 • 08:58 AMT
Over 65 U.S. House Members want $100m in aid for Armenia, Karabakh

The asked for $100 million for economic, governance, and security assistance to Armenia through the State Department and USAID.

28 April 2021 • 08:53 AMT
Pashinyan thanks Armenian sports champions for victories

The Armenian Prime Minister said his government is doing “very serious work” in terms of sports infrastructure.

28 April 2021 • 07:37 AMT
Covid-19: Armenia infections grew by 808 in the past day

A total of 4807 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

28 April 2021 • 07:11 AMT
How Armenian resistance fighters inspired Jews to resist Nazi genocide

For ghetto-imprisoned Jews, the Armenian atrocities resonated with accounts coming from Jewish communities in eastern Europe.

28 April 2021 • 06:35 AMT
Exposure to high heat neutralizes Covid in less than one second

Heat treatment for less than a second inactivates the coronavirus—providing a possible solution to mitigating the spread of Covid-19.

27 April 2021 • 15:07 AMT
U.S. envoy to Armenia: Genocide Convention not applied retroactively

The ambassador said the recognition reflects President Biden’s deep respect for the Armenian people.

27 April 2021 • 14:48 AMT
Kocharyan confident he can ensure economic success if elected

After a recent meeting with supporters, Kocharyan posted a short excerpt from his speech on his Facebook page․

27 April 2021 • 14:21 AMT
Armenia hopes Biden’s Genocide message will help Turkey normalization

Ara Aivazian believes the recognition creates a ground for Turkish society to face their own history.

27 April 2021 • 14:02 AMT
EU Commissioner slams Azerbaijan’s “disturbing, humiliating” trophy park

Mijatović urged Azerbaijan to take care not to perpetuate the already deeply-running grievances between Armenians and Azeris.

27 April 2021 • 13:37 AMT
Azeris bar pilgrims, top Karabakh cleric from entering Dadivank

Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamian and a group of pilgrims were denied entry, allegedly “due to the coronavirus pandemic”.

27 April 2021 • 12:47 AMT
AFP: Turkey’s Armenians keep heads down after Genocide recognition

Once an integral part of the Ottoman Empire’s multifaceted society, only 60,000 ethnic Armenians are still believed to live in Turkey.

27 April 2021 • 11:50 AMT
EU could soon welcome Covid-vaccinated tourists

The president of the European Commission said the EU states to accept visitors who have received EU-approved vaccines.

27 April 2021 • 11:30 AMT
Vatican cardinal: Armenian Genocide a “stain” on human history

The fact of the Armenian Genocide “forces us to confront both the great evils committed in human history.

27 April 2021 • 11:08 AMT
Putin, Macron tease “concrete” Karabakh initiatives soon

Macron has stressed the “need to make concrete progress on the issue of prisoners of war, the preservation of heritage”.