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10 March 2021 • 06:44 AMT
Pashinyan fires Armenian army chief amid political crisis

The decree on Gasparyan’s dismissal was first issued in February when the top military brass demanded Pashinyan’s resignation.

09 March 2021 • 16:14 AMT
Karabakh President talks resettlement plans with Hadrut residents

Harutyunyan noted that the political road to restoring the territorial integrity of Karabakh is high on the agenda of the authorities.

09 March 2021 • 15:04 AMT
Hayastan Fund announces financial aid for families of 5,564 Karabakh volunteers

The social assistance program is set to support the families of servicemen and alleviate their immediate post-war challenges.

09 March 2021 • 14:36 AMT
Pope Francis visits Armenian church in Mosul

In the former capital of the self-proclaimed Islamic caliphate, Francis reaffirmed that “fraternity is more durable than fratricide.”

09 March 2021 • 13:18 AMT
Aliyev lauds young Azeris “grown up with hatred towards Armenia”

Arman Tatoyan said Aliyev’s presentation begs the questions of who, after all, is speaking the language of fascism

09 March 2021 • 12:50 AMT
Russian peacekeepers help restore, reopen Martakert hospital, schools

Russian sappers have cleared a total of 1,623 hectares of territories, 508 km of road, 1,577 buildings from unexploded ordnance.

09 March 2021 • 11:53 AMT
Ex-chief of Armenian Army Staff named Senior Officer on Special Assignments

Defense Minister Vahgarshak Harutyunyan has signed the decree on Lieutenant-General Artak Davtyan’s appointment.

09 March 2021 • 11:04 AMT
Armenian Revolutionary Federation expels four U.S. members

In particular, Avedik Izmirlian, Carmen Ohanian, Levon Kirakosian and Garo Ispendjian have been let go.

09 March 2021 • 10:10 AMT
Prestigious journal published anti-Armenian piece by “stealth lobbyist” for Azerbaijan

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists did not disclose Brenda Shaffer’s well-documented pecuniary ties with Azerbaijan․

09 March 2021 • 09:19 AMT
Armenia, Cuba mull cooperation within Eurasian Economic Union

The foreign policy chiefs of the two countries spoke on the phone to discuss political dialogue and bilateral relations.

09 March 2021 • 08:28 AMT
Karabakh: Search temporarily suspended for war victims

The mission was halted in the south of Artsakh (Karabakh) on March 8 due to reduced visibility from fog, and later snow.

09 March 2021 • 08:13 AMT
Turkey starts assembling Bayraktar drones for Ukraine

Officials from Ukraine visited the Baykar defense company in Istanbul to inspect the progress of the UAV production.

09 March 2021 • 07:54 AMT
Armenia reports 182 new coronavirus cases, 142 recoveries

A total of 1643 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

09 March 2021 • 07:27 AMT
Armenian village split by new frontline: AFP’s report from Shurnukh

A dozen houses have been claimed by Azerbaijan and the Armenian families who lived there forced to leave.

09 March 2021 • 06:49 AMT
UNICEF mission head leaves Armenia “in a hurry”

According to the source, the urgency was due to some “mistakes” Clark-Hatting did during his mission in Armenia.

06 March 2021 • 13:22 AMT
Armenia, Iran want coordinated cooperation amid regional challenges

The Armenian and Iranian Foreign Ministers also agreed to work towards a more active political dialogue on different levels.

06 March 2021 • 12:59 AMT
Rally near Armenia Defense Ministry HQ supports top military brass

During the rally, moment of silence was held to honor the memory of the victims of the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

06 March 2021 • 12:02 AMT
Armenian Genocide documentary coming to Amazon March 8

The documentary reveals that it was women who were left behind to experience the worst kind of torture.

06 March 2021 • 11:19 AMT
Biden extends U.S. sanctions against Iran

According to Biden, it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in an executive order with respect to Iran.

06 March 2021 • 11:02 AMT
NASA’s Perseverance rover releases first-drive review

The six-wheeled, car-sized probe went 6.5 meters during a half-hour test within Jezero crater, an ancient lake bed and river delta.

06 March 2021 • 10:47 AMT
Bill urging Azerbaijan to release Armenian POWs coming to Congress

The measure specifically highlights “significant concern that female detainees in particular could be subject to sexual assaults.”

06 March 2021 • 10:23 AMT
World’s first carbon-neutral container ship expected to sail in 2023

Maersk accelerates the efforts to decarbonize marine operations with the launch of a methanol-fuelled 2,000 TEU feeder vessel

06 March 2021 • 09:19 AMT
Georgia expects Pfizer vaccine by end of March

The country’s Deputy Health Minister said the AstraZeneca vaccine may also be introduced in Georgia by the end of the month.

06 March 2021 • 08:49 AMT
Fitch rates Armenian capital of Yerevan ‘B+’; Outlook Stable

The ratings reflect Yerevan’s SCP of ‘bb-‘, resulting from a combination of a ‘Vulnerable’ risk profile and a ‘aaa’ debt sustainability assessment.

06 March 2021 • 08:18 AMT
Missile strikes kill one as they hit oil refineries in Syria

Explosions rocked oil refineries near the towns of al-Bab and Jarablus and set off large fires in the country’s northeast.

06 March 2021 • 07:41 AMT
Armenia reports 508 new coronavirus cases, 191 recoveries

A total of 3016 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

06 March 2021 • 07:02 AMT
IPO makes Fix Price founders Khachatryan, Lomakin worth $3.6B each

The two founders, who together owned 83% of Fix Price before the listing, established the store in 2007.

06 March 2021 • 06:40 AMT
Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone

Pashinyan said he appreciates the United States’ role in helping settle the Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group.

05 March 2021 • 15:16 AMT
EAEU approves Armenia’s proposal to strip Turkey of tariff preferences

The proposal was adopted unanimously, and the decision is expected to enter into force 6 months after its publication.

05 March 2021 • 14:26 AMT
Court in Armenia rules to release Ara Saghatelyan

Saghatelyan was among several people arrested for allegedly making posts from a fake account registered as “Gagik Soghomonyan”.