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Event 10:46 • 12.03.21 Homeland Salvation Movement accepts president's offer for political dialogues "Realizing the urgent need of overcoming the deepening crisis, we express our readiness to hold political consultations in the specified format and based on ...
Press digest 10:28 • 12.03.21 Iravunq: Prospects for operating Karabakh airport 'remain dim' In comments to the paper on Thursday, a spokesperson for the Nagorno-Karabakh president, Lusine Avanesyan, hesitated to predict any timeframes, refraining ...
Event 09:25 • 12.03.21 Israeli strikes target Iranian oil bound for Syria Since late 2019, Israel has used weaponry including water mines to strike Iranian vessels or those carrying Iranian cargo as they navigate toward Syria in the Red Sea and in other areas ...
Culture 09:05 • 12.03.21 Two Picasso muses, estimated at $20 M., to lead Christie’s London auction Two paintings from the same private collection completed three decades apart, one depicting Walter and the other Roque—both tragic figures who died by suicide— will come to auction during ...
Sports 17:55 • 11.03.21 Football Federation president meets with Yuri Djorkaeff in Yerevan “The world-famous footballer, who now serves as the chief executive of FIFA, visited the FFA Technical Center/Football Academy. The meeting with FFA President Armen Melikbekyan ...
Politics 17:17 • 11.03.21 Former Armenian regional governor announces new party ‘in fight against Pashinyan regime’ Expressing his team’s support to all the political forces and individuals pursuing the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan “as a top agenda issue”, Vahe Hakobyan also stressed the need ...
Law 16:09 • 11.03.21 Mexican Congress approves landmark cannabis decriminalization bill Backed by the administration of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the bill marks a major shift in a country bedeviled for years by violence between ...
Economy 15:53 • 11.03.21 Rolls-Royce tumbles to £4bn loss after ‘severe’ pandemic hit The group’s eye-watering loss for last year was worse than expected and compares with underlying pre-tax profits of £583 million in 2019 ...
Culture 15:24 • 11.03.21 Catalan translator for Amanda Gorman poem removed Gorman, a 23-year-old African American, was widely lauded for her reading of her poem “The Hill We Climb” at Biden’s 20 January inauguration. The poem was inspired by the US Capitol attack ...
Politics 15:11 • 11.03.21 Army brass’ call for Pashinyan’s resignation ‘signals serious war threats’ – ex-defense official “The army is a very delicate and sensitive organism which immediately visualizes and senses the problems. The army sees that the next war will be inevitable if the things go on this way. Should we tolerate ...
Entertainment 14:28 • 11.03.21 Ivanka Trump makes first public appearance since leaving White House Trump helped deliver food boxes in Apopka, Florida, at another event for the previous administration's "Farmers to Families" food box program, which was implemented ...
Sports 14:12 • 11.03.21 Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Aronian to face Azerbaijani rival The matches will start 10:00pm Yerevan time on Saturday (March 13), uniting 16 chessplayers who will be fighting for victory. The full list ...
Event 13:57 • 11.03.21 Armenian president rejects appointment of new army chief An official statement released by the presidential press office says that Armen Sarkissian has returned the motion submitted by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, presenting his ...
Science/tech 12:37 • 11.03.21 Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover listens to ‘rock-zapping laser’ This high-intensity light probe can identify rocks at a distance. It's a technique that was also employed by Nasa's previous rover, Curiosity ...
Politics 12:05 • 11.03.21 Bright Armenia party accepts president’s offer for dialogue In a statement on Facebook, the political force’s leader, Edmon Marukyan, said both their lawmakers – and the party on the whole – have accepted the offer for a public debate to consider possible ways towards ...
Coronavirus Event 11:42 • 11.03.21 COVID-19 update: Armenia reports 784 new cases, 2 deaths The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported two more deaths, raising the overall number of the officially registered fatalities to 3,239. The recoveries increased ...
Press digest 11:17 • 11.03.21 Hraparak: We are facing a constitutional chaos, says former high court official "The disputable norm was the presidential decree on sacking Onik Gasparyan as the chief of the General Headquarters. He demonstrated inaction ...
Event 09:55 • 11.03.21 Lebanese-Armenian Maral Najarian released from Azerbaijani captivity Her release and return was reported Naira Zohrabyan, an MP from the opposition Prosperous Armenia party (PAP), who shared the news on Facebook. Najarian was taken into captivity ...
Sports 09:21 • 11.03.21 World football: Man City beats Southampton 5-2 Riyad Mahrez and Kevin de Bruyne both scored twice as City delivered an emphatic and instant response to their defeat in Sunday's Manchester derby, which had ended a 21-game winning run ...
Politics 18:31 • 10.03.21 Pashinyan ‘has lost touch with reality’, says popular animation filmmaker “There is only one option: the unity between the army and the people in order to stand up against those projects. I used to call this a project even when ....
Politics 17:19 • 10.03.21 Ter-Petrosyan hails army chief’s move to seek legal settlement of dismissal action Re-emphasizing the importance of realizing government transition processes through the Constitution, the former president also stresses the urgent need of compromise between ...
Law 16:50 • 10.03.21 Government statement could not have led to army chief’s dismissal – lawyer “The dismissal procedure is not applicable to Onik Gasparyan, for example. For other servicemen, this procedures can be certainly visible, but not in the case of the chief ...
Science/tech 15:50 • 10.03.21 Apple slashes planned iPhone 12 mini production The US tech giant is cutting orders for all iPhones by around 20% compared to its plans in December, according to sources familiar with the matter, with the majority coming from ...
Event 14:34 • 10.03.21 Espionage allegations against UNICEF representative to Armenia ‘baseless’ - Stéphane Dujarric “She is a highly qualified, extremely experienced and committed development professional, who has previously served with UNICEF at Headquarters, as well as being ...
Event 14:11 • 10.03.21 Armenia’s top military brass backs army chief’s petition against dismissal “The deprivations suffered and the difficulties overcome by any serviceman appointed to the top command can be evaluated only by capable people. The Armed Forces take the appeal ...
Event 13:45 • 10.03.21 Prime Minister nominates Lt. General Artak Davtyan as new military chief Nikol Pashinyan submitted the motion to President Sarkissian for formalization procedures through signing it into law. Davtyan served in the high-ranking military office also ...
Event 13:34 • 10.03.21 ‘My position is unchanged’: Armenian military chief ‘determined’ to dispute legitimacy of dismissal “I will continue my service to the fatherland and the Armenian people in a different status,” Onik Gasparyan said, calling upon the top brass, as well as officers and soldiers of the national army ...
Politics 13:03 • 10.03.21 Armen Sarkissian behaved like Pontius Pilate – ARF-D member blasts president’s inaction over sacking army chief “This country, after all, belongs to all of us, so no guidance by political, group, small and narrow thinking is permitted. This is not a fight for power or ...
Coronavirus Event 12:25 • 10.03.21 Armenia reports 340 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 175,538 The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported two more deaths, raising the overall number of the officially registered fatalities to 834. Seven more patients died from other pre-existing causes ...
Politics 12:09 • 10.03.21 Armenian army chief fired 'by force of law’ “Given that the President of the Republic did not, within the timeframes prescribed under Section 3, Article 35.1 of the law of the Republic of Armenia ‘On Military Serrvice and the Status of Serviceman’, sign into law the bill ...