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Politics 13:41 • 03.02.21 World leaders call for Putin critic Navalny's release "The United States is deeply concerned by Russian authorities' decision to sentence opposition figure Alexey Navalny to two years and eight months imprisonment, replacing his suspended sentence with jail time ...
Press digest 13:16 • 03.02.21 Hayastani Hanrapetutyun: Politico-military message behind Turkish-Azerbaijani exercises in Kars If they are aimed at exerting pressure upon Armenia to force the country to abide by the trilateral truce on Karabakh, as well as expanding economic cooperation across the region by opening logistic infrastructures ...
Press digest 12:47 • 03.02.21 Hraparak: Authorities 'not planning' snap elections until autumn The revised draft Electoral Code will be considered in late April as the initiators of the bill have reportedly decided to consult also with the Venice Commission ...
Coronavirus Event 11:58 • 03.02.21 Armenia reports 190 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 167,421 The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported seven deaths, raising the overall number of the officially registered fatalities to 3,096. Five more patients died from other, pre-existing causes unrelated ...
Press digest 11:28 • 03.02.21 Hraparak: ‘No transport corridor on the agenda now’ – Deputy PM "There will be two subgroups – specializing a railway, motorway and pickup transportation, and the handling of transport management to ensure security, border, customs, sanitary, veterinary, phytosanitary and other ..
Politics 10:24 • 03.02.21 South Australia recognizes Artsakh, condemning Azerbaijan and Turkey “We were proud to support members of Adelaide’s dedicated Armenian community for their tireless efforts on the ground, which have ensured South Australia’s parliament has joined a growing number of legislatures ...
Event 09:27 • 03.02.21 Biden signs orders on migrant family separations and asylum The administration of US President Barack Obama - whom Mr Biden served as vice-president - also separated undocumented children from adults at the border, though much more rarely ...
Culture 17:57 • 02.02.21 Angelina Jolie's 'Those Who Wish Me Dead' lands May theatrical release The film is loosely adapted from Michael Koryta's novel about a teen in a witness protection program hiding out from a pair of killers in a wilderness skills program while a fire engulfs ...
Politics 17:42 • 02.02.21 Syrian mercenaries must leave Nagorno-Karabakh – Stanislav Zas “We rely on the assumption that any Syrian mercenaries and rebels must leave the territory and cease their activity immediately as the creation of detachments, rebels groups and ...
Entertainment 17:08 • 02.02.21 Tech billionaire Elon Musk ‘taking break from Twitter’ Musk overtook Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to become the world's wealthiest person last month, with a fortune estimated at $185 billion following a nine-fold surge in Tesla's share price over ...
Politics 16:58 • 02.02.21 Seyran Ohanyan: Current authorities ‘lack capacity’ to address challenges to Armenia, Artsakh The former minister proposed forming an interim government composed of the current politico-military leadership and the Homeland Salvation Movement ...
Science/tech 15:33 • 02.02.21 Nike makes a hands-free shoe Called the Go Flyease, it's Nike's first pair of lace-less sneakers that can easily be put on and taken off without using your hands. The casual shoe arrives at a time when people are touching ...
Law 14:10 • 02.02.21 ‘Welcome to Azerbaijan’ signboard on southern Armenian highway runs counter to international human rights norms – Ombudsman "The determination of Armenia’s borders with Azerbaijan is being carried out with gross violations of human rights, posing real threats and running counter to the foundations of international human rights norms and ...
Politics 12:45 • 02.02.21 No future for Armenia without Artsakh – Suren Sargsyan The analyst believes that problems will always persist as long as Artsakh remains a separate administrative unit in the region. “There is Arttsakh, there is a problem. No Artsakh, no problem,” he said, predicting ...
Law 11:49 • 02.02.21 Armenia files Inter-State complaint against Azerbaijan with European Court In particular, the Armenian Government claims that Azerbaijan has violated the right to life, prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment, the right to liberty, the right to property, the right to personal and ...
Coronavirus Event 11:42 • 02.02.21 COVID 19 update: Armenia’s tally reaches 167,231 with 143 new cases The National Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported five more deaths, raising the overall number of the officially registered fatalities to 3,089. Three more patients died from other, pre-existing causes ...
Event 11:15 • 02.02.21 Nine more bodies retrieved from Karabakh conflict zone Initial reports suggest that the deceased were combat casualties (volunteers or reserve officers). A forensic expert examination has been assigned ...
Politics 10:48 • 02.02.21 US Senate's minority leader embrace of conspiracy theories a 'cancer' to GOP, country “Somebody who’s suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.’s airplane ...
Press digest 10:19 • 02.02.21 Past: Armenian ambassador in Moscow 'Pashinyan’s next target' The incumbent ambassador in Moscow is rumored to be the next target. Citing “informed sources”, the paper claims that Pashinyan has come up with a clear decision to appoint an “exclusively political person” ...
Science/tech 09:59 • 02.02.21 SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites on one rocket, aces landing The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Sunday morning (Jan. 24), soaring into a blue sky dotted with clouds at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...
Event 17:59 • 01.02.21 New head of State Property Management Committee appointed "Governed by Section 7 of Article 9 of the law of the Republic of Armenia on 'Public Service', to appoint Gagik Sargsyan the chairman of the State Property Management Committee ...
Culture 17:44 • 01.02.21 Amateur find of ancient 'goddess' stirs calls for more research in Mexico Several weeks later, he and five other men carefully hoisted it out of the ground, and found themselves face to face with a life-size statue that had likely been buried for centuries. The accidental archaeologists ...
Sports 17:36 • 01.02.21 Japan Olympics: Undaunted by pandemic, South Sudan athletes fix eyes on the prize Forced to extend their stay after the summer games were postponed by a year, they find infections are still raging worldwide, cast a pall over the event’s new date of ...
Politics 17:03 • 01.02.21 We need 'serious policy focus' on education - minister "We have to think this over. We need aspiring young professionals wishing to be university professors. We lack that competition today. Yes, we have a great number ...
Science/tech 16:00 • 01.02.21 Rare ancient coin unearthed near Jerusalem's Temple Mount The rare bronze coin was unearthed at the foot of the Temple Mount, the religious and historic centre of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Archaeologists have dated the discovery ...
Law 15:42 • 01.02.21 Putin orders analysis of potential creation of Russian human rights court "To recommend the Russian Federation Supreme Court to study, jointly with the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice, the feasibility of creating a Russian court of human rights, and to present relevant ...
Entertainment 15:11 • 01.02.21 Meghan Markle secretly erases her first names from son's birth certificate Meghan and Harry did not not respond when The Sun on Sunday asked for comment but royal reporter Omid Scobie - author of biography Finding Freedom - tweeted a statement from a spokesperson ...
Event 14:56 • 01.02.21 Armenian, Russian defense ministers discuss outcomes of interagency talks Lieutenant General Vagharshak Harutyunyan and Sergey Shoygu, a general of the Russian Army, also considered Armenia's security challenges arising in the post-war period ...
Politics 13:18 • 01.02.21 Karabakh settlement 'must be discussed with Turkey' - Medvedev "Turkey is our neighbor and a very important partner; it is also a close country for Azerbaijan. That factor is impossible not to take ...
Event 12:42 • 01.02.21 Chief of Armenia's State Property Management Committee resigns Narek Babayan announced his resignation on Facebook, thanking the prime minister for the "trust and opportunity" to serve ...