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UN: Armenia’s population to shrink by almost million people by 2100

2019.06.18 16:33 GMT

UN: Armenia’s population to shrink by almost a million people by 2100.

Armen Khachatryan resigns as member of Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia

2019.06.14 20:24 GMT

Armen Khachatryan has filed a resignation application with the request to relieve him of his duties as a member of the Supreme Judicial Council of Armenia, Arka reports.

Major road accident in Armenia’s Kotayk, pregnant woman dies in hospital

2019.06.12 16:34 GMT

One person has died and two others are injured after a major road accident Wednesday, in Kotayk Province of Armenia, News.am reports citing shamshyan.com.

Abuses found at Yerevan State Medical University

2019.06.12 20:18 GMT

The Armenian Control Service’s inspectors have found abuses at the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, the press office of the service reports.

Prague court allows extradition of Armenian ex-president’s nephew

2019.06.04 16:47 GMT

The Prague City Court in the Czech Republic has allowed Czech law-enforcement authorities to extradite Narek Sargsyan, nephew of the former president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, to Armenia, ONA reports citing Interfax.

Man throws grenade on house in Armenia village

2019.05.31 16:23 GMT

Armenia's Investigation Committee opened a criminal case after a blast in Noramarg village of the Ararat province yesterday.

Schoolboy robbs post office in Armenia

2019.05.26 11:40 GMT

A minor has robbed a branch of Haypost in Hrazdan, the Armenian police reports.

Armenia's deputy national security service director resigns

2019.05.24 16:38 GMT

Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan signed a decree to dismiss Arzuman Harutyunyan as deputy director of the National Security Service (NSS).

Five injured in Armenia’s Ararat road accident

2019.05.23 15:59 GMT

Five people have been injured as a result of an accident in Armenia's Ararat region this morning, shamshayn.com reported.

One person dies after road accident in Armenia’s Syunik

2019.05.21 18:34 GMT

One person has died and three others, including two soldiers, were injured in a major road accident in Armenia's Syunik Province.

Russian Foreign Ministry talks on glorification of fascism in Armenia

2019.05.09 09:00 GMT

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia for the glorification of fascism, reads the report of the Russian Foreign Ministry "On the situation with the glorification of Nazism, the spread of neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", Trend reports.

Yerevan takes revenge on Irina Rodnina for Justice for Khojaly

2019.05.08 18:56 GMT

The Irina Rodnina Figure Skating Centre in Yerevan was renamed at the request of the Luys opposition faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders, press secretary of the Moscow mayor's office Hakob Karapetyan said.

Armenia recognized as world’s angriest country

2019.05.06 19:50 GMT

The Gallup 2019 Global Emotions Report results have been published. People in more than 140 countries were asked about five negative feelings - pain, worry, sadness, stress and anger - and whether they had felt them the day before the survey.

Ten people injured in road accident in Armenia

2019.05.03 17:30 GMT

Last night, a major road accident occurred in Armenia. As a result of the car crash, ten people were injured, including four children, Vestnik Kavkaza reports.

Man who stabbed two brothers detained in Yerevan

2019.05.01 17:33 GMT

The murder committed yesterday morning in Yerevan has been solved, the Armenian police said.

Nikol Pashinyan appoints his driver's brother as head of customs post

2019.04.24 20:02 GMT

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appointed his driver's brother as the head of Noragavit customs post, ONA reports citing Zhamanak newspaper.

Armenia's ore mining companies obliged to reveal their real owners

2019.04.23 17:24 GMT

Armenia's Parliament amended the law on earth entrails at its regular session today.

Pashinyan dismisses head of department for relations with parliament

2019.04.19 19:35 GMT

Upon the decision of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Amalya Yengoyan has been dismissed from the position of head of the Department for Relations with the National Assembly of the Staff of the Prime Minister, according to the Armenian government's website.

Bright Armenia faction demands finance minister’s resignation

2019.04.17 19:14 GMT

Bright Armenia faction demands the resignation of Armenia’s finance minister Atom Janjughazyan. Head of the faction Edmon Marukyan said that to the faction's inquiry about the structural changes in the government, the minister gave “offensive responses.”

Arrested deputy head of Armenian Ministry of Health dismissed from his post

2019.04.15 17:07 GMT

The Deputy head of the Armenian Ministry of Health, Arsen Davtyan, was dismissed from his post. A relevant decree was signed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Vestnik Kavkaza reports.