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18 February 2021 • 07:57 AMT
Georgian Prime Minister resigns amid political crisis

The court ruling came amid a political crisis in Georgia that followed parliamentary elections in October.

18 February 2021 • 07:44 AMT
Armenia reports 223 new coronavirus cases, 101 recoveries

A total of 3211 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

18 February 2021 • 07:20 AMT
Pandemic cut U.S. life expectancy by a year

Black Americans lost 2.7 years of life expectancy, and Latinos lost 1.9. White life expectancy fell 0.8 years, new data shows.

18 February 2021 • 07:04 AMT
Armenian President, UK Minister talk Karabakh war aftermath in Yerevan

The two prioritized the role of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship in achieving a final and lasting solution to the conflict.

18 February 2021 • 06:36 AMT
Magnitude 5.6 quake causes damages in Iran

The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.

16 February 2021 • 14:22 AMT
Madeline Sharafian’s animated short “Burrow” nommed for Oscar

The animated short movie “Burrow” is about a rabbit looking to create the underground home of her dreams.

16 February 2021 • 13:46 AMT
Japan approves $3.6m in aid for Armenia amid post-war crisis

The East Asian country will provide medical equipment, foodstuffs and also financial support for restoring civilian facilities.

16 February 2021 • 11:39 AMT
Kent variant may be 70 percent more deadly, UK study shows

The findings raised concerns about how mutations may change the characteristics of the virus that causes Covid-19.

16 February 2021 • 11:26 AMT
Former Royal Marine examines human side of Karabakh war in new doc

“45 Days, The Fight For A Nation” is told from the Armenian perspective and is set to be released in the spring.

16 February 2021 • 10:24 AMT
Major airlines team up with UNICEF for Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan

More than 10 airlines are signing agreements with the UN agency to support its “Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative”.

16 February 2021 • 10:05 AMT
Karabakh publishes names of 132 more troops killed in fighting

The Defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh has published the names 132 more soldiers killed in fighting against Azerbaijan.

16 February 2021 • 09:51 AMT
Bitcoin closing in on $50,000

Bitcoin hit $49,938 and has gained roughly 70% this year, most of that after Tesla said it bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin.

16 February 2021 • 09:43 AMT
Antarctic sponges discovered under the ice shelf perplex scientists

Such animals aren’t expected to live in these extreme locations, because they are so far from sunlight and any obvious source of food.

16 February 2021 • 09:25 AMT
Russian border guards upping presence in Armenia’s south

The Russian troops are now placed on round-the-clock duty at the observation post, the Syunik authorities said.

16 February 2021 • 08:51 AMT
Report on Azerbaijan’s failure to return Armenian POWs sent to UN

The report specifically mentions that the Azerbaijani authorities are politicizing the issue of the repatriation of the POWs.

16 February 2021 • 08:18 AMT
Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Karvachar for Azerbaijan

The Russian Defense Ministry said the deliveries will be used to “restore power and water supply systems.”

16 February 2021 • 07:51 AMT
Armenia reports daily Covid-19 cases of 136

A total of 3075 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

16 February 2021 • 07:22 AMT
Congo boat disaster leaves at least 60 dead and hundreds missing

Minister Steve Mbikayi said more than 700 people had been aboard the vessel but that only 300 survivors had been found so far.

16 February 2021 • 06:57 AMT
UK European Neighborhood Minister due in Armenia on February 16

During her two day visit to the country, Wendy Morton will officially open the new British Embassy office in Yerevan.

16 February 2021 • 06:34 AMT
New Covid variant with worrying mutations found in 11 countries

The team say the variant contains a number of mutations that have worried researchers, including the E484K mutation to the spike protein.

15 February 2021 • 14:52 AMT
Yerevan to host Shushi Carpet Museum exhibition from Feb. 20

The oldest exhibit is 350 years old. Narek Van Ashughatoyan will be curating the exhibition.

15 February 2021 • 14:23 AMT
Iran entrepreneurs say they are interested in doing business in Armenia

The guests said they were interested in doing investments and running economic activities in Armenia, the Embassy said.

15 February 2021 • 14:05 AMT
Armenian Foreign Minister to travel to Moscow on February 17

During his trip, Ara Aivazian will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

15 February 2021 • 13:52 AMT
Armenia: Azeri border troops fire shots into the air

The Armed Forces and the border troops of the NSS continue controlling the situation along the border, the Defense Ministry says.

15 February 2021 • 13:28 AMT
Official: 105,000-110,000 people currently live in Karabakh

Artak Beglaryan said no more than 10,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have made the decision to not return home.

15 February 2021 • 13:06 AMT
WHO Wuhan mission finds signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

The lead investigator for the WHO mission said the mission had found several signs of the more wide-ranging 2019 spread.

15 February 2021 • 11:36 AMT
Sarkissian returns to Armenia after Covid-19 treatment in London

The Armenian President had traveled to London to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.

15 February 2021 • 11:02 AMT
Armenian Genocide Institute condemns desecration of Holocaust memorial

The monument was spray-painted with the names of Israeli-made weapons that were used to target civilians in Karabakh.

15 February 2021 • 09:42 AMT
Gates says solving Covid pandemic easy compared with climate

Gates’s new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”, is a guide to tackling global warming.

15 February 2021 • 08:59 AMT
Karabakh rescue teams to continue search for bodies in Hadrut

Since November 13, the Nagorno-Karabakh rescue teams have found the bodies and remains of 1378 people.