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27 February 2020 • 08:36 AMT
Football star Alessandro Del Piero visiting Yerevan

Italian football star Alessandro Del Piero is visiting Armenia, according to a story he posted on Instagram.

27 February 2020 • 08:23 AMT
Turkish warplanes keep violating Greek airspace

“Almost every week, we have these provocative actions from Turkish fighter planes,” a Greek diplomat said.

27 February 2020 • 08:21 AMT
Turkey lawmaker urges Ankara to open border with Armenia

Turkish lawmaker of Armenian descent Garo Paylan has called for peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

27 February 2020 • 07:15 AMT
EU High Rep, Mnatsakanyan discuss Armenia’s commitment to reform

The High Representative welcomed Armenia’s commitment to reform and to the implementation of the EU-Armenia deal.

27 February 2020 • 06:40 AMT
WHO: More coronavirus cases outside China every day than inside

There have been more than 81,700 global cases with infections in every continent except Antarctica.

26 February 2020 • 18:34 AMT
Germany’s top court overturns ban on euthanasia

But the law change prompted terminally ill people to go to Switzerland and the Netherlands to end their lives.

26 February 2020 • 14:22 AMT
Maria Sharapova retiring from tennis

“I’m new to this, so please forgive me. Tennis – I’m saying goodbye,” Sharapova said in an emotional essay.

26 February 2020 • 14:20 AMT
Erdogan: Turkey’s “greatest desire” is to resolve Karabakh conflict

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Nagorno Karabakh “is as much Turkey’s issue as it is Azerbaijan’s”.

26 February 2020 • 13:47 AMT
Scientists rename pterosaur after Game of Thrones dragons

Targaryendraco wiedenrothi has been renamed after House of Targaryen in George RR Martin’s fantasy saga.

26 February 2020 • 13:28 AMT
Armenia hopes to receive more bigger assistance from EU

Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan said the 2020 program assistance will be spent on justice and police reforms.

26 February 2020 • 12:32 AMT
Coronavirus: Armenia bans military leave, family visits to army

Armenia is banning family visits to soldiers serving in the army and all kinds of military leave starting from February 25

26 February 2020 • 10:44 AMT
Libya conflict: Turkey confirms soldiers killed

“We have two martyrs in Libya,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, without giving further details.

26 February 2020 • 10:11 AMT
Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks call for Genocide recognition in Australia

Australia’s Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

26 February 2020 • 09:50 AMT
Armenia’s Sargis Adamyan could miss rest of the season due to injury

“I was injured during one of the matches. I had to undergo a surgery as my ankle was torn,” Adamyan said.

26 February 2020 • 09:19 AMT
Syrian army scores advance across southern Idlib

Ma’ar Tamater and Ma’artasin are two of the villages liberated by the Syrian army, following clashes with militant groups.

26 February 2020 • 08:19 AMT
Galaxy Group of Companies, ASSO team up for classical music project

The launch of the partnership was also marked by the launch of the first joint project “People and Symphony”.

26 February 2020 • 07:19 AMT
Expert: 6% of eligible girls have received HPV vaccine in Armenia

Armenia has pretty strong vaccine confidence in general and high uptake of childhood vaccines, says Professor Heidi Larson.

26 February 2020 • 06:59 AMT
Coronavirus: Outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy

The first positive virus test has been recorded in Latin America – a Brazilian resident just returned from Italy.

26 February 2020 • 06:33 AMT
Commission: 2,715 have already died in China from coronavirus

The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China rose to 2,715 as of the end of Feb. 25, up by 52 from the previous day.

25 February 2020 • 14:45 AMT
Iran’s Deputy Health Minister says he has coronavirus

A day earlier, Harirchi had downplayed its spread in the shrine city of Qom and said mass quarantines were unnecessary.

25 February 2020 • 14:39 AMT
Armenia moving Israel ambassador’s residence to Tel Aviv

The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992 but have only had non-resident ambassadors so far.

25 February 2020 • 14:27 AMT
Armenian, Russian Foreign Minister talk Karabakh in Geneva

The meeting of the Foreign Ministers was held on the sidelines of a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

25 February 2020 • 13:07 AMT
Thousands will march in LA to honor memory of Armenian Genocide victims

The day’s events will conclude with a massive protest demonstration in front of Turkey’s Consulate General’s Office in LA.

25 February 2020 • 12:29 AMT
4 coronavirus cases confirmed in Iraq’s Kirkuk

The first case of the virus in Iraq was confirmed on Monday, when an Iranian student in the city of Najaf tested positive.

25 February 2020 • 11:56 AMT
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies aged 91

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91.

25 February 2020 • 11:44 AMT
Times Square Armenian Genocide commemoration set for April 26

Noted politicians, academics and artists will gather in Times Square to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

25 February 2020 • 11:08 AMT
1000 quarantined in Canary Islands hotel after virus confirmed

Spanish news media reported that some 1,000 tourists staying at the complex are not allowed to leave the hotel.

25 February 2020 • 10:31 AMT
Ameriabank earns two IFC Awards for achievements in trade finance sector

The IFC Vice President for Europe, Central Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, presented the awards to Ameriabank.

25 February 2020 • 10:16 AMT
Armenia Airways limiting flights to Iran

The carrier cited the government’s decision to partially restrict flights from the country to Iran as part of preventive measures.

25 February 2020 • 09:49 AMT
Coronavirus: China bans trade, consumption of wild animals

Some of the earliest infections were found in people who had exposure to a wildlife market in Hubei’s provincial capital Wuhan.