2026, 22 August, Saturday
Go Ahead & Hug a Stranger! Today is National Hugging Day

Go Ahead & Hug a Stranger! Today is National Hugging Day

On Jan. 21, 1986, National Hugging Day was founded in the US. It has spread all over the world and is called by many names...

Armenian Soldier Dead from Ceasefire Violation

Armenian Soldier Dead from Ceasefire Violation

At around 10 am on Jan. 20, around Horadiz on the Nagorno Karabakh—Azerbaijan Line of Contact, Azerbaijan once again...

Garegin II Underwent Surgery in the US

Garegin II Underwent Surgery in the US

His Holiness Catholicos Garegin (Karekin) II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, is currently in the US, where...

Intolerance toward Armenians in Turkey Manifested through Monument

Intolerance toward Armenians in Turkey Manifested through Monument

Armenian society believes that underneath the intolerance for this monument lies a general impatience for and intolerance towards Armenians themselves.

Will Armenia's Ruling Coalition Last till Fall Parliamentary Session? Aravot

Will Armenia's Ruling Coalition Last till Fall Parliamentary Session? Aravot

"It's natural, that some time before the elections, the [ruling] coalition must cease it's coalition activities, since there are different political...

Street Vendors Protest in front of Yerevan City Hall

Street Vendors Protest in front of Yerevan City Hall

We will continue our doing. We know that all this has been done because of a presidential order, tomorrow we will go together to the president’s residence...

Shiseido to Enter Armenia and Belarus Markets

Shiseido to Enter Armenia and Belarus Markets

Japanese-headquartered cosmetics company Shiseido will be launching its prestige skin care and make-up lines in Belarus and Armenia as...

Hammarberg Spent 2.5 Hours Meeting with Nikol Pashinyan

Hammarberg Spent 2.5 Hours Meeting with Nikol Pashinyan

Not even the one-and-a-half-hour-long journey to Artik from Yerevan could prevent Hammerberg to meet with Pashinyan.

'We Want Gagik Beglaryan Back,' Say Yerevan City Hall Protestors

'We Want Gagik Beglaryan Back,' Say Yerevan City Hall Protestors

"We don't want bread from Iran, we're asking the mayor to allow us to work for bread money. Let him leave his position, let him return to his...

Turkish PM to Go to Moscow to Enhance Cooperation

Turkish PM to Go to Moscow to Enhance Cooperation

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to go to Russia mid-March on an official visit, said Turkey's Minister of...

Armenian Deputy Justice Minister Sacked

Armenian Deputy Justice Minister Sacked

Nikolay Arustamyan was released from his post as deputy justice minister today. Aram Orbelyan is named as his successor.

'We're Afraid of Our Children Going Hungry': Demonstrators Ask Yerevan Mayor for Bread Money

'We're Afraid of Our Children Going Hungry': Demonstrators Ask Yerevan Mayor for Bread Money

Today is the second day in front of city hall that merchants are protesting the city's decision to prohibit vendors from selling their wares on the street.