YEREVAN—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Tuesday that Armenians were expected to stay at home for another 10 days. The initial stay-home order was enforced last week when the Prime MInister called on all Armenians […]
This week, the Armenian government passed its most controversial measure yet in its struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, a motion that would allow authorities to access personal phone data passed a first […]
On Tuesday evening, when Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the nation to announce stricter lockdown measures, he urged people to stay home and do their banking, utility and grocery payments online instead. After a short […]
YEREVAN—Addressing the nation on Tuesday evening, a resolute Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced new enforcement measures of last week’s State of Emergency in response to newly reported coronavirus cases in Yerevan as well as several […]
I remember watching news reports of the Fukushima nuclear disaster back in 2011. Looking through images of Japanese people in the affected areas stoically queuing up in an orderly fashion as the years of emergency […]
YEREVAN—Following an extraordinary cabinet session on Monday afternoon, the Armenian government voted to impose an immediate state of emergency across the country, amid growing concerns of the coronavirus. Evoking Article 120 of the Republic of […]
On the evening of September 25, 2001, Poghos Poghosyan, a native of Javakhk, was sitting at the famous Poplavok cafe in central Yerevan when he saw his former classmate, then-President Robert Kocharyan walk out, accompanied […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus—Deputy Foreign Minister of Artsakh Armine Aleksanyan kicked off a working visit to the Republic of Cyprus last week by attending the establishment of the “Circle of Friendship with Artsakh in Cyprus,” which includes […]
YEREVAN—Streets in central Yerevan were conspicuously empty on Monday morning following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s public confirmation of Armenia’s first coronavirus case. The patient, a 29-year old Armenian citizen, had been evacuated from Iran on […]
Satenik Khachatryan is an early childhood educator with a lot of experience under her belt. Her master’s degree on the subject carries the seal of not one, but four prestigious educational institutions: University of Gothenburg, […]
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