251 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Armenia in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 8927. 20 people were discharged in the last day and the number of recoveries reached 3317. The number of active cases stands at 5435. 7 people died from coronavirus-related complications, bringing the total numbe...

Payments to Armenian healthcare workers at the front lines of fighting COVID-19 have been increased by 2-3 times, PM Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday after the regular meeting of the Commandant’s Office. As Pashinyan detailed, the supplementary payments were made from a special fund of bonuses and workers of ambulance service ha...

Russia’s TurStat analytical agency has included Armenia’s resort town Jermuk into the list of best health-improving resorts among the CIS countries. The list is topped by Lake Narach in north-western Belarus. Apart from Jermuk, Burabay resort in Kazakhstan, Naftalan in Azerbaijan, and Lake Issyk-Kul in the northern Kyrgyzstan ...

Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan took part on Friday in the online meeting of the Council of the CIS Heads of Governments. The agenda of the meeting included 15 issues, including a joint statement on the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government’s press service reports. Addressing the participants, the depu...

He said they receive many letters of gratitude and words of appreciation by the international commanding staffs on the performance of the Armenian peacekeepers. “And who join the ranks of the peacekeeping brigade in Armenia? Those servicemen and citizens who have passed the compulsory military service. Very few countries can ha...

Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan has appointed Samvel Babayan, the head of the United Homeland Party, Secretary of the National Security Council. At a Facebook live on Friday, the Artsakh president said the final decision on his appointment was made during the meeting with Babayan in Yerevan on Thursday. “Yesterday I offe...

460 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 8,676, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention said today. 10 more patients have recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 3,297. 7 more people (aged 72, 42, 59, 66, 65, 64 a...

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received newly elected President of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan. ARMENPRESS reports this is the 1st official meeting between them since Arayik Harutyunyan assumed the post. ‘’Today we mark one of the most glorious victories of our people, the day of the heroic battle of Sardarapat and the...

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia (MES) or Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory have no fact-based data. Spokesperson of the MES Edmon Zargaryan informed ARMENPRESS that they received an emergency call about an asteroid dropping in Armenia, but there are no traces that should be present following an asteroid drop. ‘’...

On the occasion of Republic Day, on behalf of Hero of Artsakh, first President of Artsakh and second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, a wreath has been laid at the Sardarapat Battle Memorial Complex to pay tribute to the fallen heroes of the battle, Kocharyan’s official Facebook page reported. ...