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February 16, 2024 - 18:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The most bookish holiday of the year is almost here: on these days the book is definitely the most bought and gifted item in the town, although you can’t call it an “item”. The special offers of bookstores exceed the New Year promotions, and the book queues remind of the good old d...

February 16, 2024 - 11:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One day after being relieved of his duties, former Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan was indicted and detained on Thursday in an ongoing corruption investigation criticized by him, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports. According to his lawyer Tigran Yegoryan, a petition for Kerobyan’s ...

February 13, 2024 - 15:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Ministry of Defense has published the names of servicemen who were killed on February 13 as a result of shelling by the Azerbaijani armed forces of Armenian positions in the southern Syunik province. Eduard Harutyunyan (b. 1974) Gagik Manukyan (b. 1982) Arsen Hambar...

February 12, 2024 - 12:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A few days are left for the February love days. Regardless of which team you are in -- celebrating Terendez or Valentine's Day -- you still need to plan where you are going to celebrate. You may already be bored of celebrating by simply eating out or having fancy drinks in classic ...

February 9, 2024 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In 2023, 660 oral, video, and written Red Cross messages as well as phone calls were exchanged between the Armenians detained in Azerbaijan and their relatives, the International Committee of the Red Cross reports. “We visited the detained individuals on a regular basis and helped ...

February 7, 2024 - 12:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian’s book, The Small States Club, has been included in the Financial Times' list of best books on economics, published on February 5. “Very pleased to share that my book "The Small States Club: How Small Smart States Can Save the World" has b...

February 6, 2024 - 12:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - More than 200 people forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh have found work in Armenian medical institutions, the government reports. 30 of them have been recruited in regional medical centers as part of the Ministry of Health's secondment program. In addition to a full-time sal...

February 5, 2024 - 14:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the victims of a fuel depot explosion in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh on 25 September 2023 is still hospitalized in Yerevan, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said, Armenpress reports. The blast killed 218 people and injured at least 120 others. Some were taken abroad for tr...

February 5, 2024 - 14:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - IDBank and Idram have summed up the January program of the Power of One Dram initiative. AMD 3,665,972 gathered during January has been transferred to the Armenian Mothers charity fund. This time "The Power of One Dram" provided support not only to the fund but also to beneficiarie...

February 3, 2024 - 13:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. Embassy has loosened travel restrictions for its employees in Armenia, according to a notice published on Friday, February 2. The Embassy said, however, that U.S. citizens should continue to exercise caution near all international borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I...