Society

Today, July 26, marks the birthday anniversary of Azat Asoyan, an Armenian soldier who was killed repelling an Azerbaijani subversive attack on the Artsakh frontline in July 2014. The hero soldier would have turned 28 today. Azat (meaning free in Armenian), as his name suggests, was a freedom-loving young man. On July 31, whi...

July 26, 2022 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia, the Hematology Center after Prof. R. H. Yeolyan and IDBank have joined forces for a project which enable donors get a pleasant surprise when donating blood. Each donor will from now on receive 2 invitation tickets to the concert of the Armenian ...

War changes people, their lives and dreams. Sargis Harutyunyan, a soldier from Artsakh, lost his friends and both legs during the 44-day war in 2020, but when he was in hospital he made up his mind never to fall into despair, fight on and move forward. Sargis was born in the village of Aknaberd in Artsakh’s Shahumyan region, w...

The parents and other relatives of Armenian soldiers, who were taken prisoner by Azerbaijani forces in Artsakh in 2020, on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. They demanded a meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopirkin, but no one stepped out to talk to them. Afterwards, a scuffle erupted be...

The peak of Mount Ararat – the place of the ceremony, the outfit – hiking clothes, you are invited to a wedding. This is how the young Armenian couple - Ishkhan Gevorgyan and Ashkhen Hovhannesyan, organized their wedding ceremony. They both like nature, hiking, climbing mountains, and this common preference became a reason to o...

There are 5 state orphanages in Armenia, where 591 children deprived from parental care live. On June 1, on the occasion of the International Day for Protection of Children, to turn children’s day into a celebration, and to address the needs of special institutions, benefactor Karen Vardanyan donated to orphanages passenger car...

There are 5 state orphanages in Armenia, where 591 children deprived from parental care live. On June 1st, on the occasion of the International Day for Protection of Children, to turn children’s day into a celebration, and to address the needs of special institutions, benefactor Karen Vardanyan donated to orphanages passenger ca...

An Armenian rescuer-firefighter set a new Guinness World Record. Zorik Poghosyan from the #2 Firefighting-Rescue Detachment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations lifted a 175kg barbell, placed it on his shoulders and walked for 1 meter and 90cm in the squat position, and then turned around and stood up. This is the fifth world...

8 robbery suspects are arrested in Yerevan after a high-speed police chase ended in the fleeing van crashing as officers were forced to shoot out its tires. Police said they were tipped off that a group of robbers are regularly stealing items from the warehouse of a company located in Bagrevand Street in the suburbs of Yerevan. ...

The Armenian opposition resumed peaceful protests in Yerevan early on Wednesday morning. Groups of protesters again blocked a number of streets in the city, including the road leading to the Nor Nork district, to force PM Nikol Pashinyan from office. The opposition began a large-scale civil disobedience campaign on May 2, blo...