Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has congratulated fans and readers of poet Silva Kaputikyan (1919-2006) on the great Armenian writer’s 100th anniversary of birth. “The 100th anniversary of birth of renowned Armenian poet Silva Kaputkiyan is a wonderful occasion to commemorate, appreciate the great Armenian intellectual, as well a...

The Gudauri-Kobi section of the highly vital Stepantsminda-Lars road, that leads to the Verkhniy (Upper) Lars checkpoint, is open only for passenger vehicles as of 10:30, the Armenian Embassy in Georgia said. The road is closed for cargo and trailer trucks pending further notice. The Stepantsminda-Lars road is the only land conn...

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has failed to make it to the Australia Open 2019 quarter-final as she lost to Australia’s Ashleigh Barty in Melbourne. Barty went fierce from 1-1 in the 2nd set, peeling off nine straight games and breaking Sharapova’s serve 4 times consecutively and eventually making a convincing 4-6 6-1 6-4 ...

ARMENPRESS state news agency presents the most interesting and key events of the passing week. ‘Possible summit between leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan' under consideration – OSCE MG Co-Chairs issue statement after France meeting Artsakh’s FM highlights full participation of Stepanakert in NK conflict settlement negotiat...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres sent a congratulatory message to Nikol Pashinyan on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the press department at the government reports. “The recent parliamentary elections, for which the United Nations provided technical support, marked an important milestone for ...

Armenian national team coaches – who are on working trip to Spain - visited today the training complex of Leganes football club, followed the training of the squad and conversed with head coach Mauricio Pellegrino. As the football federation reports, the Argentinian specialist responded to the questions of the guests and prese...

Georgia has no plans to give up its role of transit country supplying Russian gas to Armenia, Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze told reporters on Friday when asked whether the transit agreement with the Russian gas producer Gazprom on Russian gas supplies to Armenia via Georgia that expired on December 31, 2018, would be revised....

No precipitation is predicted in the territory of Armenia on January 20-24, Hydromet meteorological service at Armenia’s ministry of emergency situations reported. South-western wind is 3-8 m/s. The air temperature will not change essentially, the source said. ...

"There are Turks who don't admit that their ancestors committed genocide. If you look at it though, they seem to be nice people... So why don't they admit it? Because they think that genocide is a bad thing which they would never want to commit, and because they can't believe their ancestors would do such a thing either." Janu...

A commemorative event dedicated to the 12th anniversary of the murder of founder and editor-in-chief of “Agos” periodical Hrant Dink takes place in front of “Agos” periodical, where he was killed in 2007. ARMENPRESS reports a lot of people have gathered in the place where 12 years ago the Istanbul-Armenian intellectual was murde...