Artsakh Republic State Minister Artak Beglaryan and the Primate of the Artsakh Diocese, Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, received on Monday a group of clergymen who had been carrying out spiritual service at Dadivank Monastery. As the press service at the state ministry reported, the clergymen were back after 8-month service To not...

January 24, 2022 - 19:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The snap elections to the Armenian parliament in 2021 did not provide answers to all questions and did not overcome a serious domestic political crisis in the country, Russian politician, State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin said Monday, January 24. His comments came after Armenian...

Kristinne Grigoryan was elected on Monday as the Human Rights Defender of Armenia. Grigoryan's candidacy had been nominated by the "Civil Contract" faction and was backed by the 68 votes of the lawmakers from the ruling force. Grigoryan will replace Arman Tatoyan who had served in the position since 2016. Following the announ...

More than 635 million students remain affected by full or partial school closures. On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning. “In March, we will mark two years of COVID-19-related disru...

The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 24 January, USD exchange rate down by 0.49 drams to 481.63 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 1.19 drams to 545.49 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.13 drams to 6.17 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 2.74 drams to 651.50 drams. The Central Bank has set the foll...

Asian main indexes values for 24 January: The value of Japanese NIKKEI up by 0.24% to 27588.37 points, Japanese TOPIX up by 0.14% to 1929.87 points. Chinese Shanghai Composite up by 0.04% to 3524.11 points, and HANG SENG down by 1.24% to 24656.46 points. The Nikkei-225 Stock Average is a price-weighted average of 225 top-rated J...

Minister of Justice of Armenia Karen Adnreasyan received Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Alexander Konyuk, the ministry reports. Minister Andreasyan presented the judicial reforms and the program of introducing electronic justice system. The Ambassador said the justice ministry of Belarus is interested in the digitization of th...

Kristinne Grigoryan will officially assume the duties of Human Rights Defender of Armenia after incumbent Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan’s term in office ends on February 23. Grigoryan passed a confirmation vote in parliament on January 24. Out of the 107 MPs, only 68 took part in the vote, all of whom voting in favor. The ...

"President Armen Sarkissian has always tacitly supported all initiatives brought by the current leaders of Armenia," opposition lawmaker from 'Armenia' bloc Aram Vardevanyan told reporters when asked to comment on the resignation of the president. In the words of Vardevanyan, the past four years in the post of the president, ...

Organisers of next month's Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests, Reuters reported. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the changes on Monday (Jan 24), which included easing the th...