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Armenia Approves Bill Banning Plastic Bags and Certain Single-Use Plastic Products by 2027

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Armenia’s National Assembly has given final approval to legislation that will ban the sale and commercial use of polyethylene bags, along with certain single-use plastic and polystyrene foam containers and tableware, starting January 1, 2027, as part of a broader effort to reduce long-term...

Armenia Approves Bill Banning Plastic Bags and Certain Single-Use Plastic Products by 2027

Armenia’s National Assembly has given final approval to legislation that will ban the sale and commercial use of polyethylene bags, along with certain single-use plastic and polystyrene foam containers and tableware, starting January...

Armenia’s Economic Activity Rises 7.4%, Foreign Trade Turnover Up 9.3% in First Two Months of 2026

Armenia’s economic activity index rose 7.4% in January-February 2026 compared to the same period last year, while the country’s foreign trade turnover increased 9.3% to $3.0641 billion, according to the Statistical Committee, pointing...

Armenian-Founded Gecko Robotics Secures $71 Million U.S. Navy Deal To Cut Maintenance Delays And Boost Fleet Readiness

Gecko Robotics, the AI and robotics company co-founded and led by Armenian-American entrepreneur Jake Loosararian, announced a major new agreement with the U.S. Navy...

Armenia To Host Davis Cup Tennis Matches In Tsaghkadzor In June For The First Time In 18 Years

For the first time since 2008, Armenia will host the Europe Zone IV matches of the 2026 Davis Cup, the premier international team competition in men’s tennis, from June 15 to 21 in...

Street In Yerevan Named After Legendary Ararat-73 Coach Nikita Simonyan

One of the streets in Yerevan, located next to Hrazdan Stadium, has been named after legendary football player and coach Nikita Simonyan, the man who led Ararat-73 to one of the greatest achievements...
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Armenia Leads Region In Freedom Rankings Despite Unchanged Overall “Partly Free” Status

Armenia ranked highest in the South Caucasus in political rights, civil liberties, and democratic standards in Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2026: The Mounting Shadow of Autocracy report, published on March 19, scoring 54 out of 100 and remaining in the “partly free” category, while maintaining its position without improvement since 2023, overtaking Georgia for the first time and far outpacing regional neighbors Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Iran as global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year. Freedom House, a D.C.-based nonprofit, ranks countries on a 100-point scale, with scores closer to 100 indicating higher levels of freedom and scores closer to 0 reflecting lower levels of freedom. In the...

Armenia Approves Bill Banning Plastic Bags and Certain Single-Use Plastic Products by 2027

Armenia’s National Assembly has given final approval to legislation that will ban the sale and commercial use of polyethylene bags, along with certain single-use...

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Armenian-Founded Gecko Robotics Secures $71 Million U.S. Navy Deal To Cut Maintenance Delays And Boost Fleet Readiness

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Gecko Robotics, the AI and robotics company co-founded and led by Armenian-American entrepreneur Jake...

Armenian Startup Megaladata Expands Globally From Yerevan to Help Businesses Process Data Faster and Make Smarter Decisions

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As companies generate more data than ever before, many still struggle with familiar bottlenecks:...

100 New Starlink Terminals Arrive In Armenia To Bring Fast, Stable Internet To Remote Schools Nationwide

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A new batch of 100 Starlink terminals, donated to the Government of Armenia, has...

Armenia’s GDP Grows 7.2% In 2025, Reaching $29.2 Billion

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Armenia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2025 increased by 7.2% compared to 2024, totaling...

Armenia Approves Bill Banning Plastic Bags and Certain Single-Use Plastic Products by 2027

Armenia’s National Assembly has given final approval to legislation that will ban the sale and commercial use of polyethylene bags, along with certain single-use plastic and polystyrene foam containers and tableware, starting January...

Armenia’s Economic Activity Rises 7.4%, Foreign Trade Turnover Up 9.3% in First Two Months of 2026

Armenia’s economic activity index rose 7.4% in January-February 2026 compared to the same period last year, while the country’s foreign trade turnover increased 9.3% to $3.0641 billion, according to the Statistical Committee, pointing...

16 Armenian Civil Society Groups Condemn Pashinyan’s “Intolerant” and “Unacceptable” Behavior Toward Displaced Artsakh Armenian Woman

16 Armenian civil society organizations have condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over remarks and conduct during a live-streamed March 22 campaign event in the Yerevan Metro involving a woman forcibly displaced from Artsakh...

Armenian-Founded Gecko Robotics Secures $71 Million U.S. Navy Deal To Cut Maintenance Delays And Boost Fleet Readiness

Gecko Robotics, the AI and robotics company co-founded and led by Armenian-American entrepreneur Jake Loosararian, announced a major new agreement with the U.S. Navy and the General Services Administration, securing a five-year IDIQ...

Armenia Leads Region In Freedom Rankings Despite Unchanged Overall “Partly Free” Status

Armenia ranked highest in the South Caucasus in political rights, civil liberties, and democratic standards in Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2026: The Mounting Shadow of Autocracy report, published on March 19,...

Armenian Startup Megaladata Expands Globally From Yerevan to Help Businesses Process Data Faster and Make Smarter Decisions

As companies generate more data than ever before, many still struggle with familiar bottlenecks: manual reporting, scattered data sources, slow workflows, and delayed decisions. From Yerevan, Armenian analytics platformMegaladata is building a solution...

Emmanuel Grégoire Elected Mayor of Paris, Defeats Pro-Azerbaijani Rachida Dati

Emmanuel Grégoire, the Socialist candidate of France’s united left-wing coalition, has been elected mayor of Paris, defeating former Culture Minister Rachida Dati, a right-wing candidate long criticized by Armenians and their allies over...

Pashinyan’s Heated Exchange With Artsakh Displaced Woman Sparks Outcry, Ends in Apology

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was involved in a heated confrontation with a forcibly displaced woman from Artsakh in Yerevan’s metro, an incident that triggered widespread backlash from social media users, rights defenders,...

EU Observation Mission: The Eraskh Factory Was Dismantled, Equipment Is Moving To Another Location With Accompaniment Of EU Observers

The Yeraskh metallurgical plant, in the direction of which Azerbaijanis regularly open fire, has been dismantled. The EU observation mission...

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Armenia Approves Bill Banning Plastic Bags and Certain Single-Use Plastic Products by 2027

Armenia’s National Assembly has given final approval to legislation that will ban the sale and commercial use of polyethylene bags, along with certain single-use...

Armenia’s Economic Activity Rises 7.4%, Foreign Trade Turnover Up 9.3% in First Two Months of 2026

Armenia’s economic activity index rose 7.4% in January-February 2026 compared to the same period last year, while the country’s foreign trade turnover increased 9.3%...

16 Armenian Civil Society Groups Condemn Pashinyan’s “Intolerant” and “Unacceptable” Behavior Toward Displaced Artsakh Armenian Woman

16 Armenian civil society organizations have condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over remarks and conduct during a live-streamed March 22 campaign event in the...

Armenian-Founded Gecko Robotics Secures $71 Million U.S. Navy Deal To Cut Maintenance Delays And Boost Fleet Readiness

Gecko Robotics, the AI and robotics company co-founded and led by Armenian-American entrepreneur Jake Loosararian, announced a major new agreement with the U.S. Navy...

Armenia Leads Region In Freedom Rankings Despite Unchanged Overall “Partly Free” Status

Armenia ranked highest in the South Caucasus in political rights, civil liberties, and democratic standards in Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2026: The...

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