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Fashion Legend Giorgio Armani, of Armenian Descent, Passes Away in Milan at 91

Giorgio Armani, the legendary Italian designer who dressed the powerful and famous from the boardroom to Hollywood, passed away at the age of 91...

Armenia Allocates Nearly $60 Million for Construction & Renovation of Schools, Universities & Cultural Institutions

The Armenian government has approved nearly 22.9 billion drams (about $59.6 million) to fund construction, renovation, and modernization projects across the country’s educational and...

Gagik Tsarukyan Begins Installation of Jesus Christ Statue in Armenia

Armenian businessman Gagik Tsarukyan has announced that installation works for the monumental statue of Jesus Christ on Mount Hatis, some 30 kilometers northeast of...

Rights Defender Says Armenia Taking No Steps To Secure Access To Its Citizens Held Prisoner In Baku After ICRC Expelled, Reports Suicide Attempts Among...

Armenia is taking no steps to secure access to its citizens imprisoned in Baku, Human Rights Lawyer Siranush Sahakyan warned this week, after several...

DigiTec 2025, Armenia’s Largest Tech Event, to Welcome Over 40,000 Visitors, Hundreds of Global Tech Leaders From 20 Countries & 250 Companies to Yerevan...

Armenia’s flagship technology event, DigiTec 2025, will take place in Yerevan on October 10–12 and is set to become the largest in its history....

Pashinyan Attends China’s Massive WWII Victory Day Military Parade To Mark 80th Anniversary in Beijing

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his spouse Anna Hakobyan attended the ceremonial World War II Victory Day parade in China’s capital Beijing, dedicated...

Armenia to Receive €45.31 Million Loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Healthcare Reforms

Armenia will receive a €45.31 million ($50 million equivalent) results-based loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support wide-ranging healthcare reforms. The initiative...

15,522 Artsakh Residents Have Not Returned to Armenia as of July, After Azerbaijan’s 2023 Ethnic Cleansing

As of July 1, 2025, 15,522 of the more than 100,000 people forcibly displaced from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in September 2023 had not returned to...

BREAKING: Armenia & China Establish Strategic Partnership, Armenia Reaffirms Strong Support for “One China” Principle Opposing Taiwan’s Independence

On August 31, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting in Tianjin during the SCO Summit, where Armenia...

BREAKING: Armenia & Pakistan Establish Diplomatic Relations, Ending Its 30-Year Refusal to Recognize Armenia as a Sovereign State

On August 31, Armenia and Pakistan signed a Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations after decades of strained relations. Following a meeting in...

Renowned U.S. Professor Jeffrey Sachs Warns Washington Deal Could Drag Armenia Into Israel–Iran War, Blasts 99-Year Route Lease as ‘Mortgaging Its Future’

Renowned economist and Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs has delivered a scathing assessment of the U.S.-brokered Washington Declaration, saying it risks turning Armenia into...

Armenia’s FC Noah Defeats Slovenia’s Olimpija To Reach UEFA Conference League Phase For Second Consecutive Season, A First For Armenian Football

Armenia’s FC Noah has again earned a place in the league phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League, becoming the first Armenian club to...

Pashinyan Declares ‘I Am the Government,’ Says No Official Can Contradict Him, Threatens to Remove Those Who Don’t Resign as He Fires Legal Adviser

On August 29, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan dismissed Liparit Drmeyan, Head of the Office of the Representative on International Legal Matters, amid a growing...

PM Pashinyan Reiterates Demand That Catholicos Karekin II Vacate Etchmiadzin Residence, Citing Celibacy Violations Amid Escalating Church-State Confrontation

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has reiterated his demand that Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II leave the official residence of the head of...

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