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Armenia’s Haik Martirosyan Defeats World No. 1 Ranked Chess Player Magnus Carlsen in Budapest

Armenia’s leading grandmaster Haik Martirosyan has beaten world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in a classical game at the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot in Budapest, the Chess Federation...

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Armenian Mother, Shot Saving Her Children’s Lives From an Azerbaijani Soldier in Her Own Home, Undergoes Third Surgery

Armenian mother Ani Avetisyan, who was shot by an Azerbaijani soldier while protecting her...

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Mélinée Manouchian, The Armenian Genocide Survivor Turned French Resistance Legend Who Entered the Panthéon With Her Husband Missak

Today we honor Mélinée Manouchian, Armenian Genocide survivor, heroine of the French Resistance, and...

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Renowned Choreographer Norayr Mehrabyan, Who Built Armenian Dance Groups From Beirut to Los Angeles, Passes Away at 85

Norayr Mehrabyan, People's Artist of Armenia and founder of the Barekamutyun State Dance Ensemble...

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3,000 Years of History Emerge at Armenia’s Shamiram: Elite Bronze Age Tomb, Urartian Fortress and Sacrificed Horse

Armenian and Italian archaeologists have uncovered a monumental Late Bronze Age elite tomb, complete with rich grave goods and the remains of a ritually...

Armenia Sets All-Time First-Half Tourism Record With Over 1 Million Visitors in 2026, Up 14.8 Percent

Armenia welcomed 1,041,598 tourists between January and June 2026, a 14.8 percent increase over the same period in 2025 and the highest first-half total...

Gagik Tsarukyan Jailed for Two Months as One of His Seized Lionesses Dies After Sedation at Yerevan Zoo

An Armenian court on Tuesday ordered Prosperous Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan held in pre-trial detention for two months, a day after his arrest...