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Armenia’s Eduard Spertsyan Named to Marca’s 100 Best Players of the Season List, With Messi, Ronaldo and Yamal

Armenia national team captain Eduard Spertsyan has been named to Marca's list of the 100 best players of the 2025/26 season, reports Zartonk Sports. The list from the Spanish...

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ON THIS DAY in 1961, Hasmik Papian, One of the World’s Greatest Armenian Sopranos, Was Born

Hasmik Papian is one of the leading Armenian sopranos of her generation and one...

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ON THIS DAY in 1908, William Saroyan, the Oscar-Winning and Pulitzer Prize-Refusing Writer Who Became the Most Widely Read Armenian Writer in America, Was...

118 years ago today, on August 31, 1908, William Saroyan was born in Fresno,...

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ON THIS DAY in 1919, the Late Ben Agajanian, the Armenian Two-Time NFL Champion Who Invented Pro Football’s Modern Kicking Specialist Role, Was Born.

Ben Agajanian was pro football's first true kicking specialist. Across a 19-year career spanning...

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Former Armenian Minister Said to Have Accepted $22.4 Million Bribe.

Armenia's Prosecutor General's Office today announced that Gagik Khachatryan, a former head of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) and former Minister of Finance, arrested...

3 Kindergartens In Vanadzor Shut Down After Parents Were Infected With COVID-19.

Authorities in the northern Armenian city of Vanadzor shut down three local kindergartens on Wednesday after the parents of some children attending them were...

Armenia Records ‘Second Largest Increase’ In 2020 Global Peace Index.

Armenia had the second largest increase in peacefulness on the 2020 Global Peace Index (GPI), with only its neighboring country Azerbaijan having a larger...