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"Yell Extreme Park" the piece of craziness in Armenia
On 22nd of July mass media representatives spent an amazing and unforgettable adventurous hot summer day in the dense and cool forest in "Yell Extreme Park" rest area in Yenokavan community in Tavush region of the RA. Mass media representatives were given this opportunity due to the initiative of the unique extreme project “Yell Extreme Park”. During the extreme to...
"The Lavrov document" does not exist, and peacekeepers will be deployed only in the final stage of t...
A question was raised during the press conference of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Yerevan today what kind of proposals the OSCE Minsk Group offers now, taking into consideration the fact that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow has new proposals. So, it would be interesting to hear about these new proposals. The Russian co-chair Igor Popov answered the follo...
The RA President has discussed with the co-chairs the situation on the contact line after the Azerba...
RA President Serzh Sargsyan received the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Igor Popov (Russia), James Warlick (USA), Pierre Andrieu (France) and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Department of Public Relations and Information of the RA President’s Staff reports. The parties discussed the situation in recent days as a result of the aggr...
James Warlick on human rights violations: We have seen the photos, we are deeply troubled
''We are deeply distressed by our reports of human rights violations. We have seen the photos, we have heard the reports,' ' American Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick told reporters at a press conference held in Yerevan on April 9. Ambassador Warlick's comments came in response to the request to comment on the atrocities by the Azerbaijani forces toward Artsak...
Sargsyan to Medvedev: They diminished authority of EAEU
Upon his return from Berlin, late in the evening of April 7 President Serzh Sargsyan received the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitri Medvedev, who has arrived to Armenia on official visit. “Distinguished Mr. Medvedev, I am glad to welcome you in Yerevan. Your official visit is the perfect opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues of our bilat...
The rival continues provocations
At night of April 7 to April 8, the rival continued to violate the ceasefire agreement along the entire contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan The rival used different caliber artillery weapons and 60 mm mortar. Intensive violations were recorded along the northern direction of the contact line (Talish): as a result, volunteer recruit Hrach Muradyan (born in1983) was fa...
Azerbaijan shells settlements of Armenia’s Tavush and Gegharkunik provinces
On the night of April 8 Azerbaijani forces shelled the Armenian positions and civilian settlements in Tavush and Gegharkunik provinces of Armenia, spokesperson of the Armenian Defense Army Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on Facebook.According to the information, the adversary used 120mm mortars and fired SPG-9 toward the villages of Karmir, Ttujur, Baghanis. No casualties are report...
NKR Defense Army destroyed an adversary drone
Defense Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic destroyed on April 7 another drone of the Azerbaijani forces, which was detected in the airspace of Artsakh, NKR Ministry of Defense reports.
Azerbaijan shells Ambulance vehicle in Nagorno Karabakh
An Ambulance vehicle was shelled and destroyed by the Azerbaijani side on April 6 in Nagorno Karabakh, Press Secretary of the President of Nagorno Karabakh Davit Babayan informed “Armenpress”. "This once again testifies to the fact that in the face of Azerbaijan, we are dealing with a terrorist state. According to the Geneva Convention an Ambulance cannot be target...
Serzh Sargsyan: Steps aimed at the establishment of peace are anticipated
President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Germany on official visit, met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier, press department of the President’s office reports.Noting that his visit to Germany is taking place in the period when Azerbaijan has seriously challenged security of Nagorno Kara...
Strength is in Armenians’ faith and readiness to defend their homeland at any cost – Serzh Sargsyan
The strength is not up-to-date weapons, or rather, it is not entirely weapons, the number of tanks. The strength is the faith of the Nagorno-Karabakh people, of the Armenians that are ready to defend their homeland at any cost, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated at a press conference held jointed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Russia is indeed our strategi...
Iraqi Yezidis express solidarity with Armenians
Ezidkhan Protection Force (HPE) touched upon the Armenian-Azerbaijani border tensions. “Azerbaijan attacked Armenia. A Yezidi soldier was decapitated during brutal battles. We express our solidarity with our Armenian brothers, our Yazidi brothers and sisters in Armenia”, HPE Facebook page states. HPE was founded in 2014 and is recognized as the official armed forc...
Parents of a beheaded soldier still waiting for his body
Press secretary of Defense Ministry published the names of soldiers killed during the military operations. Kyaram Sloyan, 1996, was among the victims. The latter’s photos were earlier published by Azerbaijani media. In particular a photograph of an Azerbaijani soldier holding Syloyan’s severed head was disseminated. Journalists have spoken to Sloyan’s father...
NKR Defense Army: Firing ceased on mutual agreement on the frontline
“Today, as of 12:00 Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army ceased firing at the instruction of our political leadership,” spokesperson to NKR Defense Army Senor Hasratyan told Panorama.am Asked whether the information saying a ceasefire agreement is brokered, is reliable, Hasratyan noted: “Starting from 12:00 of today, firing was ceased on the frontline based on a mut...
Minsk Group urge for “immediate negotiation” under the auspices of the Co-chairs
Representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group countries strongly condemned the outbreak of "unprecedented violence” along the Line of Contact. Russian Federation, the United States of America, France, Belarus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, as well as the incoming Austrian OSCE Chair (2017) and the Serbian OSCE Chair (2015) are members of the Minsk Group. “We ...
Armenian President: “We are united today into a single fist”
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended the military funeral of Private Sasun Mkrtchyan, who was killed during military operations. According to Serzh Sargsyan, what is happening now in Artsakh is another hardship for Armenian people. “I am convinced that we will overcome this challenge with dignity. Blinded by hatred towards Armenians and drunk on oil, Azerbaijani g...
NKR Defense Army: Azerbaijan shells Martuni
NKR Defense Army says it remains committed to its strategy and doesn’t open fire on civilian settlements, while Azerbaijan this time shelled Martuni following the shelling of Martakert and nearby villages. NKR Defense Army also referred to their previous statement concerning Azerbaijan Defense Minister’s threats about bombarding Stepanakert.
NKR Defense Army comments on fake letter allegedly written by Levon Mnatsakanyan
Nagorno Karabakh Defense Army made a statement concerning Azerbaijani made fake letter allegedly written by Levon Mnatsakanyan.The commentary reads, “It turns out that our adversary is not only incompetent in the battlefield, but also in the propaganda front. “Specialists” of the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan probably have heard about the propaganda war, yet ...
U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman Condemns Azerbaijani Aggression
Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on April 4. "The Azerbaijani aggression we have seen over the last few days is deeply disappointing. There are a number of news reports indicating that more than 100 Armenians have been killed as a result. Chairman Ed Royce and I urged that Azerbaijan use t...
The answer of Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan to the question of Armenpress News Agency
Question: Mr. Kocharyan, what is Armenia’s position on targeting civilians during the large-scale operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic? What international legal assessment should be given to those hideous crimes? Answer: The large-scale offensive operations unleashed by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh in recent days not only violated C...
Robert Harutyunyan appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
According to the decree signed by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Robert Harutyunyan was appointed a deputy minister of foreign affairs, reports the Public Relations Department of the Presidential Administration. The president announced the plan to appoint a new deputy foreign minister at the recent meeting addressing the agenda of Franco-Armenian relations.  
Zhirinovsky offered to submit territorial claims to Turkey, including Western Armenia
The leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky offered to submit territorial claims to Turkey in response to the fact that Ankara does not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia. According to the “Rusnovosti”, the Russian politician has made such an interpretation after the statement of the Turkish representative made at the Ahmet Dav...
Edward Nalbandian meets Moldovan Deputy Premier
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Moldovan Deputy Premier, Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Galburin in Munich on February 13. Congratulating the minister on his new appointment to the post, Edward Nalbandian attached importance to the consistent implementation of measures aimed at the development of relations. In his turn, Andrei Galbure sa...
Fourth defender of human rights should be similar to previous three-RPA
The fourth defender of human rights should be similar to the previous three, announced today member of RPA parliamentary faction Artak Davtyan at a meeting with journalists, adding that if an opinion poll holds, the citizens will be satisfied with the previous three defenders’ activities. “As of the opposition the authority candidates are always welcome with a host...
US considers Turkey’s stance towards Kurds be obstacle to normalization of situation in Syria- The ...
US authorities believe that the stance adopted by Turkey against the Kurds, is one of the main obstacles on the way of political settlement of the situation in Syria and that it seriously hinders to struggle against the so-called terrorist group "Islamic state", reports "Armenpress” citing the American paper “The wall street journal”. “According to the ...
Orphanage to become shopping mall in Urfa
The orphanage of  the children orphaned during the Armenian Genocide to become a shopping mall.The building was handed to the Ministry of Tourism, later to special provincial administration department to become a museum.The museum, however, has not been established. In 2006, one of Turkey's largest holdings proposed a project to turn it into a 5-star hotel, which was neve...
Invite to Armenia
Dear compatriots,www.times.am informative-analytic website and Hot Tours tour operator announce a competition on the theme “Invite to Armenia”. Tell us about the Armenian sights, cultural-historical values and interesting people you have seen and met and maybe you’re the very person by the help of whom Armenia will become a regional center of tourism. 2016 i...
A visit to Armenia is planned by Pope Francis
Pope Francis will probably visit Armenia in April 2016 for the 101st anniversary of the Armenian genocide, World Religion News reports.His 2016 travel schedule was publicized last week and contains confirmed plans to visit Mexico for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Poland for World Youth day in 2016. However, the trip to Armenia isn’t confirmed yet.The Armenian Age...
A blast in Central Istanbul, Sultanahmet district
The city authorities report about an explosion in a district of Istanbul. At least 10 people have been killed because of explosion.The Istanbul’s Governor’s Office confirmed the reports about 15 wounded people.The explosion occurred just after 10 : 00 local time in the Sultanahmet district, close to the Blue Mosque.According to several reports there is an assumption...
Framing the Future of Vurgavan Village: The People Involved
Arman’s Story Arman is a construction worker from city of Berdzor, who has been living in the liberated Kashatagh Province of Artsakh since 1998. Arman’s family, father, mother, six brothers and sisters moved to Berdzor from Ara Village, in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. His father, also a construction worker, sold his ten hectare (24 acre) land and moved to the l...
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