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Armenia’s first human rights defender calls for punishment of perpetrators of Maragha genocide
Armenia’s first human rights defender Larisa Alaverdyan has called today for punishment of Azerbaijani authorities for committing genocide against the residents of the village of Maragha in Nagorno-Karabakh. YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. Armenia’s first human rights defender Larisa Alaverdyan has called today for punishment of Azerbaijani authorities for committing genocide against the residents of the village ...
04/10/2018Wine festival to take place in the Armenian village Areni on October 8, tourists will be waiting for a lot of surprises
Wine festival will take place in the Armenian village Areni of Vayots Dzor region (south of Armenia) on October 8. The tourists will be waiting a lot of surprises, said the head of Areni community Zhirayr Yeghyan on Wednesday. YEREVAN. September 28. /ARKA/. Wine festival will take place in the Armenian ...
09/28/2011Armenian government task force quarantines village for two weeks to stop spread of coronavirus
Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who is heading a government task force set up to enforce the state of emergency, announced to contain the spread of coronavirus, ordered to quarantine the village of Dzoraghyugh in the Gegharkunik region for two weeks until June 20 midnight. YEREVAN, June 6. /ARKA/. Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who is heading a government task force set up to enforce the state of emergency, announced ...
06/06/2020Solar panels installed in SOS Children's Village in Ijevan with assistance of Acba Bank (VIDEO)
The SOS Children Village in Ijevan houses children left without parental care. YEREVAN, January 24. /ARKA/. The SOS Children Village in Ijevan houses children left without parental care. Here they receive care, upbringing and education just like in a family. The charity ...
01/24/2023Zorakan village to host ‘Millennial Traditions’ festival
On August 26-27 the village of Zorakan in the Armenian province of Tavush, populated mostly by Armenian refugees from the village of Chardakhlu in Azerbaijan, will host the second festival called ‘Millennial Traditions’. YEREVAN, August 25, /ARKA/. On August 26-27 ...
08/25/2017Pashinyan: no agreement on maps between Armenia and Azerbaijan for border delimitation
... creating a new border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but about recognizing on the ground the last de jure borders of the USSR before its disintegration. On Monday Pashinyan travlled to Tavush province to meet with residents of Voskepar and Kirants villages, which are adjacent to four abandoned Azerbaijani settlements that have been controlled by the Armenian army since 1991-1992. Last week, he said he was ready to accept Baku's demands for the unconditional withdrawal of Armenian troops from these ...
03/20/2024Government to release AMD 65.7 mln to repay loans of border village residents
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a government session today about what he called a "unique case" concerning the residents of Khachik village in Vayots Dzor region. The village borders Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan exclave. YEREVAN, February 29. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a government session today about what he called a "unique case" concerning the ...
02/29/2024Armenian authorities seal off village to prevent spread of coronavirus
Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who is steering a government task force set up to enforce the state of emergency to contain the spread of coronavirus, ordered to seal off the village of Ddmashen in Gegharkunik region. YEREVAN, May 6. /ARKA/. Armenia's Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan, who is steering a government task force set up to enforce the state of emergency to contain the spread of coronavirus, ordered to seal ...
05/06/2020Azerbaijani troops shell Armenian village in Nagorno-Karabakh, destroy civilian’s car
A car owned by a civilian in the village of Karmir Shuka in Nagorno-Karabakh, parked near the local kindergarten, caught fire and was destroyed after Azerbaijani servicemen deployed not far from the village opened fire in the direction of the village, the press service of the Nagorno-Karabakh ...
01/10/2022Armenia known and unknown. A few tips for the inbound tourist
... fortress (not far from Talin) with its citadel, fortress, chapel, open water supply system. The castle was actually owned by a woman, which is visible at first sight: just see it - it is a small, elegant, polished, neat stone fortress at the end of the village. Ararat In Urtsadzor, on the road leading to Khosrov forest, Tap fortress is located, which is also known as Gevorg Marzpetuni fortress. It is a fairly well-preserved military building with towers, defensive walls and rooms. In the territory ...
06/08/2021ALC releases brief information on 19 Armenian captives, both military and civilian, who were tortured to death by Azerbaijanis
... the internet. Artur Manvelyan (41), volunteer Artur was wounded in Mekhkavan, Artsakh. He was shot at close range and his murder was recorded and posted on the Internet by an Azerbaijani soldier. Eduard Shahgeldyan (79), civilian from Avetaranots village, Askeran, Artsakh Eduard and his wife Arega were taken prisoner by Azerbaijani soldiers on October 27, 2020, transferred to Baku, Azerbaijan and kept separate and incommunicado from each other. Arega was released and repatriated to Armenia on ...
05/12/2021Modern village to be built in Armenia to complete water reservoir construction
... reservoir will be built. According to the project, it is planned to reconstruct the unfinished Kaps reservoir, which is located in the Shirak region, in the Akhuryan River’s valley, 22 km north of Gyumri. In the 1990s, the work was stopped, and the village of Jradzor, which was originally planned to be re-populated, all this time continued to live in the area of the possible flooding. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Vache Tertern said that for the implementation ...
08/27/2020Kalavan village chief appointed as advisor to Armenian premier
Robert Ghukasyan, Kalavan village chief, was appointed Tuesday as advisor to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. On his Facebook page, the premier wished productive work to his new-appointed advisor. YEREVAN, August 21. /ARKA/. Robert Ghukasyan, Kalavan village chief,...
08/21/2019ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK tells the success story of a hard-working farmer from the village of Hatis
ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK told the success story of one of its clients - a hard-working farmer from the village of Hatis in Kotayk region of Armenia. YEREVAN, April 25. /ARKA/. ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK told the success story of one of its clients - a hard-working farmer from the village of Hatis in Kotayk region of Armenia. Farmer Vache Gevorgyan ...
04/25/2017Armenian premier got introduced to the construction project of kindergarten in the village Ayntap of Ararat region
On Saturday Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan got introduced to the construction project of the new kindergarten in the village Ayntap of Ararat region, correspondent of news agency “ARKA” informs. ARARAT REGION. August 6. /ARKA/. On Saturday Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan got introduced to the construction project of the new kindergarten in the village Ayntap of ...
08/06/2011Azerbaijani soldiers use mortars to shell Armenian villages of Karabakh
Azerbaijani armed forces used a mortar to fire shells in the direction of the village of Khnapat in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Karabakh Police reported. YEREVAN, March 11. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani armed forces used a mortar to fire shells in the direction of the village of Khnapat in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Karabakh Police reported. "On ...
03/11/2022Azerbaijani troops open fire on Armenian village in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani troops deployed near the Armenian village of Karmir Shuka in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) opened fire today morning at about 10:30 in the direction of the village using small arms, Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender Gegham Stepanyan said. YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani ...
12/02/2021Human rights defender: Azerbaijani military personnel threatening Armenian shepherds with a show of weapons
The Azerbaijani armed servicemen are illegally stopping villagers in the pastures located in the vicinity of the villages of the Gegharkunik region, and are demanding explanations from them, as regard to which direction are they moving and for what purpose, and what are they transporting Armenia's Human Rights ...
06/04/2021Unprecedented shooting in Armenian village sends shock ways through the country
Reports that four people were killed and at least seven others were wounded in a shooting at a funeral home in the Yezidi-populated village of Shamiram in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province today morning have sent shock ways through the country. YEREVAN, August 1. / ARKA /. Reports that four people were killed and at least seven others were wounded in a shooting at a funeral home ...
08/01/2017Iran denies allegations that Karabakh troops shelling wounded residents of Iranian village
... meeting with Armenian deputy defense minister David Tonoyan, denied media reports citing the vice-governor of the Iranian province of East Atrpatakan, Saeed Shabestari Khiyabani, as saying that Karabakh Armenian troops' shelling wounded residents of a village in the Iranian province, Armenia's ministry of defense said. YEREVAN, April 4. /ARKA/. Iran's military attaché in Armenia Hossein Sheikhs who was invited today to the defense ministry for a meeting with Armenian deputy defense minister David ...
04/04/2016Situation is tense in the Tavush village of Kirants, police detained more than 30 people
A tense situation has developed in the border village of Kirants in Armenia's Tavush region's since early morning, with a large number of police officers on the spot. YEREVAN, May 2. /ARKA/. A tense situation has developed in the border village of Kirants in Armenia's Tavush region's since early ...
05/02/2024Armenian-American smelter to be relocated from Yeraskh to village of Ararat due to Azerbaijani fire
The Armenian government allowed today an Armenian-U.S. company GTB Steel LLC that was building a smelter in the village of Yeraskh to relocate it to the Ararat village in the same name province. YEREVAN, December 14. /ARKA/. The Armenian government allowed today an Armenian-U.S. company GTB Steel LLC that was building a smelter in the village of Yeraskh to ...
12/14/2023Aghavnatun: a guesthouse filled with spirit of nature and built in the lap of nature (video)
The guesthouse Aghavnatun has become one of the most popular tourist camps in Aghavnavank, a village in Armenia’s province of Tavush. YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. The guesthouse Aghavnatun has become one of the most popular tourist camps in Akhavnavank, a village in Armenia’s province of Tavush. The guesthouse is flanked on the one side ...
11/06/2023Homeless residents of Nagorno-Karabakh village of Yekhtsahogh evacuated to Armenia
Residents of Yekhtsahogh village of Shushi region in Nagorno-Karabakh were evacuated after Azerbaijan's aggression and left homeless. They expressed desire to move to their relatives in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Information Center reported. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/....
09/24/2023Eco-village and ski complex worth $190 million will be built on the slope of Aragats Mountain
An eco-village and a ski resort with ropeways will be built on the slope of Mount Aragats in Armenia, Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan told a government meeting today. YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. An eco-village and a ski resort with ropeways will be built on ...
03/02/2023Dog rabies case reported in Armenian Tavush
On August 16, a rabid dog had bitten a resident of Artsvaberd village in Armenia’s province of Tavush. The dog owned by another resident of the village died several hours later, Armenia’s Food Safety Inspection Authority in the province reported. YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. On August 16, a rabid dog had bitten ...
08/19/2022Unibank helped renovate stadium in the border village of Nrnadzor
The open-air stadium in the border village of Nrnadzor of Meghri community reconstructed with the financial support of Unibank was inaugurated in a special ceremony on May 8. YEREVAN, May 11. /ARKA/. The open-air stadium in the border village of Nrnadzor of Meghri community reconstructed ...
05/11/2022Yerevan expects Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh to take concrete steps to resolve situation, prevent new casualties and hostilities.
... statement issued today Armenia's Foreign Ministry says it expects the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh to take concrete, visible steps to resolve the tension that has emerged after the invasion of Azerbaijani troops of the Armenian village of Parukh in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is in the zone of Russian peacekeepers’ responsibility under the terms of the November 2020 ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan brokered by Moscow. YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. In a statement issued ...
03/26/2022Human rights defender: some Armenian officials help Azerbaijani side with their statements
... government bodies. "There are officials (in Armenia) who, with their statements, simply give ‘gifts "to the Azerbaijani authorities," Tatoyan said. As an example, he referred to a shootout between Armenian and Azerbaijani troop near the village of Verin Shorzha in Armenia’s province of Gegharkunik on July 5, as a result of which one Armenian serviceman was wounded. Armenia’s Ministry of Defense made a correct statement saying that the shootout was provoked by Azerbaijani military ...
07/13/2021Government approves construction of residential area in Zovuni village near capital Yerevan
The Armenian government has approved today the direct sale of 3.3 hectare land plot in the village of Zovuni in Kotayk province to Magnolia-Comfort LLC for the construction of a residential area. YEREVAN, March 18. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has approved today the direct sale of 3.3 hectare land plot in the village of Zovuni in Kotayk ...
03/18/2021Armenia circulates excerpt from interrogation of Syrian mercenary captured in Karabakh (video)
... interrogation of a Syrian mercenary terrorist detained in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). It said the Syrian mercenary, identified as Muhrab Muhammad Al Shkher, was detained on October 31. According to the excerpt, Al Shkher was born on May 3, 1975 in the village of Totah, Hammah province in Syria. He is an Arab by nationality, a citizen of Syria, and has three children. In Syria, he worked as a worker; in 1988 he was sentenced to a month for having shot his brother through negligence. After the attack ...
11/01/2020AMD 155 million to be invested in water supply system in Paravakar village
AMD 155 million will be invested in water supply system in Paravakar village. The Armenian territorial administration and infrastructures ministry’s territorial development fund, using funds from the government and the World Bank, as well as with the co-financing of the community, implements a program for the reconstruction ...
07/15/2020Areni village hosts 11th Wine Festival with support of ACBA CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK (video)
It was a holiday in the village of Areni last weekend. YEREVAN, October 10. /ARKA/ It was a holiday in the village of Areni last weekend. For the 11th time this village in the southern Armenian province of Vayots Dzor hosted the Areni Wine Festival, held on the first Saturday ...
10/10/2019PM holds discussion on urban development and tourism projects
Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan chaired a meeting September 6 to discuss the Kumayri Historic Center Development program in Gyumri, the Armenian Village ethnographic district project in Yerevan, as well as Vanadzor town and Sevan national park development-related issues, the government press office reported. YEREVAN, September 7, /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan chaired a ...
09/07/2017Reward offered for information about Shamiram village shooter location
Armenia’s police department offers a big reward for information about Telman Kalashyan, the suspect in the shooting in Shamiram village. YEREVAN, August 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s police department offers a big reward for information about Telman Kalashyan, the suspect in the shooting in Shamiram village. The police’s press office says confidentiality will be ensured. On ...
08/04/2017Armenian Village quarter to appear in Yerevan
Accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan visited last Saturday the area adjacent to Dalma Mall, where an ethnographic district project called Armenian Village will be implemented, the government press office said. YEREVAN, June 19, /ARKA/. Accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan visited last Saturday the area adjacent to Dalma Mall, where an ethnographic ...
06/19/2017Eco pavilions opened in Karabakh
Levon Grigoryan, the head of the Nagorno-Karabakh government administration, attended yesterday the opening of eco pavilions near the village of Astkhashen in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic's Askeran province, the Karabakh government reports on its official page in Fecebook. STEPANAKERT, June 5. /ARKA/. Levon Grigoryan, the head of the Nagorno-Karabakh government administration, attended ...
06/05/2015Resident of Armenian village helps detain Turkish citizen for violation of state border
A resident of an Armenian village located close to the border with Turkey helped Russian border guards, who guard Armenia’s border with Turkey and Iran, detain a Turkish citizen for violation of the state border. YEREVAN, May 5. / ARKA /. A resident of an Armenian village ...
05/05/2015ArmRosgazprom did not plan to connect Jrashat to network: spokesperson says
Shushan Sardarian, a spokesperson for ArmRosGazprom (ARG), Armenia's national gas distribution company, said today the company did not plan to connect the village of Jrashat in Ararat province to the network. YEREVAN, March 4. / ARKA /. Shushan Sardarian, a spokesperson for ArmRosGazprom (ARG), Armenia's national gas distribution company, said today the company did not plan to connect the village of Jrashat ...
03/04/2013Armenian president attends opening of new clothing manufacture in Amasia village
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan traveled to Shirak province on Thursday to attend the ceremony of the opening of a new clothing manufacture in Amasia village, the president’s press office reports. YEREVAN, July 21. /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan traveled to Shirak province on Thursday to attend the ceremony of the opening of a new clothing manufacture in Amasia village, the president’s ...
07/22/2011Modern French language class opened in Mastara village school with the support of the Stepan Gishyan Foundation
Students of the Mastara village school in Aragatsotn region now have the opportunity to study French in a fully equipped classroom equipped with all the multimedia capabilities, the press service of Akba Bank reports. YEREVAN, June 10. /ARKA/. Students of the Mastara village ...
06/10/2025Azerbaijani troops open fire on Armenian village in Syunik, damaging roof of residential building
On May 7, at around 22:22, Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire in the direction of the Khnatsakh village in Syunik region damaging the roof of a residential building, the press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry reported YEREVAN, May 8. /ARКА/. On May 7, at around 22:22, Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire in the direction of the Khnatsakh ...
05/08/2025Armenian Defense Ministry: Azerbaijani armed forces shelled village in Syunik region
The Armenian Ministry of Defense has reported that Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired at a village in the Syunik region. YEREVAN, April 14. /ARKA/. The Armenian Ministry of Defense has reported that Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired at a village in the Syunik region. "On April 13, at around 10:20 p.m., units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces ...
04/14/2025Azerbaijani troops fire on Armenian military posts in Tavush and Gegharkunik
Azerbaijani troops used small arms today to fire on Armenian military posts in the vicinity of Chinari village (Tavush region) and in the vicinity of Verin Shorzha village (Gegharkunik region), the Armenian Defense Ministry reported. YEREVAN, April 5. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani troops used small arms today to fire on Armenian military posts in the vicinity ...
04/05/2024Azerbaijani troops fire on Armenian positions in Gegharkunik and Syunik regions
Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire on Armenian positions on April 1 at 22:00 in the vicinity of Kut village (Gegharkunik region) and on April 2 at 00:40 in the vicinity of Tegh village (Syunik region), the Armenian Defense Ministry said. YEREVAN, April 2. /ARKA/. Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire on Armenian positions on April 1 at 22:00 in ...
04/02/2024Armenian-American metallurgical plant to "move" from Yeraskh to Ararat
The Armenian government will grant AMD 3.5 billion loan to GTB Steel LLC, which plans to build a smelter in the village of Ararat. YEREVAN, January 12. /ARKA/. The Armenian government will grant AMD 3.5 billion loan to GTB Steel LLC, which plans to build a smelter in the village of Ararat. The loan will be provided with an annual interest rate of 8% repayable ...
01/12/2024105 bodies of dead servicemen and civilians recovered in Nagorno-Karabakh
... Emergency Service said in a Facebook post. It said on September 21, the body of a civilian was found in Achapnyak quarter of Stepanakert. On September 22, the employees of the Emergency Service and Interior Ministry found the body of a serviceman near the village of Gaibalishen and the bodies of two dead servicemen were found in Charektar village. On September 23, 68 bodies were evacuated, including 4 civilians from Sarnaghbyur village of Askeran region - 2 were children and the other two- elderly spouses....
09/25/2023Five people, including 3 children, killed by Azerbaijani soldiers in Nagorno-Karabakh village
Seventy-six people lived in the village of Sarnaghbyur of Askeran district in Nagorno-Karabakh before the Azerbaijani attack on September 19, Nagorno-Karabakh human rights defender Gegham Stepanyan said on X. YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Seventy-six people lived in the village ...
09/24/2023Goght Urban Valley modern residential complex worth $100 mln will be built in Armenia.
... summer residence of Armenian kings. Green corner for comfortable life Seventy-five hectares of land are allocated for the construction of comfortable villas and apartment houses, located at an altitude of 1,600 meters above sea level in the historic village of Goght, located between the villages of Garni and Geghard. Goght Urban Valley represents a modern concept of a residential complex where one can live in nature - 80% of the territory will be a green zone. One of the reasons behind this idea,...
09/11/2023Twenty-eight km of ski tracks laid at Myler ski resort
Twenty-eight km of ski tracks of different complexity have already been laid at Myler ski resort, which is under construction in Yegipatrush village in Armenia's province of Aragatsotn, Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan said in a Facebook post after visiting the resort on Saturday. YEREVAN, August 21. /ARKA/. Twenty-eight km of ski tracks of different complexity have already been laid at ...
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