By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 30 — Armenia needs to renew its offered tourist services, Bekor Papazian, head of the National Competitiveness Fund of the Republic of Armenia, said. “We must not be satisfied only with cultural and historical tourism. Using this facilities we must offer other services, adventure tourism, for instance, as Armenia is [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 23– In January-June the average market prices for apartments in Yerevan increased by 1.3 percent per 1 square meter compared with the same period in 2009, according to the report of the State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre of Armenia. According to the Cadastre, in the first six months of [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 28 — The International Finance Corporation (IFC) managed to increase investment rates in the Republic of Armenia from $5 million to $35 million in 2010, which, according to Lars Thunnell, the IFC executive Vice President and CEO, is a rather significant growth. “Our aim is not only to keep this [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 27 — Armenia will receive about $53 million from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Alexander Kalantarian, specialist on foreign relations of the coordinating office of IFAD-Armenia joint programs, informed the Armenian news agency ARKA. The funds will be used for the restoration of agricultural infrastructures and for the [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 3–The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem will help to establish stability in the South Caucasus, thinks the Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu. “The settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is needed to turn the Caucasus into a peaceful, stable and prosperous region,” he said during his visit to the [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 2–Azerbaijan confirms that yesterday two Azerbaijani soldiers died as a result of the armed confrontation on the contact line between Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said that on August 31, there was an organized diversionary attack from the Armenian side, as a result of which two Armenian [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 3 — The first orphanage of Holy Etchmiadzin opened at the compound of the Armenian church St. Gayane on September 2 in the presence of the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the press office of Holy Ejmiadzin informs. The building of the orphanage was completely renovated through the funding [...]

By Eva Sahakyan   YEREVAN, September 1 — On August 31 the Armenian President Serge Sarkisian had a meeting with Armenian school children, among them were medalists, laureates of various international Olympiads and winners of the international mathematical competition Kangaroo. During the meeting Sarkisian mentioned three main qualities that each Armenian president should possess. “I [...]

By Raffi Hovannisian YEREVAN–The second anniversary of blitzkrieg between Russia and Georgia underscores the unresolved geopolitical undercurrents in this region among the seas.  Landlocked by the forces of history from the Caspian, the Black and the Mediterranean, Armenia’s pivotal position remains encircled by a neighborhood in strategic turmoil. The inherent jeopardy flowing from Turkey’s now [...]

Recent news about Armenian tourists being beaten and murdered in Turkey has fostered dialogue on whether Armenians should vacation in Turkey. Regardless of the moral dimension of this argument, it is a disservice to Armenian citizens to not educate and make them aware of the risks they face while traveling to Turkey. This article contains [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 3 — The cross on the dome of the Armenian church Surb Khach will not be put in place before the liturgy on September 19 because of technical problems. The governor of Van mentioned that installing the 200 kg cross is difficult enough, Archbishop Aram Ateshian, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 2 — The poster of the Turkish film “The Wolves Valley Trap” represents the division of Turkey into three parts in 2023 in American, European and Israeli variants, the Armenian news agency News.am writes. According to a report published by News.am, a considerable part of historic Armenia is shown as [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 1 — The expeditions in the ancient Armenian city Tigranakert turned out to be very lucrative as archeologists managed to make serious advances, Hamlet Petrosian, head of the Artsakh (Karabakh) expeditions of the Armenian Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, told journalists. According to five him prototypes of Irish High Crosses [...]

By Victoria Vardanyan YEREVAN, August 26– A joint statement by one of the most famous Armenian musicians, Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan and Turkish folk singer Yavuz Bingol, revealed that a concert scheduled to be given on September 1 in Istanbul, Turkey was cancelled. According to Hürriyet Daily News, Gasparyan said that the Organizing Committee [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 2 — On Wednesday the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini arrived in Armenia to take part in the opening ceremony of the new technical center for Armenian national soccer teams. In 2007, Platini laid down the foundations of the construction of the center located [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, August 3–The first Youth Summer Olympic Games will be held in Singapore on August 14-26. It will host more than 3,500 young athletes, aged between 14 and 18, who will compete in 184 events in 26 sports. Fourteen young athletes from Armenia will also take part in the Olympic games and [...]