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Contributor Diana Saiyan spent nearly a month volunteering in a hospital on the frontlines of the last Karabakh war. The whole time, she recalls, her trainers were constantly soaked with blood. “The most dreadful day was when 30 dead bodies were brought in at once,” said the 22-year-old, who was assigned to a field hospital set up in a school building in Gishi, a village 11 kilometres from Martuni. “The guys unloaded them from the car and we checked their pockets for identity documents. ...

Load more 2021-02-23 23:02:00 Artsakh War Negatively Impacts Pace of Road Construction in Armenia, Says Ministry The 2020 Artsakh war has affected the pace of road construction in Armenia, which has caused the deadline for repair works of a number of road sections to be extended and postponed to 2021. The Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure (MTAI) stated this in response to a written inquiry from Hetq. From September 27 to November 9, no new procurement procedures were in...

Armenia celebrates Book Giving Day on great poet Hovhannes Tumanyan’s birthday Book Giving Day is annually celebrated in Armenia on February 19, the birthday anniversary of renowned Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. The holiday has gained great popularity in the country over the years. Armenia has been celebrating the Book Giving Day since 2008 at the initiative of Levon Ananyan, the late chairman of the Writers Union of Armenia. A number of events will take place at Hovhannes Tumanyan Museu...

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Update Featured pages Opinion Featured pages Attack on the transgender woman in the Tashir Pizza, 13 February 2020 On February 4, 2020, at 6 pm, four transgender people were assaulted at the “Tashir Pizza” food center located in the Northern Avenue, Yerevan city, which resulted in the physical injuries, including a two-sided nose fracture of a transgender woman A.Q...

Minister Wendy Morton to officially open the new British Embassy office in Yerevan | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency 10:33, 16 February, 2021 YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, ARMENPRESS. UK FCDO Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton will make her first visit to Armenia on February 16, visiting the historic capital city of Yerevan and regional centre of Vanadzor, the British Embassy Yerevan reports. During this two-day visit, the Minister will officially open the new British Em...

UK minister for European Neighbourhood Morton pays first official visit to Armenia UK FCDO Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas Wendy Morton will make her first visit to Armenia on Tuesday 16 February, visiting the historic capital city of Yerevan and regional centre of Vanadzor, British Embassy Yerevan reported.  During this two day visit, the Minister will officially open the new British Embassy office in Yerevan with Deputy Foreign Minister Adonts, as a symbol of the strengt...

A holiday event in Yerevan During the first weeks of 2021, the Armenian Missionary Association of America in cooperation with the Evangelical Church of Armenia delivered a message of hope to over 15,600 children, adolescents and their parents during more than 100 Christmas Programs held in 45 towns and villages throughout Armenia and Artsakh. Along with the Good News, over 12,000 children received Christmas Joy packages filled with stationery, educational games, hygiene items and warm hats tha...

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Specialists at the Armenian State Academy of Crisis Management (under Ministry of Emergency Situations) are studying the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles in search and rescue operations.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale. Contribute: Flag as inappropriate. Send your own user report! leave your comment here Tbilisi / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : I felt light shake, which was first weak and then made more high | 5 users found this interesting. 87.7 km WSW of epicenter [Map] / not felt / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : Your system allows me to check "not felt...

Fri, 5 Feb 2021, 15:56 15:56 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR 4.6 quake 5 Feb 7:36 pm (GMT +4) Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Yerevan, Armenia. The tremor was recorded early evening on Friday 5 February 2021 at 7:36 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it. A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Ce...