Renowned duduk player and composer Jivan Gasparyan has died at the age of 93. Born in Solak, Kotayk Province of Armenia, Gasparyan started to play duduk when he was six. In 1948, he became a soloist of the Armenian Song and Dance Popular Ensemble and the Yerevan Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1947 he participated in a …

France welcomes the release of 15 Armenian captives by Azerbaijan in exchange for mine fields maps, TASS reported quoting the French Foreign Ministry statement. “France welcomes the release of 15 Armenian citizens detained by Azerbaijan, as well as the transfer by Armenia of minefield maps of the Fizuli and Zangelan regions,” the statement said. The …

The number of beneficiaries of the Servicemen Insurance Fund has changed. The families of 81 more hero servicemen killed in the war unleashed by the enemy on September 27 have received compensation, the Soldiers’ Insurance Fund reported.

A passenger plane with 28 people on board that went missing over Kamchatka in Russia’s Far East was located at sea Tuesday. News agencies citing emergency services report contact was lost with the An-26 flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana on the Kamchatka Peninsula when the plane failed to make a scheduled call-in. AP citing the local transportation …

Some 3,655 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 55 new cases; three people died; 2,780 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 6, a total of 1,209,287 tests have been performed in Armenia, 225,661 of them were positive; 217,250 people have recovered, 4,530 have died.

Russia has increased the number of its warships in the Black Sea as the NATO exercises continue. I has added the “Moscow” missile cruiser “Admiral Essen” with “Caliber” cruise missiles. “The flagship  Moscow and the frigate Essen, are crossing the Dardanelles-Bosphorus Strait,” the Russian Navy said on Monday, DW reported. “After arriving in Sevastopol, the …

The head of the village of Karahunj in Syunik Province has been arrested and charged with vote buying, Armenia’s Special Investigations Service reported. According to the Service, he has paid sums equal to about US $200-400 to several residents of the village to vote for the Armenia bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan in the …

The secretary of the Armenian National Security Council, Armen Grigoryan, has had a telephone conversation with CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas. “At the beginning of the conversation, the CSTO Secretary General congratulated the Armenian Government on the success in theJune 20 early parliamentary elections. Then I expressed my concern over some formulations and assessments made …

Azeris continue to destroy the monuments of the Armenian cultural and religious l heritage in the occupied territories of Artsakh. A video has appeared on the Internet, in which an Azeri soldier is shooting at a khachkar (cross stone) in the Hadrut complex. It is apparent the the complex has been  desecrated with various Azerbaijani …