An earthquake was registered in the territory of Armenia at 15:29, ARMENPRESS reports the website of the Mediterranean Seismological Center informs that the epicenter of the eartquake was 12 kms south from Yerevan at a depth of 2 km with a magnitude of 4.7.
During the war, all Armenians of Armenia and the Diaspora stood united as one and helped their homeland — Artsakh and Armenia — every day and every hour. Foreigners and international organizations also extended a helping hand.
Converse Bank is presented with the prestigious “Deal of the Year – Green Trade 2019” award by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under its Green Trade Facilitation Programme (Green TFP) for “encouraging best practices in industrial water efficiency in Armenia, with a water-savings impact equivalent to the annual water consumption of 220 Armenian households”.
Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan has made a statement, noting that the presence of the Azerbaijani armed servicemen in the communities or on the roads connecting the communities of Syunik Province, moreover, any of their movement through that roads must be ruled out.
Azerbaijani authorities have barred a group of Armenian Christian pilgrims from entering the Dadivank monastery, demanding that from now on they should receive a manifest listing the identities of pilgrims beforehand.
In an interview with Tert.am, former President of the Nagorno-Karbakh (Artsakh) Republic Bako Sahakyan elaborated on the relationship between the governments of his country and Armenia in the context of the unresolved Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Pope Francis says he follows the developments in the South Caucasus with particular attention.
Italy is denying Azeri media reports on having invited Azerbaijan to take part in the 2021 G20 Rome summit.
About a hundred years ago, in the village of Petrovichi near the Russian-Belarusian border, a baby was born in the Jewish family of Azimovs. The parents named their son Isaac. The exact date of his birth is unknown; it was sometime between October 1919 and early 1920. Nevertheless, the family, which arrived on RMS Baltic from the newborn Soviet Russia to New York on February 3, 1923, gave as the official birthday of the eldest of their three children January 2, 1920 and altered “z” for “s” in his name. Isaac Asimov later became so famous that he is known all over the world.
The Defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) has released the names of 52 more Armenian servicemen killed in the battles for the fatherland’s defense.