The Armenian Army was born and formed in the heroic fights of our modern liberation struggle. It restored the glory and reputation of our soldiers had had starting from ancient imperial times up to Sardarapat, to the Second World War where the brave sons of our people, starting from Marshals, Generals to soldiers, wrote their names in the pages of the history of the Great Victory with golden letters.
President Armen Sarkissian, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan, joined by Cabinet members, other officials and Catholicos Garegin II, visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon on the occasion of Army Day to pay homage to the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for the independence of their country.
The arsenal and capabilities required for the military to carry out its mission on a high level have been increased, Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters.
ilot of the helicopter that crashed in the city of Calabasas, California, killing 9 people on board, including US basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, was Ara Zobayan of an Armenian descent, CBS Los Angeles reported.
Starting from January 29 the nighttime cold weather will greatly mitigate in Armenia, Gagik Surenyan, head of the meteorological center of the Hydromet Service, said on Facebook.
Armenia’s Embassy in China is taking steps to establish direct contact with the Armenian citizens who are currently in China, the Armenian foreign ministry said in a statement posted on Facebook.
Police are currently conducting negotiations with the gunman inside the Erebuni Plaza Business Center in downtown Yerevan.
A gunshot was fired at 18:30, January 21 in the direction of Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction Judge Tatevik Grigoryan’s office in Yerevan, police said.
Today at around 1:15 p.m. contractual serviceman Artur Nalbandyan (born in 1980) died in an accident that took place in the maintenance station of one of the military units of the Defense Army of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) stationed in the northern direction, as reported the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh.
The trailer of Armenian-American reality TV superstar Kim Kardashian West’s documentary titled “The Justice Project” is already available. The documentary is about the US prison system.
