President Armen Sarkissian has formalized a recommendation by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on awarding a posthumous Medal of Combat Service to Senior Sergeant Mushegh Abovyan.
On October 4, at 07:05 local time (at 03:05 by GMT) the RA MES Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network registered an earthquake at the northern latitude of 40.040 and eastern longitude of 43.920 geographic coordinates (5 km north-east from Ashotsk village, Armenia) with 2.8 magnitude and 10 km depth.
US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy has visited the National Security Service’s Border Troops.
Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan has terminated all contracts with Sanitek, the waste management operator which was in charge of sanitation in the Armenian capital.
Just one year ago, on October 1, the world lost great singer, composer, poet and actor Charles Aznavour (Vaghinak Aznavuryan).
A Russian travel and tourism center has included Yerevan in its Top 10 List of Cities to visit in autumn.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan left a note in the condolence book opened in honor of former French President Jacques Chirac.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is confident Armenia can become a regional electrical energy hub which will unite the common market of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran’s energy system, the PM said this in his opening remarks at the two-day international forum “The transit potential of the Eurasian continent” launched in Yerevan.
After a busy day of official meetings and negotiations in Yerevan, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has toured the Armenian capital Sunday night.
Several saved endangered species of birds have been released into the wild in Armenia after successfully passing a rehabilitation process, the Nature Protection and Subsoil Inspectorate said.