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16 February 2021 • 09:51 AMT
Bitcoin closing in on $50,000

Bitcoin hit $49,938 and has gained roughly 70% this year, most of that after Tesla said it bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin.

16 February 2021 • 09:43 AMT
Antarctic sponges discovered under the ice shelf perplex scientists

Such animals aren’t expected to live in these extreme locations, because they are so far from sunlight and any obvious source of food.

16 February 2021 • 09:25 AMT
Russian border guards upping presence in Armenia’s south

The Russian troops are now placed on round-the-clock duty at the observation post, the Syunik authorities said.

16 February 2021 • 08:51 AMT
Report on Azerbaijan’s failure to return Armenian POWs sent to UN

The report specifically mentions that the Azerbaijani authorities are politicizing the issue of the repatriation of the POWs.

16 February 2021 • 08:18 AMT
Russia delivers humanitarian aid to Karvachar for Azerbaijan

The Russian Defense Ministry said the deliveries will be used to “restore power and water supply systems.”

16 February 2021 • 07:51 AMT
Armenia reports daily Covid-19 cases of 136

A total of 3075 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

16 February 2021 • 07:22 AMT
Congo boat disaster leaves at least 60 dead and hundreds missing

Minister Steve Mbikayi said more than 700 people had been aboard the vessel but that only 300 survivors had been found so far.

16 February 2021 • 06:57 AMT
UK European Neighborhood Minister due in Armenia on February 16

During her two day visit to the country, Wendy Morton will officially open the new British Embassy office in Yerevan.

16 February 2021 • 06:34 AMT
New Covid variant with worrying mutations found in 11 countries

The team say the variant contains a number of mutations that have worried researchers, including the E484K mutation to the spike protein.

15 February 2021 • 14:52 AMT
Yerevan to host Shushi Carpet Museum exhibition from Feb. 20

The oldest exhibit is 350 years old. Narek Van Ashughatoyan will be curating the exhibition.

15 February 2021 • 14:23 AMT
Iran entrepreneurs say they are interested in doing business in Armenia

The guests said they were interested in doing investments and running economic activities in Armenia, the Embassy said.

15 February 2021 • 14:05 AMT
Armenian Foreign Minister to travel to Moscow on February 17

During his trip, Ara Aivazian will meet his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

15 February 2021 • 13:52 AMT
Armenia: Azeri border troops fire shots into the air

The Armed Forces and the border troops of the NSS continue controlling the situation along the border, the Defense Ministry says.

15 February 2021 • 13:28 AMT
Official: 105,000-110,000 people currently live in Karabakh

Artak Beglaryan said no more than 10,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have made the decision to not return home.

15 February 2021 • 13:06 AMT
WHO Wuhan mission finds signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

The lead investigator for the WHO mission said the mission had found several signs of the more wide-ranging 2019 spread.

15 February 2021 • 11:36 AMT
Sarkissian returns to Armenia after Covid-19 treatment in London

The Armenian President had traveled to London to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.

15 February 2021 • 11:02 AMT
Armenian Genocide Institute condemns desecration of Holocaust memorial

The monument was spray-painted with the names of Israeli-made weapons that were used to target civilians in Karabakh.

15 February 2021 • 09:42 AMT
Gates says solving Covid pandemic easy compared with climate

Gates’s new book, “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”, is a guide to tackling global warming.

15 February 2021 • 08:59 AMT
Karabakh rescue teams to continue search for bodies in Hadrut

Since November 13, the Nagorno-Karabakh rescue teams have found the bodies and remains of 1378 people.

15 February 2021 • 08:07 AMT
Covid-19: Armenia infections grew by 88 in the past day

A total of 2802 tests have been performed in the past day, the National Center For Disease Control and Prevention said.

15 February 2021 • 07:54 AMT
Footage proves Azeri troops firing shots near Armenian villages

Arman Tatoyan said the distance from where the shots were fired to the village of Agarak is just one kilometer.

15 February 2021 • 07:22 AMT
Karabakh pilgrims visit Dadivank a week after being barred by Azeris

The medieval Armenian monastery came under Azerbaijan’s control following the 44-day war in Karabakh in fall 2020.

15 February 2021 • 06:46 AMT
San Francisco’s oldest resident, Armenian Lucy Mirigian dies at 114

Mirigian, who lived with her daughter and son-in-law in the same Balboa Park house she bought in 1950, died on February 12

15 February 2021 • 06:30 AMT
Guinea declares first Ebola outbreak in years

Health officials have traced this latest outbreak to a funeral at the beginning of February for a nurse from a rural health facility.

13 February 2021 • 12:33 AMT
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles Armenia

The earthquake occurred 8 km southeast of Yerevan, Armenia at 3:29 pm local time on Saturday, February 13.

13 February 2021 • 11:25 AMT
Karabakh, Armenian, Russian, Azeri officials meet to discuss war prisoners

According to the spokesperson, the return of POWs, the search for the missing and other humanitarian questions were discussed.

13 February 2021 • 10:46 AMT
Tatoyan: War left 100,000 displaced, 72 civilians killed, 40,000 homeless

According to the Ombudsman’s office, more than 100,000 civilians were displaced from their homes during the war.

13 February 2021 • 09:38 AMT
Karabakh: Russian peacekeepers have cleared 1360 hectares from mines

Since the deployment of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, some 24,300 explosive objects have been discovered and cleared.

13 February 2021 • 09:12 AMT
Azeri troops seize 173 sheep from Armenian shepherd, fail to return one

It was only after negotiations that the Azerbaijani soldiers returned all but one of the sheep they had taken.

13 February 2021 • 08:46 AMT
Serj Tankian documentary to premiere on February 19

Ahead of the documentary’s premiere, Oscilloscope has released a clip where Tankian is seen exploring Los Angeles’ Little Armenia.