Armenia

March 21, 2026 18:19

• A child died in Yerevan after being beaten by his stepmother.

  A one-year-old child died in a Yerevan medical center, where he was hospitalized in a state of clinical death. His stepmother has been arrested in connection with the beating.

March 21, 2026 16:19

• The investigation denied Garegin II permission to attend the funeral of Ilia II.

  The defense requested permission for Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II to leave Armenia for the funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, but the investigation refused to grant him permission to leave the country.

March 21, 2026 02:30

• More than 34,000 refugees from Karabakh have received Armenian citizenship.

  34,576 refugees from Karabakh have received Armenian citizenship; five thousand people have applied for it since the beginning of the year.

March 20, 2026 01:08

• Human rights activists from various countries have called for an end to the persecution of Georgia's former ombudsman.

  Twenty human rights organizations from 13 countries, including Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, called on the Georgian Dream party to stop pressuring former ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili, who was summoned to the State Security Service after meeting with an expert from the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.

March 20, 2026 00:09

• Pashinyan announced his readiness to send humanitarian aid to Iran.

  Armenia is ready to provide humanitarian aid to Iran if needed, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated. No influx of refugees has been recorded at the Agarak border crossing.

March 18, 2026 17:40

• The war in Iran has caused a rise in prices in Armenia.

  The Armenian Minister of Economy warned of inflationary risks due to the situation in Iran. If military action ends quickly, the consequences are estimated to be short-term, but prices for a number of goods in Armenia have already risen.

March 18, 2026 04:25

• A post about protecting Karabakh's Armenian heritage sparked a thousand-comment discussion.

  Over a thousand comments were left by Facebook* users under a "Caucasian Knot" post about historians' calls to preserve Karabakh's Armenian heritage. The discussion escalated into mutual accusations of vandalism at various points in the region's history and the need for appeals to the international community.

March 17, 2026 08:16

• Activist Sherchenkov held a picket in Yerevan in support of Sidiki.

  Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia demanding the release of Ruslan Sidiki, who was convicted in Russia and complained of torture after his arrest.

March 17, 2026 05:50

• A train carrying diesel fuel was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

  A batch of diesel fuel totaling approximately 4,500 tons was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

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