Armenia Wins World Championship Gold in Shooting as Hayk Minasyan Takes Title
Armenia celebrated a world champion on Monday as Hayk Minasyan took the gold medal in the men’s individual mixed run moving target event at the International Shooting Sport (ISSF) World Championship in Tallinn, Estonia. Minasyan delivered the top performance on the opening day of the competition, scoring 384 points to secure the world title in one of shooting sport’s most technically demanding disciplines. Armenia added another medal later in the day, earning silver in the me
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The World’s Tallest Jesus Statue Is Rising in Armenia, but Its Future Is Uncertain After the Armenian Government Jailed the Project’s Founder
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Nike Bets Big on Armenia With Largest Regional Flagship Store
Photo Credit: KamoBlog Nike has expanded its presence in Armenia with the opening of the region's largest Nike store on Yerevan's Northern Avenue, introducing the same retail concept found in the brand's flagship locations across the United States, Europe and Asia. The new three-story flagship store gives customers in Armenia access to Nike's latest collections alongside exclusive products not available at the company's other locations in the country. In addition to the brand
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Armenian General Jailed in Azerbaijan Urges Pashinyan to Publicly Reject Baku’s 2020 War Claims
An Armenian general imprisoned in Azerbaijan has called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to publicly reject Baku’s accusations that Armenia planned and waged an aggressive war in 2020. Maj. Gen. Davit Manukyan made the appeal in a message sent from prison in Baku and obtained by Pastinfo. He said one of the charges against him centers on the planning, preparation and conduct of the September 2020 war. At the time, Pashinyan was serving as Armenia’s prime minister and command
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