Author: The Armenian Report

Today Armenia celebrated International Women’s Day, also known as March 8. The Armenian Report team went out to Yerevan to capture the festivities — where we spotted men buying fresh garden Spring flowers for the women in their life. We even spotted an Armenian celebrity, world famous weightlifter Simon Martirosyan. To our surprise, we also saw dogs in costumes. History of International Women’s Day: When women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. But Soviet Armenia officially began celebrating March 8 since 1921. After Armenia’s Independence in 1991, there were attempts to remove…

How children in Gyumri, Armenia celebrated International Children’s Day during a global pandemic. One kid says he dreams of getting a Playstation, while the other boy asks for a microscope. They also wished Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan a happy birthday. The Armenian Report has hired reporter in Armenia thanks to our monthly donors to help us get stories from the locals in the motherland. Consider becoming a monthly donor — donorbox.org/thearmenianreport ® 2020  The Armenian Report. All Rights Reserved source

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ARMENIA’S FIRST DAUGHTER — Mariam Pashinyan. Mariam is the eldest daughter of Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Nikol Pashinyan successfully led a peaceful revolution in a corrupt, post soviet country. He woke an entire nation and its diaspora. Nowadays there’s immense interest for Armenia from Armenians and non-Armenians around the world. Whatever is happening in Armenia, we want to know! And what a lot of young Armenians want to know is, who is Mariam Pashinyan? Mariam is 20-years-old and a recent college graduate. She was studying abroad during the Velvet Revolution and returned back to a…