2021_in_Armenia
2021 in Armenia
Individuals and events related to 2021 in Armenia
This is a list of individuals and events related to Armenia in 2021.
- President: Armen Sarkissian
- Prime Minister: Nikol Pashinyan
- Speaker: Ararat Mirzoyan (until 2 August), Alen Simonyan (from 2 August)
Ongoing
January
- 18 January – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Armenia has returned all Azeri prisoners who were captured during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[1]
- 20 January – The Ministry of Health says that Armenia plans to buy COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca for 3% of the country's population.[2]
- 22 January – The Armenian parliament installs Gagik Jahangirian and Davit Khachaturian in the Supreme Judicial Council, after being nominated to fill two vacant seats by the My Step Alliance.[3]
February
- 25 February – Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warns of an attempted military coup against him after the army demands that he and his government resign.[4][5]
March
- 5 March – Armenia forcedly to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 due to lack of attention of Athena Manoukian to participate.[6][7][8]
April
- 24 April – US President Joe Biden officially recognized the Armenian genocide.[9]
- 25 April – Nikol Pashinyan announced his formal resignation to allow snap elections to be held in June, although he remained as acting prime minister in the leadup to the elections.[10]
June
- 20 June – 2021 Armenian parliamentary election: Acting PM Nikol Pashinyan wins the country's snap election, with his Civil Contract party gaining 54% of the vote.[11]
July
- 23 July-8 August – 17 athletes from Armenia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
September
- 21 September – Armenia celebrated its 30th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.[12]
December
- 19 December – Maléna wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Qami Qami".
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group J
- 25 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Liechtenstein v. Armenia[13]
- 28 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Iceland[13]
- 31 March – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Romania[13]
- 2 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: North Macedonia v. Armenia[13]
- 5 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Germany v. Armenia[13]
- 8 September – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Liechtenstein[13]
- 8 October – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Iceland v. Armenia[13]
- 11 October – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Romania v. Armenia[13]
- 11 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. North Macedonia[13]
- 14 November – 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Armenia v. Germany[13]
- 31 March – Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, military leader (b. 1939)
- 6 July – Djivan Gasparyan, musician and composer (b. 1928)
- 29 September – Hayko, singer and songwriter (b. 1973)
Notes
Citations
- Balmforth, Tom; Hovhannisyan, Nvard (18 January 2021). Steve, Orlofsky (ed.). "Russia says all Azeri captives returned under Karabakh deal". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- Hovhannisyan, Nvard (20 January 2021). Evans, Catherine (ed.). "Armenia says to buy AstraZeneca vaccine for 3% of population". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- "Armenian Parliament Approves New Members To Judicial Watchdog Amid Opposition Vote Boycott". Radio Free Europe. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- Hovhannisyan, Nvard; Rodionov, Maxim; Antonov, Dmitry; Balmforth, Tom (25 February 2021). Osborn, Andrew; Heritage, Timothy (eds.). "Thousands rally in Armenia after PM warns of coup attempt". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- Neuman, Scott (25 February 2021). "Armenia's Prime Minister Calls On Supporters To Rally Against A Possible Coup". NPR. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ռ/կ, Ազատություն (5 March 2021). "Հայաստանն այս տարի չի մասնակցի "Եվրատեսիլ" երգի մրցույթին". Radio Free Europe Armenia (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- "Հայաստանը չի մասնակցի "Եվրատեսիլ 2021"–ին. Առաջին ալիքի պարզաբանումը". Tert.am (in Armenian). 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- "Armenia withdraws from Eurovision Song Contest 2021". Eurovision Song Contest. 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- Arakelian, Chris (24 April 2021). "Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day". The White House. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- "Armenian PM Pashinyan resigns to trigger snap election". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- "Armenia election: PM Nikol Pashinyan wins post-war poll". BBC. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- Tootikian, Vahan (21 September 2021). "Hail to the Third Republic of Armenia on its 30th anniversary". The Armenian Weekly. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021.
- Dumitru, Silviu (8 December 2020). "CM 2022, preliminarii: România va debuta acasă împotriva Macedoniei de Nord / Programul complet al Grupei J - Fotbal". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.