At the beginning of the Yerevan Council of Elders special session today, the newly elected mayor, Hrachya Sargsyan, announced that My Step faction members Hayk Marutyan, a former Yerevan mayor, as well as Pavel Mazmanyan, Lilit Pipoyan and Ruben Hayrapetyan had submitted resignation letters. He also said that My Step faction member Vahe Gevorgyan has …

US President Joe Biden has signed the US defense budget for the 2022 fiscal year, according to a statement posted on the White House website. The defense budget will be $768.2 B dollars, which is by 5% more than in the previous fiscal year, and $25 B more than Biden’s proposal. Item 1302 of the …

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in Russia on a working visit, his office said. Pashinyan is to attend the informal meeting of the CIS leaders in St. Petersburg.

A court in Goris denied today a motion by Goris Mayor Arush Arushanyan’s defense team to release him on a 30-million dram (about US $62,000) bail. The motion was based on the fact that after Lusine Avetyan’s testimony, the risk of obstructing the investigation was significantly reduced, therefore, his Arushanyan can be released from detention. …

As of December 28 (11:00 a.m.) New cases – 109 Tests performed – 6,547 Deaths – 6 —————————————————– Total number of tests performed – 2,5466,866 Total number of confirmed cases – 344,649 Total recovered – 331,027 Patients currently receiving treatment –4,157 Total number of deaths – 7,965      

The eighth round of Iran nuclear talks will start on Monday in Vienna based on a new joint document that incorporates key Iranian demands such as guarantees and verification on the lifting of sanctions, Iran’s foreign minister has said, Al Jazeera reported. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters in the capital Tehran on Monday …

A new page has been opened in history with Azerbaijan’s “liberation” of the Karabakh region, Turkey’s presidential spokesman said Sunday, Anadolu reported Ibrahim Kalin was speaking at a meeting hosted by Turkey’s Ambassador to the US, Hasan Murat Mercan, and Chicago Consul General Engin Türesin. In response to a question on the Armenian lobby’s activities …

Armenia’s economic activity index grew by 13.2% in this November as compared to the same month of the previous year, while it grew by 5.2% in year-to-year comparison, according to the State Statistical Service. The consumer price index, compared to the same month last year, has grown by 9.6%, in year-to-year comparison, and by 1.7% …

Azerbaijan will file two more claims against Armenia in international arbitration, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said. “In 2021, interstate lawsuits and lawsuits between Azerbaijan and Armenia took place for the first time. Work in this direction has already begun, during this year Azerbaijan filed a lawsuit against Armenia to the European Court of Human …

At its extraordinary session convened on December 27, the National Assembly of the Artsakh Republic unanimously adopted a statement regarding its stance on the Karabakh conflict settlement prospects. Below is the text of the statement. “Throughout the chronicle of the Karabakh conflict statements distorting and falsifying the essence of the problem have regularly been circulated, …