In the first match of the quarterfinals of the Aimchess US Rapid online tournament, Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian defeated Shahriyar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan 3-1. The second match will take place today. All Aronian needs is a draw to get to the semifinals.

Some 7,462 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 615 new cases; 13 people died; 9,443 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of July 26, a total of 1,547,898 tests have been performed in Armenia, 242,750 of them yielded positive results. At least 227,293 people have recovered, 4,857 have died.

Russia calls on the return of Armenian prisoners of war without preconditions during contacts with Azerbaijan at various levels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Moscow. He said that the trilateral statement on November 9 referred to the prisoners of war who were …

At his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the bilateral relations with Armenia full. “It’s the economy, the investments, the security sphere, we are allies in the CSTO, as well as in the humanitarian, scientific, educational spheres,” he said. He added that Russia is interested in the continuation …

Lt Col Arsen Ghazaryan, accused of surrendering the villages of Khtsaberd and Hin Tagher in the Hadrut region and responsible for the capture by the Azeri military of 62 Armenian troops, will not be detained, Ghazaryan’s lawyer Vahan Hovhannisyan told Factor.am. Lt Col Ghazaryan has been charged with several articles of the Criminal Code, such …

The tension in the South Caucasus continues because of the destructive policy of Azerbaijan, which fails to fulfill the provisions of the tripartite statement of November 9 on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.“Stability in our region is …

The European Court of Human Rights today recognized the violation by the Republic of Armenia of the right of former Armenian Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanyan to freedom of assembly and association. Arzumanyan’s attorneys filed a lawsuit with the ECHR in 2009, demanding that the court recognize the violated rights of Arzumanyan, convicted in the “Case …

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be on a short vacation from August 31 to September 3, which he will spend in Armenia, his office said. His duties will be carried out by Deputy Prime Minister Suren Papikyan.

Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it would hold naval drills in the Caspian Sea with small missile and artillery ships from Iran, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in early September. The ARMI-2021 Sea Cup, which is being held in Iran for the first time (Azerbaijan has been the host country for the past few years), involves …