Some 6,995 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing  692  new cases; 16  people died As of August 28 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,524,481 Confirmed positive cases – 240,953 Deaths – 4,812 Recovered – 225,963 Patients currently receiving treatment – 9,026

The traffic on the Goris-Shurnukh-Kapan section of the M2 interstate road was resumed Kapan Mayor Gevorg Parsyanthat on August 27 at 20:00, Kapan mayor has said. He said that concrete blocks have been placed on the road in Nor Arajadzor sections to slow down the traffic. Russian border guards will control those sections of the …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan today received US Ambassador to Armenia Lynn Tracy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press service said. The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to the Armenian-American cooperation, referring to the continuous support provided by the United States to Armenia. Mirzoyan said consistent steps will be taken to further …

Search operations in Varanda (Fizuli) region today did not yield any results: no body or remains of soldier were found, Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs said. Since the ceasefire was established, 1651 bodies have been evacuated from the occupied territories of Artsakh, two of them yesterday, from the territory adjacent to Norashen community of Hadrut …

“It is impossible for Turkey to take in more refugees,” said Naci Bostancı, the deputy speaker of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly, on Friday in response to questions about the latest events in Afghanistan, the pro-government news site Daily Sabah reported. “Our concern is returning our existing migrants when the appropriate conditions are met,” he said. “This …

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on August 27 met with Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin. Mirzoyan said Armenia would continue to deepen and expand allied relations with Russia in all directions of the interstate agenda. He expressed satisfaction with Russia’s efforts aimed at the implementation of the November 9, 2020 trilateral statement. Speaking about …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has once again distorted the historical facts and once again voiced a territorial claim against Armenia. Speaking at a ceremony of giving apartments and cars to the families of “martyrs” and war handicapped, Aliyev said that the Soviet government had taken Zangezur from Azerbaijan and gave it to Armenia. “Unfortunately, our …

Iran hopes that the latest disputes in the Syunik Province border zones and especially in the Kapan-Goris road section will be resolved in a way that the implementation of the goal of reopening the transportation routes and unblocking won’t be disrupted, the Iranian Embassy in Armenia said in response to an inquiry from ARMENPRESS. The …

President Armen Sargsyan has expressed his condolences on the occasion of the terrorist attacks at Kabul International Airport, the President’s Office said. The message says: “We strongly condemn the terrorist attacks at Kabul international airport, which killed scores of innocent civilians, including the military. Armenia has always spoken out against any terrorist act against humanity, …

UNHCR officials, who visited Latvia, say 83 refugees have disappeared from the Latvia-Belarus border, LETA reported, citing the “I want to help refugees” volunteer organization, EADaily writes. Egil Grassmanis, a spokesman for the organization, expressed concern that 83 people had disappeared from the border on the night of August 23-24, the day the refugee agency …