According to the Heritage Foundation economic freedom index, in 2021 Armenia ranks 32nd among 178 countries, improving its position by 2 points  compared to the previous year, the Armenian Ministry of Economy has said. Armenia’s economic freedom score is 71.9, making its economy the 32nd freest in the 2021 Index. Its overall score has increased …

As reported earlier, the negotiations on the unblocking of the Karmrakar-Shurnukh and Goris-Vorotan road sections have resumed. However, Syunik Lt Governor Karo Avanesyan told Factor.am that the Azerbaijani side did not want to hold talks with the Armenian side, so the Russians also joined the talks. “As of 16:12, the trilateral talks have resumed,” he …

In an interview with The New York Times, his first with a news organization since his arrest in January, Mr. Navalny talked about his life in prison, about why Russia has cracked down so hard on the opposition and dissidents, and about his conviction that “Putin’s regime,” as he calls it, is doomed to collapse. Navalny says …

Negotiations on unblocking the Karmrakar-Shurnukh and Goris-Vorotan road sections have resumed, Syunik Lieutenant Governor Narek Babayan told Factor.am, adding that he has no news at what stage the negotiation process currently is. Kapan mayor Gevorg Parsyan told us that the talks had resumed as of 15:51 ․”The Armenian side was waiting for the Azeris side …

Georgia has seen a record number of Covid–19 death: 79 patients died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours alone, according to the stopcov.ge website, Georgia Online reported. Today, 4,218 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in the country, 5,611 patients have recovered. The number of deaths from coronavirus in Georgia has reached 7,028.

Anne Louyot has been appointed new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia to replace Jonathan Lacote, French Embassy said. Ambassador Louyot has served in various diplomatic positions since 1989. She speaks English, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian and Portuguese

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense has issued a statement confirming that soldier Jabil Babayev has crossed the border into Artsakh and is on the Armenian side. The statement said Babayev has voluntarily left the psychiatric ward of Gandzak (Ganja) hospital and that a criminal case has been filed against him. The statement, however, stops short …

British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey told the BBC on Thursday there was “very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack” at the airport, possibly within “hours.” Heappey conceded that people are desperate to leave and “there is an appetite by many in the queue to take their chances, but the reporting of this threat …

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in the National Assembly that the number of casualties Armenia suffered in the 44-day Artsakh war is 3,777, of which 3,702 are military personnel and 75 are civilians, the whereabouts of 243 servicemen are unknown. “I am making public the numbers confirmed by death certificates,” Pashinyan said. Speaking on …

Azeri troops have just blocked the road between Goris and Vorotan in Syunik province Armenia’s Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan wrote. “This is an interstate road that ensures the normal movement of the civilian population and is directly connected with the normal life of the people. These criminal acts of the Azerbaijani armed forces violate …