The local elections of Gyumri will take place on October 17. Other than the newly formed Gyumri Can bloc, no other political force has said it would participate in the election. The ruling party has not yet made a political decision on the candidate. Many of the CP members state in unofficial conversations that the …

Some 6,559 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 537 new cases; six people died As of August 24 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,495,669 Confirmed positive cases – 238,422 Deaths – 4,768 Recovered – 224,719 Patients currently receiving treatment – 7,787

Citing Telegram channels, several Armenian online media outlets have reported that the enemy has tried to advance near Lake Sev and that the situation is quite tense. Col. Samvel Asatryan of the General Staff has denied the reports as false. “All these rumors are spread by Azerbaijani channels, trying to cause panic among the public,” …

The leaders of the CSTO member states discussed possible ways to respond to the situation in Afghanistan, TASS has quoted the organization’s Secretary General Stanislav Zas as saying. The leaders agreed to further strengthen security measures in connection with the situation in Afghanistan, he said. The promise of the Taliban to form a coalition government …

Azerbaijani servicemen will take part in regular military exercises in Turkey, the Turkish Ministry of Defense has tweeted. “We continue to be a united fist – One nation, two states. Our brothers from the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have arrived in Gallipoli under the Brotherhood Brigade program,” the note reads. No other details are reported about …

The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated in connection with the murder of three servicemen continues in the Military Investigation Department of the Investigation Committee. The Committee said a number of essential circumstances of the incident were revealed, and information was obtained that the head of the post was also invovled in the incident. …

A new contract with Turkey on the delivery of Russian-made S-400 medium-to-long-range anti-aircraft missile systems may be signed soon, CEO of the state arms exporter Rosoboronexport (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) Alexander Mikheyev said at the Army-2021 international military-technical forum said on Monday. “The consultations continue and are at the final stage. We …

In an interview with the Azerbaijani Report news agency, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has blamed Armenia for the border tension. “We are monitoring the incidents and the regular shelling incidents by the units of the Armenian Armed Forces. We are following all the events,” Akar said. He noted that intensive discussions are being held …

The Criminal Court of Appeal ruled today in favor of the Prosecutor General’s Office request to detain Armen Charchyan, a member of the Armenia bloc and former director of the Izmirlian Medical Center. On July 21, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan ruled to sustain the request by Charcyhan’s defense attorney to release him …

The circulating information that the population is supposed to be evacuated from the border zone of Tavush province is not true, the provincial administration says. According to it, in the new edition of the governor’s August 19, 2021 decree regarding the evacuation plan of the population from the dangerous areas of Tavush, the names of …