Three bodies with gunshot wounds were found at one of the military units located in southern Armenia on August 19, Ministry of Defense said today in a statement. They were identified as privates Murad Muradyan, 19, Rafaeli Harutyunyan, 19, and  Gor Sahakyan, 19. The statement said that the circumstances of the incident are investigated.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed Armen Grigoryan as secretary of the Security Council. Grigoryan held the position since May 2018 before he was appointed first deputy foreign minister.

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan has appointed  Ararat Mirzoyan Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this appointment, Ararat Mirzoyan was the speaker of the 7th National Assembly. Mirzoyan was born in Yerevan on November 23, 1979. He graduated from Yerevan State University, Faculty of History in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree, and was granted a master’s degree …

Some 7,514 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 559 new cases; 11 people died As of August 19 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,461,464 Confirmed positive cases – 236,443 Deaths – 4,727 Recovered – 223,227 Patients currently receiving treatment – 6,923

Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has fired First Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Grigoryan.

During his visit to Nakhchivan, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Lee Litzenberger said Azerbaijani-American relations are based on three pillars: security, economy and energy, human rights and legal regulation are related to it. “The United States intends to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan, including Nakhichevan, in all the areas I have mentioned,” he said. “For example, we …

On her Facebook page, Armenian Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan has urged citizens to get vaccinated, saying that out of 64 sequenced samples, 51 were Delta variant, and nine others the British variant.

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit northern Armenia today at 13:41 local time. The epicenter of the quake was 14 km north-east of Bavra village close to the Armenian-Georgian border. The quake was also felt in Saragyugh village of Shirak region with a magnitude of 3.

A dozen Belarusian officers in riot gear illegally crossed into Lithuanian territory on Tuesday while pushing a group of 35 Iraqi migrants over the border, Lithuania’s border guard service said, Reuters reported. Lithuania, a member of the European Union, accuses Belarus of deliberately flying in Iraqi migrants to Minsk and then ferrying them over the …

“The soldiers of the Defense Army were removed from the borders of Yeghtsahogh village, and then Russian troops came, stayed for an hour, put their flag in the positions,” Yeghtsahogh village mayor Artak Hakobyan told Factor.am. Yeghtsahogh, Hin Shen and Mets Shen are among the villages in the Shushi region that remained under Armenian control …