The Court of Appeals has ruled to sustain prosecution’s appeal in Ruben Vardazaryan’s case. The appeal was filed after the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction ruled on May 31, 2021 in favor of Ruben Vardazaryan, the president of Armenia’s Supreme Judicial Council, who was temporarily suspended at the time. The court had explained …

Some 4,458 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 140 new cases; three people died As of August 9 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,395,508 Confirmed positive cases – 232, 297 Deaths – 4,653 Recovered – 221,407 Patients currently receiving treatment – 5,110

Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas has arrived in Armenia on a working visit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. He will have meetings with the political and military leadership of Armenia. He is scheduled to meet with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Defense Minister Arshak Karapetyan on August 9-10. He has …

The 10th Agile Spirit multinational exercise hosted by Georgia, involving 2,500 troops from 15 NATO allied and partner countries, have ended. Agile Spirit, which is a Georgian Defence Forces and US Army Europe and Africa cooperatively-led, joint multinational brigade-level exercise, was held between July 26 and August 6. It covered a simulated command post exercise, …

Starting August 6 Eurowings will be offering non-stop flights to Armenia: The airline is launching a new direct connection and will fly its passengers from Cologne/Bonn to the Armenian capital Yerevan for the first time. Every Friday, an Airbus A320 takes off for Armenia at 2.20 pm, arriving at 8.40 pm. The return flight departs …

Some 6,492 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 298 new cases; five  people died As of August 7 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,385,302 Confirmed positive cases – 231, 923 Deaths – 4,641 Recovered – 221,043 Patients currently receiving treatment – 5,115

The United Nations calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to show restraint amid the ongoing clashes on the border of the two countries, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said during a briefing on Friday, TASS reports. “We continue to call on the sides to show restraint, refrain from taking actions aimed at escalating …

As of 18:00 on August 6, the situation at the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border has stabilized. Azeri units started shooting at the Armenian positions at noon. Armenian troops  opened retaliatory fire to silence the enemy. The Armenian Ministry of Defense said there were no victims from the Armenian side.

A 2.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Armenian-Georgian border area on Friday at 16։49. The earthquake, registered by the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations’ seismic service, was felt in Norashen-Sarchapet villages of Lori province.