A U.S. delegation headed by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has visited the Azerbaijani occupied territories of Artsakh, in particular, the Kovsakan (Zangelan region) of Artsakh. The visit was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, to familiarize with the “smart village” project The project will be implemented with five components: housing sector, production, social …

Athlete Artur Davtyan became a bronze medalist of the 32nd Summer Olympic Games, winning the first medal for Armenia in these games. In the vault final, Davtyan scored 14,733 points (first jump – 14,800 points, second – 14,666), recording the third result. South Korean Xin Jehuan (14,783 points) won the title of Olympic champion, and …

The search for the bodies of the killed servicemen with the participation of the Defense Army servicemen continued on August 2 in Varanda (Fizuli) region, Artsakh Defense Army said. As a result, bodies of four servicemen were found and evacuated. Their identity will be confirmed after the forensic examination. Since the ceasefire was established, 1623 …

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan, on the proposal of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, has appointed several members of the cabinet. Romanos Petrosyan was appointed  Minister of Environment, Arshak Karapetyan has been appointed Minister of Defense, and Narek Mkrtchyan has been  appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs. Suren Papikyan was appointed  Deputy Prime Minister.

At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Greco-Roman wrestler Artur Aleksanyan, representing Armenia in the 97 kg weight category, defeated his Iranian opponent in the semifinals with a score of 4: 1 and reached the final. Aleksanyan seemed to get injured during the match, but after the intervention of the doctors he continued the fight …

“In an immediate response, the European Commission has already helped mobilize 1 Canadair plane from Croatia and 2 Canadairs from Spain. These firefighting aeroplanes are part of rescEU, the European reserve of civil protection assets,” the European Commission said in a statement. “The EU stands in full solidarity with Turkey at this very difficult time. …

The Ministry of Health’s National Center for Control and Prevention of Diseases, the Armenian-Russian Slavonic University and the Institute of Molecular Biology of the National Academy of Sciences have carried out molecular genetic testing of COVID-19 PCR positive samples. “In 4 out of 30 samples taken, the British variant was found, and in 25 – …

On July 31, at around 11:30 am, as a result of a search operation, the body of Pargev Margaryan, 23, was found 2.5 km away from the permanent location of his military unit on the northern section of the border, Artsakh Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The statement said the ministry “shares the …

My Step MP Vladimir Vardanyan, referring to the observation of Armenia  bloc MP Armen Rustamyan that the rules have been violated, as members of the bloc Artur Sargsyan and Mkhitar Zakaryan are under arrest, emphasized that the NA cannot influence the justice system. He urged to follow the calls of the Catholicos of All Armenians, …

A Baku court sentenced today Armenian prisoners of war Lyudvig Mkrtchyan and Alyosha Khosrovyan to 20 years in prison each. They were found guilty of apparently fabricated charges of torturing Azerbaijani prisoners of war in the first Artsakh war and other crimes. Earlier, their attorney asked the court to prosecute them under Article 318 of …