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 …

A security guard at the National Assembly prevented journalists from entering the corridor where the offices the ruling faction MPs are situated. The security officer did not give a reasonable explanation just saying that it “is a working zone.” A Civil Party MP Arsen Torosyan, in response to the question why journalists’ entry to that …

The 8th National Assembly of Armenia opened today with the newly-elected MPs swearing in to take office. The text of the oath was read out by Knyaz Hasanov, who chaired the sitting, then the MPs pronounced one word “We swear.” Three political forces are represented in the newly elected parliament: The Civil Contract party, the …

Some 6,251 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 137 new cases; 2 people died; 4,600 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on August 2, a total of 1,350,559 tests have been performed in Armenia, 230,436 of them were positive; 220,130 people have recovered, 4,621 have died.

The death toll from wildfires in Turkey has risen to four as thousands of firefighters battle blazes for a third day in a row after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels. About 70 wildfires have broken out across 17 provinces on the country’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts this week, according to local …

U.S. Congresswoman Katherine Clark said in a statement that “Azerbaijan’s military forces must withdraw from Armenian lands immediately and stop the violence that has already cost multiple lives. This violation of Armenia’s sovereignty is yet another dangerous and provocative action taken by Azerbaijan’s increasingly authoritarian government to undermine any path to peace and stoke further regional …

On July 31, at 6:30 am, Azeri units opened fire at the Armenian positions in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, trying to carry out fortification works using engineering equipment, Armenian Ministry of Defense said in a statement today, adding that after retaliatory actions of the Armenian military, the “enemy’s fire was silenced, the …

Some 6,251 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 230 new cases; 6 people died; 4,511 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 31, a total of 1,340,258 tests have been performed in Armenia, 230,110 of them were positive; 219,864 people have recovered, 4,614 have died.

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels. More than 70 wildfires have broken out this week in provinces on Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts as well as inland …