Given the buildup of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine, NATO responded with the first concrete military action, increasing operational readiness of its 40,000-strong Response Force, according to the Die Welt. The Alliance seeks to protect its Eastern European members, the newspaper writes. According to the move, NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force …

Armenian Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan received on December 22 Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas, on a working visit in Armenia, Ministry of Defense reported. The parties discussed the priority directions of the organization’s activity during Armenia’s presidency in the CSTO. Papikyan stressed that one of Armenia’s priorities will be …

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly around the world, has become prevalent in the United States, US President Joe Biden said in an address to nation. “This is not March 2020. We are ready. We know more [about the virus].” He said. Biden reminded that vaccination centers have been set up …

Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan was fired as Yerevan mayor in a secret ballot at the session of the Council of Elders with 44 members voting for the dismissal and 10 voting against. The first deputy mayor, Hrachya Sargsyan, replaced as mayor. Sargsyan worked for the Ardshinbank between 2014 and 2018 as the head of the …

The President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Valérie Pécresse says that the 2020 Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression against Armenia was a warning for all of Europe. “I think what happened in Armenia was an important warning for Europe, and it would be very wrong for us to underestimate its importance and think that everything that happened …

An informal summit of CIS leaders, which is being prepared for December 28 in St. Petersburg, will be held not online, but face-to-face, Russian President’s Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, TASS reported. “Yes, preparations are underway for a personal meeting of the leaders,” Peskov said. Earlier, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebed had told reporters that …

On December 22, I met with Stanislav Zas, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, who is on a working visit in Armenia, Armenia’s Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan wrote on his Facebook page. “During the meeting, we discussed the programs to be implemented during Armenia’s chairmanship in the CSTO. In this context, we …

A meeting of President Armen Sargsyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place today at the residence of the President. The meeting focused on the current government programs, priorities, as well as the external and internal challenges the country is facing and the ways of overcoming them.

Yerevan has become more important for Tbilisi than it was before, Joni Melikyan, an expert in Georgia, told Factor.am, commenting on the results of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s working visit to Georgia. “This positive change took place due to regional changes that took place after November 2020. A situation has been created that both …

The Investigative Committee of Armenia has said in a statement that as a major investigation has revealed a large-scale money laundering scheme by Gor Davtyan, a member of the Armenian Society for Cultural Relations and Cooperation with Foreign Countries NGO board, Armen Smbatyan, who was the director of AOKS LLC, chairman of the mentioned NGO …