Former Armenian Ambassador to the United States Varuzhan Nersesyan had a farewell telephone conversation with US Senator Bob Menendez to thank him for the support to Armenia and Artsakh. The ambassador wrote about this on his microblog. This morning I had a farewell call with Chairman Senator Menendez. I thanked him for his outstanding support …

During the search operations carried out in Mataghis, the rescuers of the State Emergency Service found and evacuated the body of one Armenian soldier, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. His identity will be confirmed after a forensic examination. Thus, from November 13, 2020 to July 27, 2021,  a total of 1,616 remains were found.

The U.S. President Joe Biden prolonged the moratorium on prohibition of deliveries to Azerbaijan of the military equipment and the weapon at the end of April. Previously Baku could not benefit from the opportunity of purchasing of armament from Washington according to the Section 907 amendment of the Freedom Support Act of the U.S. Congress, …

The Criminal Court of Appeal ruled to reject the defense lawyers’ appeal against the detention of Kajaran Mayor Manvel Paramazyan, Yervand Varosyan, the mayor’s lawyer, told Factor.am. “Mr. Paramazyan understands very well what is happening, there was nothing surprising for him. Naturally, it was expected in the case of Judge Armen Danielyan, if it was …

Six measures were implemented, Artak Harutyunyan, the head of the Integrated Social Services Department of the Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, told a news conference today. The first measure concerns the compensation of the damage caused to the real estate of the Armenian citizens as a result of the hostilities in Armenia adding …

Russia and Turkey do not have disagreements on the Nagorno Karabakh issue, they cooperate effectively, Professor Hasan Unal of Istanbul’s Maltepe University said in an interview with Lenta.ru “As for Karabakh, in my opinion, there is no disagreement here. The two countries performed very well during the conflict, and the result even benefited the relations …

It’s Azerbaijan, not Armenia, that obstructs the complete implementation of the 2020 November 9 and the 2021 January 11 statements signed by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry told ARMENPRESS, responding to the statements of Azerbaijani foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov. Question: During a joint press conference with the Foreign Minister of Serbia, …

A violent hailstorm has brought traffic to a halt on one of Italy’s main highways, injuring a number of people and smashing car windows, Sky News reported. The storm hit part of the northern stretch of the road between Milan and Naples, which runs for almost 500 miles. Hundreds of cars were pelted with hail, …

A Karabakh Defense Army serviceman was fatally wounded on July 26 while carrying out combat duty. The preliminary investigation launched immediately after the incident has revlealed that Sargis Grigoryan has fired a single shot in his chest from an AK automatic rifle. The investigation continues. The Armenian Ministry of Defense said in a statement it …

The Human Rights Defender received complaints in 2019 that there were a number of problems with the admission of children to a public educational institution near their place of residence. Although these issues have been partially resolved, in 2020 complaints continued to be addressed to the Human Rights Defender’s staff, the Human Rights Defender’s Office …