In the first six months of this year, the 1,000 largest taxpayers of Armenia paid AMD 584,440,000,000 (about US $1.2 billion) in taxes, a 9.3% increase compared with the same period of the last year. Gazprom Armenia leads the top ten list (it was the second last year) with more than AMD 28 billion. Zangezur …

Serviceman Aramayis Torozyan and driver Artur Nalbandyan, serving at a military unit in the south-eastern section of the Armenian border, were lost early on July 14 in foggy conditions while performing their duties in a military vehicle. In response to Factor.am’s inquiry, the Minsitry of Defense said that search and rescue operations are still underway …

The trial of Armenian prisoners of war Davit Davtyan and Gevorg Sujyan on fabricated charges continued today in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. The previous court session took place on July 14. They are charged with illegal possession of weapons, creation of armed groups, illegal crossing of the state border and espionage. Sujyan, the …

On July 26, at around 3:30 am, Azerbaijani army units opened fire from different caliber firearms in the direction of the Armenian positions located in the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Ministry of Defense said in a statement. After retaliatory actions of the Armenian positions, the fire was silenced. No victims from the Armenian …

Israel has delivered air strikes at positions of radical groups in the Gaza Strip, Sawt Al-Aqsa radio reported on Sunday. According to the radio station, strikes were delivered at positions of groups affiliated with units of the so-called Palestinian resistance near the cities of Khan Yunis and Gaza. No information about casualties or damages in …

Some 5,049 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 112 new cases; 3 people died; 4,037 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 26, a total of 1,293,032 tests have been performed in Armenia, 228,910 of them were positive. At least 219,168 people have recovered, 4,590 have died.

The United States has launched about a “half-dozen” airstrikes across Afghanistan in the past 30 days, part of an effort to support Afghan security forces attempting to hold the Taliban at bay, VOA reported. A U.S. defense official said  on Thursday that the strikes, most of them carried by U.S. drones, targeted “captured military equipment …

The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned a plan by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot leaders to partially reopen the abandoned resort of Varosha and called for an immediate reversal of the decision, Reuters reported. Turkish Cypriots, backed by Ankara, said on Tuesday that part of Varosha – now a military zone and an area …

The OSCE is concerned about the recent incidents along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border near Yeraskh/Sadarak. In response to Factor.am’s request to voice the organization’s position on Azeri troops opening fire on Armenian positions near Yeraskh (the request was sent before the Gekharkunik incidents), the organization’s Communications and Media Department said: “We urge the parties to remain …

Some 6,527 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 250 new cases; 7 people died; 3,975 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 24, a total of 1,299,599 tests have been performed in Armenia, 228,632 of them were positive; 218,958 people have recovered; 4,584 have died.