The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will take place today in the capital of Japan. According to the Xinhua news agency, the planes carried out an air show ahead of the opening ceremony of the games. According to the BBC Russian service, among the official guests are US First Lady Jill Biden and Emanuel …

Speaking to the local AzTV, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said they continue to strengthen their position on the border with Armenia. Aliyev said the Azerbaijani armed forces would not leave the Armenian territory, reiterating territorial claims. “Charles Michel called the border areas disputable during his visit to Yerevan. I do not agree with that expression, …

Some 18,087 real estate transactions were registered in June, which is by about 2,000 more than those registered in May 2020, according to the Cadaster Committee data. Transactions registered in June exceed those registered in the same month of the previous year. The difference is 3,673 deals or an increase of 25%. In June 2021, …

Some 5,656 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 221 new cases; 4 people died; 3,894 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 22, a total of 1,293,032 tests have been performed in Armenia, 228,382 of them were positive. At least 218,796 people have recovered, 4,579 have died.

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered another ruling against Azerbaijan. The court stated that Azerbaijan tortured and deprived of liberty Artur Badalyan, an Armenian citizen, who had accidentally crossed to the territory of Azerbaijan. The European Court ordered Azerbaijan to pay him applicant EUR 30,000 in damages. According to the case, on May …

Azerbaijan risks significant economic shocks in the future if it continues to rely heavily on oil and gas as the main pillar of its economy, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns. The post-Soviet development of Azerbaijan’s substantial energy reserves, and the construction of new pipelines to transport them to European markets, …

French President Emmanuel Macron will hold an extraordinary defense Cabinet meeting Thursday dedicated to cybersecurity in the aftermath of reports his phone number was possibly targeted with Pegasus spyware by a Moroccan intelligence service, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced on France Inter Thursday, Politico reported. An international consortium of media outlets led by French journalism …

The National Security Service agents raided today the building of the Criminal Court of Appeals and confiscated several computers. The reason, according to a Factor.am source is the criminal case initiated in the NSS over the practice of assigning cases to judges. The NSS agents have also confiscated the computer that assigns cases randomly. When …

The Russian government is taking Ukraine to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over a slew of issues ranging from violence during anti-government protests and the downing of flight MH17 in 2014. The filing marks Russia’s first-ever interstate complaint with the ECHR. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, which took over the Justice Ministry in representing Moscow …