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 …

The trial of Russian citizen Eduard Dubakov, who is accused by Azerbaijan of participating in the Artsakh war as a mercenary on the Armenian side, has ended in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Dubakov, who had pleaded not guilty, made his last statement in court. The judge sentenced Dubakov to 10 years in prison. …

As we have already informed, yesterday in the capital, on the roads entering Yerevan, the Police officers pulled over cars to conduct searches. The Public Relations and Information Department of the Armenian Police informed Factor.am that 49 people were taken to police stations on different suspicions during the intensified service, searches and inspections were carried …

An investigation conducted by the Special Investigation Service revealed that three residents of Yerevan’s Kanaker-Zeytun administrative district, whose names are withheld, acting as a group, have proposed a bribe of 20,000 AMD each to several residents of the same district to vote in favor iof the I Have Honor bloc in the National Assembly elections …

Some 5,034 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 225 new cases; 2 people died; 3,665 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 22, a total of 1,287,379 tests have been performed in Armenia, 228,161 of them were positive. At least 218,676 people have recovered, 4,575 have died.

CEC Secretary Armen Smbatyan has released the list of winning MP candidates who have given up their parliament seats as of 18:00 on July 21. CIVIL CONTRACT PARTY: 1 Lilit Makunts 2․Suren Papikyan 3․Arayik Harutyunyan 4․Nikol Pashinyan 5․Anahit Avanesyan 6․Romanos Petrosyan 7․Hovhannes Harutyunyan 8․Hakob Simidyan 9․Gnel Sanosyan 10․Hambardzum Matevosyan 11․Diana Gasparyan 12.Davit Gevorgyan 13.Narek Mkrtchyan …