Senator Robert Menendez, the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed concern about the Biden Administration’s waiver of Section 907 restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan, during the confirmation hearing for Dr. Karen Donfried nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, the Armenian National Committee of …

Some 4,700 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 220 new cases; 1 person died; 3,665 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 21, a total of 1,282,343 tests have been performed in Armenia, 227,936 of them were positive. At least 218,585 people have recovered, 4,573 have died.

Armenia will have two flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the National Olympic Committee has said. A joint decision was made with the organizing committee of the International Olympic Committee that the national teams will have one male and one female flag bearers at the opening. Boxer, European Championship bronze …

The incumbent National Assembly Speaker and a member of the Civil Contract board, Ararat Mirzoyan, submitted a self-recusal application to the CEC, Vahan Kostanyan, an advisor to the NA Speaker told to Factor.am. The ruling party intends to nominate Alen Simonyan for the post of the National Assembly Speaker. It is not yet known what …

The U.S. Embassy is concerned by incidents along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, most recently near Yeraskh​/Sadarak. “We call on both sides to swiftly and peacefully de-escalate tensions and create space for the resumption of substantive negotiations,” the Embassy said in a Facebook post. Azerbaijani troops opened fire at the Armenian positions on the …

The presidents of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Monday jointly proclaimed their commitment to a European future, standing with European Council President Charles Michel in what amounted to a triple rebuff of Russia, which has menaced all three countries in an effort to thwart their Western aspirations. The striking display of pro-EU unity came at …

Nathalie Loiseau, a French Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Security and Defense Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Head of the La Republique en Marche Party Delegation to the Council of Europe, who is visiting Armenian, paid a visit to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial on July 20. “She was accompanied by the …

Acting Armenian Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan has submitted resignation letter, a source in the Ministry of Defense told Factor.am, without elaborating on the reasons. When asked if Harutyunyan was still in the building, the source said he was there a while ago. Harutyunyan was appointed minister of defense on November 20, 2020, when Davit …

According to preliminary estimates of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, the damage caused by the devastating flood to the transport sector could amount to 2 billion euros. The damage to the railway alone is about 1.3 million euros, according to Bild, citing internal estimates of the ministry. Many sections of the railway line were …