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 …

The number of people infected with the Indian variant of coronavirus in Georgia continues to grow, and clinics are already finding it difficult to cope with the influx of patients. Despite the fact that new beds are added to the Republican Hospital in Tbilisi almost every day, there are no vacancies, writes the Georgian service …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko met today with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. It added that the current issues of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement were discussed, taking into account the November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021 agreements …

Azeri troops kept shooting at the Armenian border positions near ​​Kut village of Gegharkunik Province for four hours in the night of July 19, the heat of Kut village Sima Chitchyan told Factor.am. She said Azeris were shooting both into air and at the Armenian positions but not at village itself. She added that it …

Lilit Makunts, the No 3 on the Civil Contract party slate, has submitted a self-recusal application to the Central Electoral Commission, CEC Secretary Armen Smbatyan has told Armenpress. He said as of 12:00, the CEC has received two such applications, the other one being from the second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, who headed the …