The only thing on the agenda of the Council of Elders’ special session is to convey a no confidence motion against Hayk Marutyan and to elect Hrachya Sargsyan as mayor. The no-confidence vote process was initiated by the ruling My Step faction after a closed meeting with Nikol Pashinyan. The sitting is chaired by Yerevan …

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received today Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk, Pashinyan’s Office said. The meeting was also attended by Armenian deputy PM Mher Grigoryan and Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin. The inter-agency delegation led by the Russian deputy PM arrived in Armenia for the session of the Armenian-Russian inter-governmental commission on …

As of December 22 (11:00 a.m.) New cases – 152 Tests performed – 5,301 Deaths – 7 —————————————————– Total number of tests performed – 2,509,795 Total number of confirmed cases – 343,997 Total recovered – 329,281 Patients currently receiving treatment –5,301 Total number of deaths – 7,921      

Russia considers the attempts to force Georgia to join NATO as crossing the “red line,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TASS reported. He said that “in talks with the foreign ministers of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, he discussed hypothetical scenarios, including attempts to force Georgia into NATO against the will of the majority of its …

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s working visit to Georgia is over. He was seen off at the Shota Rustaveli International Airport in Tbilisi by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. The governmental delegation headed by Prime Minister Pashinyan has arrived in Yerevan.

People — the highest power of Armenia, according to Nikol Pashinyan — do not have information about how much money was spent from the state budget for the renovation of the government mansion. National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan’s spokesman old Factor.am that Simonyan and his family will move in the mansion soon, adding that the …

If the United States and NATO refuse to discuss security guarantees with Russia, all possible retaliation will be considered; much depends on the reaction of the Western countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Rudenko, commenting on the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus, said, RIA Novosti reported. Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko had …

For more than a year after the 44-day Artsakh war, Baku has been obstructing the entry of an independent UNESCO mission into the occupied territories of Artsakh. In particular, today the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan Anar Kerimov told Azerbaijani media that negotiations with the organization over the visit continue. He said that, allegedly, there …

Lithuania has called on NATO to deploy troops near the border with Russia amid the conflict over Ukraine, the Russian service of DW reported. “NATO must respond not only by concentrating its troops on the eastern front, but also by strengthening its military potential. Strengthening the military potential is good, but we must have an …

The Investigative Committee of Armenia today arrested Garnik Isagulyan, the leader of the National Security party, the Committee spokesman Vardan Tadevosyan told Factor.am. Isagulyan was charged with false criminal report. According to the Investigative Committee statement, at the press conference on September 20, 2021, Isagulyan deliberately voiced false information that Armenia’s ambassador to Ukraine was …