The first hearing in the trial of once Armenian Prime Minister Vazgen Manukyan will be held in a Yerevan court today. Manukyan was charged with Article 301 of the Armenian Criminal Code (public calls to seize power, violate territorial integrity or forcibly overthrow the constitutional order). The opposition figure does not accept the accusation leveled …

Some 4,700 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, confirming 162 new cases; 2 people died; 3,503 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 20, a total of 1,277,470 tests have been performed in Armenia, 227,716 of them were positive. At least 218,529 people have recovered, 4,572 have died.

On July 16, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Sigrid Kaag addressed another letter to the parliament, where he informed about the works undertaken for the repatriation of the Armenian captives. As reported by Armenpress, the Minister particularly noted that the government continues to call on Azerbaijan to fulfill its obligations under …

Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will hold joint military exercises at the Tajik Kharb Maido military base, located 20 kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. The exercise will take place from August 5 to 10. This was announced by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, Lenta writes. According to him, during the …

As of June 30, the national debt of Armenia amounted to $8,869,000,000. It has increased by $53 million compared to the previous month, the Ministry of Finance says on its website. At the beginning of the year the national debt was $7,968,000,000 million. Thus, it has increased by $901 million or 11.3% as compared to …

The Central Electoral Commission has set a deadline of July 21 for the submission of applications for self-withdrawal of the candidates included in the lists of the three forces that have passed to the National Assembly. No candidate has submitted such an application so far, CEC Secretary Armen Smbatyan has told Factor TV. “The CEC …

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet tomorrow with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, a Kremlin press release says. Key issues of further strengthening the Russian-Azerbaijani strategic partnership, focusing on trade, investment and humanitarian cooperation, is on agenda of the meeting. “It is planned to exchange views on current regional issues. The main focus …

The Russia Olympic Committee’s (ROC) men’s quadruple sculls team has been withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics following the decision to exclude two rowers over positive tests for the banned substance meldonium. Nikita Morgachev and Pavel Sorin tested positive for the drug, which is believed to increase endurance, at an out-of-competition test on June 17. …

The answer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Public Diplomacy Department to the Armenpress news agency – Yesterday the representative of the Azerbaijani foreign ministry made a comment which contains territorial and historical claims towards Armenia. How do you assess such demands? – By making fake territorial and historical demands towards Armenia, the Azerbaijani side is trying to …