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 …

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar spoke about the tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in Nakhichevan, expressing concern over the situation. “The deeply worrying developments on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border continue. We reiterate our call for restraint, separation of forces and a constructive dialogue on border issues …

The recent shootings of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the Yeraskh section of the Republic of Armenia are criminal, which are becoming regular. This is evidenced by the Ministry of Defense statements and the alarms addressed to the Human Rights Defender, the Ombudsman’s office said. The criminal nature of the shooting is obvious in other …

Azerbaijani troops continued to fire on the Armenian positions located in the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border late on July 19 and early hours of July 20 without using grenade launchers, the Armenian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The head of Yeraskh community Radik Oghikyan, who was organizing the extinguishing of the …

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.