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.

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 …