Some 5,001 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 159 new cases; 3 people died; 3,198 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 13, a total of 1,247,362 tests have been performed in Armenia, with 226,756 of them positive. The total number of deaths stands at 4,552; at least 217,896 people …

In a letter to the Netherland’s ambassador to Azerbaijan, the Armenian National Committee of the Netherlands has expressed its discontent over the ambassador’s participation in a visit to the occupied regions of Artsakh. The letter that was published on the ANC’s Facebook page, reads: “Dear Mrs. Eizema, We received information that you also participated in …

The heads of the relevant diplomatic missions were invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia with regard to the participation of the diplomatic representatives of some countries in the visit organized by the Azerbaijani authorities to the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh on July 9-10. The ambassadors have been handed over …

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk in Baku today, local media reported, citing Aliyev’s press service. “Issues related to the activities of the trilateral working group chaired by deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia were discussed during the conversation,” the statement said. In addition, Aliyev and Overchuk discussed …

A man accompanying a group searching in Artsakh’s Martuni district for bodies of soldiers missing in action was gravely wounded yesterday in a landmine explosion. Hunan Tadevosyan, the head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Artsakh Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Factor.am that Norayr Sarsadanyan was given first aid first by our …

The Taliban warned Turkey on Tuesday against possible plans to keep some troops in Afghanistan to run and guard Kabul’s main airport after the withdrawal of foreign troops, calling the strategy “reprehensible” and warning of “consequences”. Ankara, which has offered to run and guard the airport in the capital after NATO’s withdraws, has been in …

The United Nations said Monday that global hunger grew dramatically in 2020, due in large part to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cost of and access to food.  “The reality is worse than expected,” World Food Program chief economist Arif Husain said. “In one year alone, the number of people in the …

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized the incident where a group of people climbed over the entrance gate of the Surp Takavor Armenian Church in İstanbul and danced on top of the gate on July 11. “I see it as a provocation targeting our unity and solidarity that [a group of people] showed disrespect …

We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the organization on July 10, 2021 by the Azerbaijani authorities of the visit of staffers of foreign diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan to the occupied territories of the Republic of Artsakh, including the city of Shоushi. By such actions, Azerbaijan is trying to consolidate the results of the …