The Criminal Court of Appeals ruled today to uphold a lower court’s ruling to detain the CEO of the Izmirlian Medical Center, Armen Charchyan, who was running on the Armenia bloc ticket at the past parliamentary election. “Unfortunately, once again we had a fetishism arrest in the conditions of aggressive manifestation of political persecution,” Charchyan’s …

Some 5,093 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 186 new cases; 5 people died; 2,966 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 8, a total of 1,220,466 tests have been performed in Armenia, 225,987 of them were positive; 217,381 people have recovered, 4,536 have died.

Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has affirmed the Ba3 long-term local and foreign currency deposit ratings of Ameriabank, revising the outlook to Stable from Negative. The affirmation of the Bank’s deposit ratings along with the change in outlook reflects the Bank’s resilient performance amid challenging times, stable asset quality and funding base, strengthening profitability metrics and …

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan once again spreads misinformation, reporting that on July 7, at around 1:40 pm, the Armenian military units fired on the Azerbaijani positions in Tavush Province, this information is not true, Armenian Ministry of Defense said today in a statement.  The stament also said that Armenian military did not violate …

The substantive discussions on the issue of expanding the presence of Russian border guards in the problematic parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin told reporters on July 7. “As you know, Russian border guards are stationed in different parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which helps to keep the situation …

U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy met with the members of the ARF Supreme Body. The meeting took place at the initiative of the ambassador. The ambassador emphasized her interest in the political priorities and programs adopted by the party agreed with post-electoral developments. Supreme Body member Ishkhan Saghatelyan briefed on the concerns and assessments …

After Russian troops are deployed in the area, Armenian and Azeri soldiers will withdraw from there, the governor of Gegharkunik Province told a news conference today. Gnel Sanosyan said that a joint process of deployment of Russian soldiers is underway on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and that after a certain stage, in the near future, they …

Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan wrote on his Facebook page: “Taking into account the inquiries addressed to me, I am providing information about Artsakh citizens killed, missing, captured or returned from captivity during and as a result of the Azerbaijani aggression.” Accordingly, 750 citizens of the Artsakh Republic were killed; 81 of them are …

The U.S. Transportation Department issued a final order Tuesday that blocks most travel between the United States and Belarus, underscoring Washington’s concern about the recent forced landing of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident Belarussian journalist. The order, which was requested by the State Department, bars airlines from selling tickets for travel between the …