Baku Court of Grave Crimes continued yesterday the trial of Russian citizen Eduard Dubakov on fabricated charges. Azerbaijan accuses Dubakov of participating in the Artsakh war from the Armenian side and considers him a “mercenary”. At the session, however, a number of remarkable statements were made. According to local media, Dubakov’s pre-investigation testimony was read …

American analysts continue to discuss the elections in Armenia, regional developments and American involvement, Voice of America reported. The United States expressed readiness to support cooperation and the settlement of unresolved issues in the region, urging Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume substantive talks within the OSCE Minsk Group. Washington also praised Russia’s efforts to promote …

My dream court is one that has ethically behaving, professional judges, where trials take place quickly, there is a high level of public trust in rulings, Acting Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan told journalists after the Government sitting, referring to the increase in the number of judges and the statement of Acting Prime Minister Nikol …

Construction on a museum in Glendale devoted to Armenian history and culture will begin July 11, San Fernando Valley Business Journal reported. In development for more than seven years, the Armenian American Museum, a two-story, 50,000-square-foot contemporary building, will rise at the southwest corner of Glendale Central Park. The park block itself will soon after undergo an …

The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Heidi Grau, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG ‎and its Working Groups held through video conferencing: “Today I would like to introduce the new Coordinators of the TCG Working Groups: …

In case Tajikistan is attacked from the Afghanistani border, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will immediately begin considering the issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergeyi Lavrov has said when lecturing on “Russia’s international activities for the development of Russian regions” at the Far Eastern Federal University, TASS reported. “If there is an attack on Tajikistan, …

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 …