A court in Baku resumed today the trial of Ludvig Mkrtchyan and Alyosha Khosrovyan, Armenian POWs, falsely charged with torturing Azerbaijani captives and committing other crimes in the First Artsakh War. The first session in this case was held on June 2. Baku has fabricated criminal cases against Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan, …

Acting Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan has said that the ruling Civil Contract party would present its legal position on the applications filed with the Constitutional Court regarding the early parliamentary elections. Per its own request and subsequent  decision of the court, the Civil Contract party has been included as a third party in the …

The shootings of the Azerbaijani soldiers near the village of Verin Shorzha prove that the very presence of Azeri troops on the roads near the Armenian border villages is a violation of the right to life of the the residents, Armenia’s Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan has said in his personal Facebook page. With regards to the …

Some 6,086 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 140 new cases; 1 person died; 2,866 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 7, a total of 1,215,373 tests have been performed in Armenia, 225,661 of them were positive; 217,303 people have recovered, 4,531 have died.

The Constitutional Court examined the motions on the self-withdrawal of judges at the working session. “At the moment, I can clearly say that there have been more than one motion, all of which have been rejected,” Yeva Tovmasyan, spokeswoman for the Constitutional Court, told Factor TV. To the question, to which judges was the motion …

Finland’s northernmost Arctic Lapland region has recorded its hottest temperature for more than a century at 33.6 degrees Celsius (92.5 Fahrenheit), during a heatwave that’s been afflicting the entire Nordic country for weeks. The temperature was measured Monday at Finland’s northernmost Utsjoki-Kevo weather station near the border with Norway by the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The …

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is scheduled to pay a working visit to Russia on July 7 to meet with President Vladimir Putin. The parties are set to discuss issues related to the Armenian-Russian strategic agenda, and the implementation of the trilateral declarations of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, the provision of humanitarian …

The United States welcomes the July 3 release by Azerbaijan of 15 Armenian detainees and their return to Armenia, a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan says. “We also welcome Armenia’s decision to share information with Azerbaijan that will facilitate humanitarian demining. These actions follow Azerbaijan’s June 12 release of Armenian detainees and …

Azerbaijani soldiers have provoked a crossfire in the border section near ​​Verin Shorzha village of Gegharkunik Province, an Armenian Army senior officer has said. In response to Armenpress’ news agency question, the head of the General Staff Information Department, Col. Samvel Asatryan said that the Azeris started the shooting leaving one Armenian soldier wounded. He …