An Encino man and several members of his family were among those found guilty of a scheme to take out more than $18 million in COVID-19 relief loans. A federal jury found Richard Ayvazyan, 42; his wife, 37-year-old Marietta Terabelian; his brother, 41-year-old Artur Ayvazyan, and in-law Vahe Dadyan, 41, of Glendale, guilty Friday of …

The terrorist attacks recently thwarted in Moscow, Astrakhan and Kabardino-Balkaria were planned by members of the Islamic State terrorist group, Russia’s FSB reported. In a special operation, six militants were killed, two others were arrested. In Moscow, one of the militants planned to detonate a bomb in a crowded place, and the other planned to …

A large fire has broken out late Sunday in the Caspian Sea, where Azerbaijan has vast offshore oil and gas fields. Footage circulating on social media showed the huge blaze visible from the coast, and earlier media reports suggested there had been an explosion on an offshore platform. However, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations denied these reports …

The Court of Grave Crimes in Baku resumed today the trial of 13 Armenian prisoners of war from Shirak Province. The prisoners standing trial are Rafik Karapetyan, Hrayr Tadevosyan, Gurgen Galoyan, Vagharshak Maloyan, Sasun Yeghiazaryan, Arsen Vardanyan, Vahagn Baghrikyan, Sedrak Soghomonyan, Armen Dilanyan, Manuk Martonyan, Mels Anbartanyan, Andranik Mikayelyan, Feliks Grigoryan. The first hearing in …

Some 3,907 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 53 new cases; two people died; 2,780 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 5, a total of 1,205,632 test have been performed in Armenia, 225,606 of them were positive; 217,198 people have recovered, 4,527 have died.

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan’s address on Constitution Day Dear compatriots, Every nation builds its life and statehood based on its system of values. Our people have long believed in two basic values: freedom and justice. All our constitutions adopted at different times were anchored on these notions. The immutable articles of the current Constitution directly …

The trial of 14 prisoners of war from Armenia’s Shirak Province came to an end at Baku’s Court of Military Crimes. The POWs standing the trial were Hrachya Avagyan, Gegham Serobyan, Armen Bagasyan, Gor Gasparyan, Kamo Sefilyan, Volodya Hakobyan, Gevorg Asatryan, Sisak Yengoyan, Albert Petrosyan, Romik Sedrakyan, Aram Minasyan, Mkrtich Minasyan, Edgar Matesyan, Yuri Karapetyan. …

The escalation of the situation in southern Armenia in connection with the setting of a new border with Azerbaijan is simply a border incident, and does nto call for applying the provisions of the CSTO Collective Defense Charter, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas has said, TASS reported. “It must be understood that the CSTO uses …

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varhey is set to pay a visit to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on July 6-9, the office of the EU Delegation to Armenia reported. The report said that this is the Commissioner’s first visit to the countries of the South Caucasus․ The visit will take place …

Some 5,073 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 125 new cases; one person died; 2,744 patients are currently receiving treatment. As of 11:00 am on July 1, a total of 1,197,651 tests have been performed in Armenia, 225,464 of them were positive; 217,074 people have recovered, 4,521 have died.