A very thick Saharan dust cloud is moving over the Mediterranean Sea into Italy and Southeast Europe over the past couple of days, The Watchers reported. Coupled with exceptionally high temperatures affecting the region, this dust is contributing to lower visibility, respiratory issues, and lower Air Quality Index. The worst affected on June 23 are …

Reporters Without Borders has issued a statement saying that a group of Spanish journalists working on the border with Azerbaijan in Armenia has been threatened by the Azerbaijani military. “The team of Spanish journalists was threatened to be killed by the Azerbaijani armed forces when they were filming in the Gegharkunik region near the border …

The Dutch parliament has passed a new resolution with an overwhelming majority of votes, in which it urges the government not to attend the The Dutch parliament calls on the government not to attend the European Football Championship in Baku The Dutch parliament has passed a new resolution with an overwhelming majority of votes, in …

Immediately after the parliamentary election voting held on June 21, 2021, new dangerous manifestations of dividing people into groups, developing insults and hatred and intolerance were brought to the public domain, the Office of the Human Rights Defender has said. We are talking about the artificial divisions that deepen the polarization of the society “villagers …

As of 11:00 on June 24, a total of 224,533 cases of coronavirus disease were confirmed, of which 216,312 people have recovered, and 4,505 people have died. At least 2,620 patients are currently receiving treatment. A total of 1,163,742 tests have been performed with 3,452 tests yesterday, revealing 103 new cases. Some 82 people have …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had a telephone conversation, on the initiative of Aliyev, the Kremlin press service reported. “The parties discussed the practical aspects of the implementation of the November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021 agreements between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh. Special attention …

Members of the Lega party of the Italian Parliament Massimiliano Capitano and Julio Centemero have issued a statement, calling for the release without preconditions of the Armenian prisoners of war held in Azerbaijan, the Embassy of Armenia in Italy reported. “Azerbaijan continues to hold many Armenian prisoners of war hostage for their use in political …

The risk of using nuclear weapons is now the highest since the Cold War, DW quoted UN Deputy Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu as saying. “The risk of nuclear weapons being used by deliberate action, incident or miscalculation is the highest since the Cold War,” she said. Nakamitsu also noted that the arms control regime “continues …

A trial on fabricated criminal charges against 13 more prisoners of war from Armenia’s Shirak Province  started today in the Baku Court of Aggravated Crimes. According to local media, the session is chaired by Judge Azada Mejidova. The 13 prisoners of war are Rafik Karapetyan, Hrayr Tadevosyan, Gurgen Galoyan, Vagharshak Maloyan, Sasun Yeghiazaryan, Arsen Vardanyan, …

According to the CIS Council of Defense Ministers’ 2021 work plan, an Armenian Ministry of Defense working group will also take part in the regular meeting of the Committee of Heads of Personnel Departments to be held in Russia and Uzbekistan from June 23 to 24, the Ministry of Defense reported.