Belarusian health workers who participated in anti-government demonstrations or spoke out against official accounts of protesters’ deaths and injuries, are facing brutal reprisals from the authorities, Amnesty International said today in a news briefing. Despite chronic staff shortages, dozens of health workers have been dismissed amid the government’s crackdown on critics, with many barred from …

After his visit to Baku, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented on the situation in the South Caucasus and spoke about his meeting with US President Joe Biden, Anadolu Agency reported. Erdogan spoke about Armenia, saying that in order to build trust in the region, Yerevan should take steps to hand over maps of minefields …

Political parties and blocs spend millions of drams in their parliamentary election campaigns. Factor.am presents how much money the political forces have raised for their election funds as of June 11, and how much of that sum they have spent as of that day. The forces that have spent the most during their campaigns are …

Armenian National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan has signed a memo on terminating MP Hamazasp Danielyan’s mandate, according to a statement published by the National Assembly. “Taking into account the resignation application and in accordance with Article 154, Part 1, Clause 6 of the National Assembly Protocol, the powers of Hamazasp Danielyan as a member of …

The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden will not change the relations between the two countries, but the tone of the talks in Geneva was constructive, spokesman for the Biden administration has told Reuters. It simply cannot happen overnight, it will take some time to see to what extent these …

Acting Armenian Minister of Defense Vagharshak Harutyunyan had a telephone conversation with the Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu on June 16, Armenian Ministry of Defense reported. The parties discussed ways to resolve the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Harutyunyan said that Armenia respects the calls of the partner states and bodies structures to settle …

A statement has been published on the official Facebook page of Armenia’s Ombudsman, which reads: “Irrefutable proof that the Azerbaijani authorities: 1) illegally hold all the Armenian captives as hostage for political bargaining; 2) commit a crime of human trafficking; 3) the international community is constantly misled by claiming that the captives are terrorists or …

As of 11:00 a.m. of June 17, a total of 224,000 cases of coronavirus disease are confirmed, of which 215,655 recovered and 4,491 died. At least 2,760 patients are currently receiving treatment. A total of 1,138,719 tests were performed with 3,814 of them yesterday, confirming 96 new cases. Some 122 people recovered and person has …

100 thousand doses of Chinese CoronaVac vaccine for 50 thousand people have been delivered to Armenia, the Ministry of Health informs. The vaccine has been provided by the government of the People’s Republic of China. Vaccinations against COVID-19 continue throughout the country seven days a week for Armenian nationals and for foreign citizens living in …

As of May 2, 267 new cases of COVID has been confirmed in Armenia, bringing the total number of infected people to 216.863. According to the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the RA Ministry of Health, 11 people have died of COVID in one day. The total number of fatal cases is …