Armenia’s acting minister of health Anahit Avanesyan received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine today. Avanesyan received the vaccine in front of the media, having passed the necessary examination before that.

Azerbaijan again deployed its troops to the direction of the Nor Ghazanchi village in Artsakh, the same position they had earlier pulled back from, according to the mayor of the village Ruslan Arustamyan, Armenpress reports. “The Azerbaijani [troops] again moved forward to the positions from where they had pulled back from on April 27. Our government …

As of 11:00 on April 28, 9 new cases of COVID have been confirmed in Artsakh, local Ministry of Health reports. 93 tests were performed in one day. Thus, the total number of tests in Artsakh has reached 23.790. A total of 2.661 cases of COVID has been confirmed so far. Since the beginning of …

As of 11:00 am on April 28, a total of 214.872 cases of COVID has been confirmed, 196.289 of which have recovered and 4.071 been fatal. 13.503 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 974.776 tests has been performed. Thus, 4.807 tests were performed yesterday, of which 808 new cases of COVID were confirmed. …

The Parliament of Georgia elected today Georgian Dream lawmaker Kakhaber (Kakha) Kuchava, 41, as its new speaker with 86 votes in favor and 6 against, TASS reports. It should be reminded that the 6-month boycott has ended in Georgia. Opposition members entered the parliament, which provoked a protest by civil activists. The oppositionists had to …

In a letter to the President of Azerbaijan, made public today, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, urges to take utmost care not to perpetuate and multiply the already deeply-running grievances between the communities affected by the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. In this context, the Commissioner expresses concern at the …

The Brazilian health regulator Anvisa on Monday rejected importing the Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine requested by state governors battling a deadly second wave of the virus that is battering Latin America’s largest nation. Anvisa’s five-strong board voted unanimously not to approve the Russian vaccine after technical staff had highlighted “inherent risks” and “serious” defects, …

A group of boats from Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed two U.S. Coast Guard ships earlier this month in the Persian Gulf, Navy officials said, the first such incident in a year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The incident occurred April 2, just as the U.S. and Iran announced they would conduct negotiations toward renewing …

As of 11:00 am on April 27, a total of 214.064 cases of COVID has been confirmed, 195.701 of which have recovered and 4058 been fatal. 13.297 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 969.969 tests has been performed. Thus, 4.277 tests were performed yesterday, from which 595 new cases of COVID were confirmed. …

RA Minister of Defense reports: “Despite the official clarification made earlier, in response to inquiries that continue to be received from the media, we note once again that the RA Ministry of Defence does not envisage the participation of the RA Armed Forces subdivisions in the “Defender Europe 21″ military exercise”.