Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. A statement issued by the palace just after midday spoke of the Queen’s “deep sorrow” following his death at Windsor Castle on Friday morning. The Duke of Edinburgh, the longest-serving royal consort in British history, was at the Queen’s side for …

As of 11:00 on April 9, a total of 201.158 cases of COVID has been confirmed, of which 180.160 have recovered and 3697 been fatal. 16.357 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 894.461 tests were performed. Thus, 4.589 tests were performed yesterday, from which 1.029 new cases of COVID were confirmed. Since yesterday, …

Today, as a result of search operations in Jrakan, Artsakh rescuers found 7 bodies, according to the State Service of Emergency Situations in Artsakh. Two more bodies were handed over to the Armenian side, supposedly from the direction of Talish. A forensic examination will be ordered to determine the identity of the Armenian servicemen. From …

On April 7th, the operative tactical situation along the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact on the RA state border did not change, no border incidents were registered. According to the information received from the RA National Security Service, no change in the operative situation was registered on the Vorotan-Davit Bek section of the Goris-Kapan interstate highway, …

According to the Council of Europe’s annual criminal statistics (SPACE) report, Armenia is ranked among the countries with the lowest number of prisoners. Thus, it is noted that there are 75 prisoners per 100.000 people in Armenia, which is significantly lower than the European average of 103.2. According to the report, as of January 1, …

Armenian painter, member of the Artists’ Union of Armenia Armen Atayan passed away on Thursday. As the Union informed, the requiem service will take place on April 9. Armen Atayan was born in 1922 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1952, he graduated from the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and later lectured in the same Institute. …

RA Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan and Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov signed a joint statement on the intention to develop cooperation between the two Prosecutor General’s Offices, Arevik Khachatryan, Head of the Public Relations Department of the RA Prosecutor General’s Office wrote about this on her Facebook page. “The statement is aimed …

As of 11:00 on April 8, a total of 200.129 cases of COVID has been confirmed, of which 179.043 have recovered and 3.675 been fatal. 16.471 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 889.872 tests have been performed so far. Thus, 4.943 tests were performed yesterday, out of which 1.231 new cases of COVID …

The government has drafted a law that would allow young people over the age of 27 who evaded mandatory military service, to make respective payments and be released from criminal liability. The draft is included in the agenda of tomorrow’s Government sitting. The bill suggests granting amnesty to those individuals liable for military service as …

A military plane, which belongs to the “Turkish Stars” (Türk Yıldızları) military pilot group crashed near the central Turkish city of Konya, Turkish Sabah reports. According to the newspaper, the military vehicle crashed during a training flight. The source initially said that it was an F-16 Fighting Falcon, but then it was mentioned that the …