Ten cases of UK coronavirus variant have been registered in Armenia, the Ministry of Health reports. Researchers from the Laboratory of Human Genomics and Immunology of the Institute of Molecular Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, the Scientific Group of Bioinformatics, and the Department of Bioengineering, Bioinformatics and Molecular …

President Armen Sarkissian has signed a decree dismissing Hakob Arshakyan from the post of Minister of High-Tech Industry. According to another presidential decree, the former Governor of Tavush province, Hayk Chobanyan has been appointed to the post.  It should be reminded that earlier by the presidential decree, Hakob Arshakyan was relieved of that post.

The French government is set to open a Covid vaccination mega center in Disneyland Paris next month amid surging case numbers in the country. The amusement park is one of 35 “vaccinodromes” being opened throughout France in an effort to accelerate its vaccination roll-out, which has so far been among the slowest in Europe. The site will be staffed by …

Artsakh’s Defense Army has published the names of 52 servicemen killed in action during the Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression in fall 2020. Volunteer Kotsinyan Sergo Hovik, born in 1977 Martirosyan Aram Arthur, born in 2000 Volunteer Ananyan Gevorg Genadik, born in 1989 Guleyan Rubik Melkon, born in 2000 Melkonyan Avetik Tatul, born in 2001 Madoyan Davit Vahan, …

As of 11:00 on April 2, 7 new cases of COVID have been confirmed in Artsakh. The infected people have been in contact with previously established outbreaks. This was reported by the Artsakh Ministry of Health. 55 tests were performed in one day. Thus, the total number of tests in Artsakh has reached 22.122. A …

As of 11:00 on April 2, a total of 194.852 cases of COVID has been confirmed, of which 174.545 have recovered and 3.552 have been fatal, the Ministry of Health informs about this. 15.851 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 864.876 tests have been performed ever since. Thus, 4.830 tests were performed yesterday, …

Former US Ambassador to the OSCE Daniel Bayer (2013-2017) published an article in Foreign Policy, presenting how President Joe Biden can help Armenia and Azerbaijan achieve peace. The first 100 days are not even over, and the Biden administration’s national security and the foreign-policy team has already dealt with major fires around the world—from the …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov met in Moscow on April 1, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. The Foreign Ministers discussed the implementation process of the agreements of November 9, 2020, and January 11, 2021, between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. In particular, the ways of resolving humanitarian …

On March 31 and April 1, a stable operative tactical situation was maintained along the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani contact line of the RA state border. No border incidents were registered. An official from the Public Relations Department of the RA Ministry of Defense told Armenpress that according to the information received from the RA National Security …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had a telephone conversation, the Kremlin’s official website reported. According to the report, the situation in Nagorno Karabakh was discussed. The parties noted that it is stable, the ceasefire regime is maintained. The issue of economic ties and transport communication in the South Caucasus, which should …