Sergo Karapetyan, who held the post of the Minister of Agriculture in 2010-2016, died of coronavirus. He was in the intensive care unit of “Nairi” Medical Center, Hraparak reports. Sergo Karapetyan was born on August 6th, 1948 in the city of Artashat (Ararat region). He graduated from the Armenian Agricultural Institute. From 1965 to 1972 …

The European Commission has approved the contract with “Moderna”, the company of American-Armenian philanthropist and businessman Nubar Afeyan, to supply an additional 300 million doses of COVID vaccine. The statement came from the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during a news conference in Brussels, the official website of the European Commission …

As of February 16th, 48 COVID tests were performed in Artsakh. As a result, no case of COVID was registered, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Artsakh informs. In 2021, 2837 citizens were examined in Artsakh, of which 495 tested positive. A total of 2.379 cases of COVID have been confirmed in the …

Within the framework of government support programs, about 1 billion AMD will be allocated annually to border communities. The RA Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Davit Khachatryan mentioned this at today’s press conference. He added that the ministry has been continuing the needs assessment process since December. “The process of the needs assessment …

Yesterday, the Japanese government decided to provide a $ 3.6 million emergency aid grant to Armenia in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to the report of the Embassy of Japan in Armenia, the assistance is intended to the improvement of the living environment, in particular, …

As of 11:00 am on February 17, a total of 169․597 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, 161.476 of which have recovered, 3155 died. 4.173 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 691.146 tests have been performed, 3.431 of which were performed yesterday. Thus, 206 new cases of COVID were confirmed. 128 people have …

The Minister of High Technologies Hakob Arshakyan informs that the Armenian “Krisp” company has attracted a $9 million investment. “Last year the company had attracted $5 million. I congratulate the team and wish new success”, the statement of Minister notes. It should be reminded that “Krisp” uses AI to neutralize unnecessary noise. Especially during the …

At the intersection of Karmir Shuka-Shekher communities of the Martuni region, Azerbaijan handed over to the Armenian side 106 bodies of servicemen killed during the hostilities,  The State Service of Emergency Situations of NKR informs. The rescuers of Artsakh, headed by the director of the Service of Emergency Situations Colonel Mekhak Arzumanyan, returned the bodies …

The members of the Parliament of Artsakh have put into circulation a draft of amendments to the Law on Language adopted in 2013. According to the bill, it is planned to make Russian another official language of Artsakh. The bill states: “The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic encourages the publications in Armenian and Russian, the press, as well as …

The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Igor Popov from Russia, Stéphane Visconti from France, and Andrew Chaffer from the United States) issued the following statement today: “On February 16, the Co-Chairs spoke separately to Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Bayramov via video call. The personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk …