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 …

The President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan informs that based on the agreement reached within the framework of cooperation on humanitarian issues, today the Azerbaijani side handed over the bodies of 106 people killed during the 44-day war through the mediation of the command of Russian peacekeeping troops in Artsakh. “The search for the …

The Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia informs that by the decree of President Armen Sarkissian, Hrant Poghosyan was recalled from the post of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Japan and the Republic of Korea. By another presidential decree, Areg Hovhannisyan was appointed the ambassador extraordinary …

As of 11:00 am on February 16, a total of 169.391 cases of COVID-19  have been confirmed, 161.348 of which have recovered and 3.150 died. 4․101 patients are currently under treatment. A total of 687.715 tests have been performed, 3.075 of which were performed yesterday. Thus, 136 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. 243 people …

Yesterday, on February 15, the searches performed in the Hadrut region did not yield any results. No relics of the killed soldiers were found. Instead, in the Mataghis area, Azerbaijan handed over to the Armenian side another body, which, according to preliminary data, belongs to a serviceman (participant in hostilities). His identity will be clear …