Speaking at a news conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Artsakh independence referendum today, Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan singled out five main pillars for the country’s development: sustainable security, sustainable socio-economic development, demographic growth, quality education and effective governance. “In terms of long-term security, I can say that we seed the conflict …

MP Armen Charchyan of the National Assembly’s Armenia faction has been released by a decision of a Yerevan court. Yesterday, the Constitutional Court announced the decision on parliamentary immunity, according to which, any detained person who becomes a member of parliament, should be released from prison, except for the cases provided for in Part 2 …

The United States has a number of “military options” to contain Iran, General Kenneth McKenzie, the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Mackenzie said that the United States has a “robust range of military options.” “Iran seriously underestimates us if it thinks that it can …

One of the captives returned to Armenia on December 4, Lt. S. A. and contract serviceman R.N. have been detained by two months and one month, respectively, by a court decision, their lawyers told Factor.am. The court rejected the motion to detain Maj. N.E, the deputy battalion commander. Five out of 10 prisoners who returned …

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahe Gorgyan and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko discussed issues of bilateral, international and regional agenda “in a constructive atmosphere” in Moscow today, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry website. No other details are reported. The first meeting of the “3 + 3” regional cooperation platform is scheduled for today …

Speaking at the video meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, its chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev, former Kazakhstan president, said Azerbaijan might become an EEU observer state. “I wholeheartedly welcome the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan after many years of disagreements, I think we all think so. At the same time, as we have …

The Armenian military lost one troop, several others were wounded in an offensive launched at noon on December 10 by the Azerbaijani units, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement, adding that the identity of the killed soldier, as well as information on the health condition of the wounded soldiers will be reported later. …

In his December 9 telephone conversation with the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky voiced the deep concerns of the United States and our European Allies about Russia’s aggressive actions towards Ukraine and made clear that the U.S. and “our Allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of a further military intervention,” …

Azerbaijani armed units launched an attack at around noon on December 10 at the Armenian military positions located in the eastern sector f the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. After retaliatory actions of the military, the enemy, suffering human losses, was thrown back to the starting positions. The shootout, however, …

The National Assembly adopted in the second reading and in full the amendments to the law on mass media proposed by the Civil Contract party. The authors of the project are Civil Contract party MPs Arthur Hovhannisyan, Vahagn Hovakimyan, Taguhi Ghazaryan, Sargis Khandanyan. According to the bill, any media outlet will be held responsible in …