The World Health Organization is monitoring a new variant with numerous mutations to the spike protein, scheduling a special meeting Friday to discuss what it may mean for vaccines and treatments, officials said Thursday, CNBC reported. The variant, called B.1.1.529, has been detected in South Africa in small numbers, according to the WHO. “We don’t …

Two servicemen have been arrested under the criminal case launched by the Central Military Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia in connection with the November 16 Azerbaijani offensive on the military bases of Syunik and Vayots Dzor regions. They include the acting commander of the military unit, a major, and a contractual serviceman, who …

Azerbaijan has handed over to Armenia two Armenian citizens, one of whom was taken prisoner during the November 16 border clashes, TASS reported, citing the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Citizens of Azerbaijan. One of them, Arin Aramyan, was wounded during the hostilities on November 16, 2021, and was taken captive, …

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Sochi, Russia, for a trilateral meeting with the Russian president and the president of Azerbaijan. A separate meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be held prior to the trilateral meeting. Azerbaijani media reported that Ilham Alyev has also arrived in Sochi for the meeting.

As of November 26 New cases – 675 Tests performed – 7,745 Deaths – 40 —————————————————– Total number of tests performed – 2,342,246 Total number of confirmed cases – 337,005 Total recovered – 312,617 Patients currently receiving treatment – 15,498 Total number of deaths – 7,459       d

Armenian-Russian joint military exercise was held on November 24-25, the Ministry of Defense said today in a statement. The military units were brought to the high level of combat readiness, the personnel occupied the designated areas. Command posts and observation posts were vacated. The exercise was carried out with the involvement of rear combat vehicles …

The government has amended its precious decree on providing assistance to those who have lost their property registered and or living in the villages of Shurnukk and Vorotan in Syunik province. As the assistance program is over for a number of such residents of Shurnukh and Vorotan but problems have not been solved yet, under …

The 28th session of the OSCE Ministerial Council will be held in Stockholm on December 2-3, during which, among other things, the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today, noting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will also take part in the council session. “Issues …

Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan and the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on state-legal affairs, Vladimir Vardanyan, met today with Birgitte Ebbesen, Regional Director for Europe at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the sidelines of the international conference dedicated to healthcare services and …