The National Assembly on October 28  adopted in the first reading a package of draft laws on amendments to the Law on Mass Media, proposing to establish responsibility for media outlets if they publish insults and slander by an unidentified source. Under the amendment, the media will not be released from liability if they refer …

Yerevan continues to deny the rumors about the Pashinyan-Putin-Aliyev meeting in the first days of November. Russian Octagon media reported today that the Kremlin is preparing for the meeting of Russian President Putin with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan, which, according to the media, will take place in Sochi on November 9. …

Oxygen supply stations providing oxygen to medical centers serving Covid patients are overloaded in recent days, the Ministry of Health says. “As a result of intense work, the breakdowns of the stations have been eliminated; however, the number of people in need of oxygen in hospitals is increasing. Now, the Nuclear Power Plant and the …

For the first time in the history of the Turkish Republic, a representative of the Armenian community, lawyer Berk Adjar, has been allowed to become the head of the administrative district. He successfully passed all the necessary exams for that, the Armenian publication Agos reported. It is expected that Adjar will assume the office in …

Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to the country from 3 to 5 November 2021, PACE said. Discussions will mainly focus on the electoral reform, the relationships …

The handover of the village of Sanasar (Kubatlu) and the town of Kovsakan (Zangelan) in the Kashatagh region of the Artsakh Republic to Azerbaijan had nothing to do with the trilateral statement signed on November 9, PM Tigran Abrahamyan of the I Have Honor faction said at the parliament briefings. “Those territories were also under …

The United States and United Nations dialled up the pressure on Sudan’s new military junta on Thursday as confrontations between soldiers and anti-coup protesters took the death toll to at least 11. After the 15-member U.N. Security Council called for the restoration of Sudan’s civilian-led government – toppled on Monday – U.S. President Joe Biden …

YSMU Spokesperson Shushan Danielyan said that a one-month-old baby died this morning in the reanimation ward of the Muratsan University Hospital. “The child was admitted to a medical facility on October 19, and was connected to an artificial respiration device on October 26. The child had a coronavirus infection,” Danielyan wrote.

President Joe Biden promised to show the world that democracies can work to meet the challenges of the 21st century. As he prepares to push that message at a pair of global summits, his case could hinge on what’s happening in Washington, where he was struggling to finalize a major domestic legislative package, AP reported. After a fitful …