“The third quarter of 2021 was a very worrying period for journalists and the media, especially in terms of imposing new restrictions,” Ashot Melikyan, Chairman of the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression, told a news conference today. “During this period, there were three cases of physical violence against journalists, 20 cases of pressure on …

During the 44-day Karabakh war, we witnessed the two-faced behavior of international media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the media forum of the Turkic Council in Istanbul  on October 22. “The shelling of civilians of Azerbaijan with ballistic missiles by the Armenian army was not covered by international media at all,” Erdogan said. …

Azerbaijan is planning to acquire new warplanes, which are being negotiated, Azerbaijani Deputy Defense Minister and Commander of the Air Force, Lt. Gen. Ramiz Tahirov  has said. “It is planned to buy new planes for the Azerbaijani Air Force, which is being negotiated. The experts studied the possibilities of the planes offered to us,” he …

In response to the denial by the Defense Ministry of his previous statement that the Azerbaijani troops, that have invaded Gegharkunik are actively strengthening their positions, conducting other engineering works, Armenia’s Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan issued another statement on Modnay, insisting that Azeris have built large shelters, stocked up on firewood and concreted the roads leading …

In a statement released today, the Armenian General Prosecutor’s Office summarized the results of the investigation into the cases of substantial electoral and other election-related crimes registered during the June 20 National Assembly elections. Accordingly, 91 people have been charged in more than 80 criminal cases in connection with the reports sent to the preliminary …

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, despite many difficulties, have taken a significant step to stop the bloodshed in Nagorno Karabakh, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in his speech at the Valdai International Debate Club, referring to the Artsakh conflict. “There is a potential aspect: preconditions must be created for the …

Some 18,598  COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, 2,146 new cases were confirmed; 42 people died. As of October 22 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,9458,792 Confirmed positive cases – 291,052 Deaths – 5,944 Recovered – 258,486 Patients currently receiving treatment – 25,374

Azerbaijani President Aliyev has said that a lawsuit has already been filed against foreign companies who worked in the occupied Kovsakan (Zangelan) region of Artsakh for “conducting illegal activities there,” Azerbaijani media reported. “Vezhneli gold mine was illegally exploited by Armenians together with foreign companies. We have started lawsuits against those companies,” Aliyev said during …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to expel the ambassadors of the United States, Germany and eight other Western countries after they condemned the detention of a civil society leader.Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala, 64, has been in jail without a conviction since 2017, becoming a symbol of Erdogan’s growing intolerance of …