“We encourage the countries of the South Caucasus to work together to resolve disputes and strengthen regional cooperation,” a US State Department official said in response to Factor.am’s question regarding Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova’s statement that the US seeks to hinder the “3 + 3” initiative. “While external actors can play an effective …

Some 16,888  COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, 2,146 new cases were confirmed; 31 people died, eight others died of other causes. As of October 23 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,975,680 Confirmed positive cases – 293,014 Deaths – 5,975 Recovered – 29,705 Patients currently receiving treatment – 26,078

President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held US foreign policy position. But a White House spokesman later told some US media outlets that his remarks did not signify a change in policy. The US has a law which requires it to help Taiwan …

As a result of operative-investigative measures carried out by the National Security Service Kotayk Regional Department, evidence was obtained that the director of the company engaged in business activity violated the requirements of a number of legal acts on land use, subsoil extraction in Zoravan, Kotayk province in 2012-2019. In the territory of the community, …

A line of trucks has been formed at the Sadakhlo-Bagratashen checkpoint. Today, one of the drivers waiting in line called the Factor.am to say that he had been waiting since 10 o’clock last night “There are about 60 tucks in our parking lot, and there are people waiting in such two parking lots,” said the …

Acting National Assembly Deputy Speaker Ruben Rubinyan issued a statement, which says that a National Assembly Inquiry Commission has been set up by force of law. “Pursuant to Article 20, Part 1 of the National Assembly Rules of Procedure, a National Assembly Inquiry Commission  was established by law to study the use of funds collected …

President Putin really doesn’t want a third or fourth party to be involved in the process of demarcation and delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Russian analyst, military expert Alexander Khramchikhin says. “I don’t know to what extent he will be able to solve the problem alone, but he doesn’t want the involvement of other parties …

According to Q3 2021 data, Ameriabank is the largest taxpayer among Armenian banks. Overall, the Bank paid AMD 7.13 billion in taxes (as of September 30, 2021), up by 62.5% Y-o-Y. According to the results of Q3 2021, Ameriabank ranks 15th on the list of 1,000 top taxpayers published by the Tax Service of the …

Under the trilateral agreement between Armenia, Norway and the Moderna company, Norway will donate 620,400 doses of Moderna’s Spikevax vaccine to Armenia, the Armenian health minster said in a Fecebook post. The transportation will be taken care of by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. “Thank you to my team for …

“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 …