A Turkish court has sent to jail pending trial six suspects, including four Russians, accused of espionage after they were detained on suspicion of preparing armed attacks on Chechen dissidents, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Thursday, Reuters reported. It said Turkish police first detained the suspects on Oct. 8 in an operation focused on …

The Covid pandemic will “go on for a year longer than it needs to” because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, BBC reported. Dr Bruce Aylward, senior leader at the WHO, said it meant the Covid crisis could “easily drag on deep into 2022”. Less than …

Azerbaijan has returned to Iran two drivers arrested on the Azerbaijani-controlled section of the Goris-Kapan highway, the country’s State Customs Committee. “Guided by the principles of humanity, mutual respect, good neighborliness and goodwill, Iranian citizens Barzegar Jafar Gazanfar and Noruzի Shahroud Heydar returned to their country on the morning of October 21 in accordance with …

If the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, approves Armenia’s appeal against Azerbaijan, that would greatly contribute to the strengthening of the facts of the Armenian side in the negotiation process of the Artsakh conflict settlement and the international recognition of Artsakh’s self-determination, Representative of Armenia before the European …

Some 15,065 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, 2,603 new cases were confirmed; 37 people died. As of October 21 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,940,194 Confirmed positive cases – 288,906 Deaths – 5,902 Recovered – 257,352 Patients currently receiving treatment – 24,409

Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter, theverge.com reported. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, …

The State Revenue Committee has published information on taxes paid by the 1,000 largest taxpayers in January-September 2021. In 2021, over the period of nine months, more than 871 billion drams (about USD 1.8 billion) were paid in taxes and customs duties by the 1,000 largest companies. The amount of payments made to the tax …

Scientists in Britain are monitoring a new version of the Delta variant, called Delta Plus, that has begun to spread in England and could be slightly more contagious. The new variation, officially designated as AY. 4.2, accounted for 6 per cent of all COVID-19 cases that were genetically sequenced during the week of Sept. 27, according to …

PSRC Chairman Garegin Baghramyan told journalists today that water rates may increase from January to become 200 drams (about $0.4) per cubic meter from today’s 180 drams. “We are discussing a proposal to have a 10-year stable pricing policy,” he said “I would like to remind you that the base price won by the 2016 …