The Azerbaijani armed forces units that have invaded into the Gegharkunik province of Armenia, have built large shelters, accumulated a large amount of firewood, and paved the roads leading to their positions, the office of Armenia’s ombudsman says. “Their activity has recently increased sharply. Moreover, they continue to build new roads, increase the number of …

Turkey is still ready to consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 and Su-57 fighter jets, if Ankara fails to reach agreement with Washington on the delivery of US F-16 fighters, Head of Turkey’s Defense Industry Ismail Demir said on Monday, TASS reported. “If the United States does not approve a deal on the F-16s after the situation …

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar will visit Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku, according to his tweet. “Takeoff again for meetings in Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan. The EU is engaged to work with its partners for a South Caucasus that is prosperous and at peace.”

The exercises with the participation of the troops of the CSTO member states have started in the south of Tajikistan, RIA Novosti reported, citing the head of Tajikistan Ministry of Defense press service. He said that from October 18 to 23 in the “Momirak” and “Harbmeidon” military schools of the Tajik Armed Forces “Echelon 2021”, …

The height called Lkatr near Pela Mountain close to Kapan city, Syunik province, has completely passed under the control of Azerbaijan, Kapan community head Gevorg Parsyan told Factor.am. He said two days ago the Russian border guards were lowered from that position. “For us, that mountain road served as an intermediate path, the villagers used …

Strengthening EU cooperation with post-Soviet countries participating in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) program and Strengthening Europe’s role in the Persian Gulf region will be high on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday, SWI reported. “The foreign ministers will come up with ideas for a ministerial meeting, the Eastern Partnership summit, …

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the United States had proposed the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in return for its investment in the F-35 programme, from which Ankara was removed after purchasing missile defence systems from Russia, Reuters reported. Reuters reported earlier this month that Turkey made a request to the …

The Central Electoral Commission has summed up the preliminary results of the October 17 local elections in six communities of Armenia.   Goris Arush Arushanyan bloc – 6,269 votes Armenian National Congress party – 282 votes Civil Contract – 3,568 votes   Gyumri Hayrakakhak bloc – 1162 votes Dignified Way party – 388 votes Republican …

Some 19,360 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 1,192   new cases; 28 people died. As of October 18 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,897,268 Confirmed positive cases – 283,183 Deaths – 5,805 Recovered – 254,932 Patients currently receiving treatment – 21,212

Suicide bombers attacked a Shi’ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least 35 people, the second week in a row that militants bombed Friday prayers and killed dozens of worshippers from the minority sect. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Friday’s attack in Kandahar, but Islamic State claimed the …