12 Azeri activists who participated in a rally in support of the Artsakh war in 2020 were arrested in the Iranian city of Ardabil which has a significant Azeri population, according to an Iranian media report. The report says that on October 9, a local court sentenced each of them to 14 years and 32 …

In response to Factor.am, the press service of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde refused to comment on “3 + 3” format proposed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, just saying that the presidency fully supports the work of the Minsk Group co-chairs. The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Iran announced at a …

The Turkish lira (TRY) fell through the 9.00 per dollar threshold to its latest all-time low on October 11. The currency is enduring another bout of weakness with the markets concerned that Turkey’s central bank in late September cut interest rates despite high and rising inflation. The TRY stumbed to 9.0123 against the USD, marking a 0.5% decline …

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will discuss the implementation of the Nagorno-Karabakh agreements in Moscow on October 12, the Kremlin’s press service said. “Progress on fulfilling the statements of the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders on Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9, 2020, and on January 11, 2021, is set to be …

“Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is on a working visit to the Russian Federation,” Prime Minister’s spokeswoman Mane Gorgyan said in a Facebook post. Pashinyan will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today. The parties will discuss issues related to the implementation of the trilateral declarations of November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021, …

Union of Informed Citizens, NGO Program Coordinator Daniel Ioannisyan reported that the plane provided to serve the Armenian President was operated by high-ranking officials in 2008-2017, and made a number of flights at the expense of government funds without official necessity, Special Investigations Serivce said in a statement. Information was received that during the above-mentioned …

In an interview with Turkish Milliyet, Ibrahim Cullen, Spokesman for the President, spoke about the possible meeting between the US and Turkish Presidents, which will take place at the G20 Summit. “Bilateral political and economic relations, energy, security, fight against terrorism, military industry, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Karabakh, Caucasus, Libya, Eastern Mediterranean and other regional and …

Some 7,472 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 903 new cases; 43 people died. As of October 12 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,818,603 Confirmed positive cases – 273,863 Deaths – 5,618 Recovered – 250,055 Patients currently receiving treatment – 16,959

The State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan has responded to statements of Commander of Iranian Border Guards, Major General Ali Goudarzi, press service of the SBS told APA. The respective SBS statement reads: “The Commander of Border Guards of Islamic Republic of Iran Major General Ali Goudarzi has recently made statements in his interview published …