Some 8,947 COVID -19 tests were performed yesterday, revealing 1,155  new cases; 21 people died. As of October 6 Total number of tests performed in Armenia- 1,770,914 Confirmed positive cases – 267,363 Deaths – 5,440 Recovered – 245,757 Patients currently receiving treatment – 14,945

The trial of former President Robert Kocharyan and MP Armen Gevorgyan, a former deputy prime minister, continues in a Yerevan court. Armen Gorgyan’s lawyer, Lusine Sahakyan, submitted a motion for recognition of his immunity. The court postponed the examination of Armen Gorgyan’s issue of recognition of immunity until a relevant decision of the Constitutional Court …

Through official military channels, Iran informed Azerbaijan today that it has imposed a ban on flights to Nakhichevan, which are mainly carrying out military supplies, according to an Azerbaijani news report. The source of the report has said that Iran “committed another betrayal of Azerbaijan at the behest of Armenia. Iran’s next attempt to strike …

Anti-Corruption Committee Chairman  Sasun Khachatryan met with US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy. At the meeting the US Ambassador said the fight against corruption is the field where the cooperation of Armenia and the United States is close and constant, adding that now as well the US is ready to work with this new structure …

Tehran’s nuclear progress is “alarming” and its stockpile of enriched uranium has grown significantly, a senior US official said on Monday. The “breakout time” – the time needed to obtain enough uranium enriched for use in weapons – has shrunk from a year to “a few months”, said the senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to AFP. …

Lithuania has delivered 50,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Moderna promised by Lithuanian Prime Minister a few days ago. The ceremony took place on the evening of October 4 at Vilnius Airport, when a delegation led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was returning to Armenia. Lithuania has provided humanitarian assistance in response …

Deputy Minister of Roads and Director General of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company of Iran Kheirollah Khademi is leading the Iranian delegation in Yerevan to Iran’s participation in the building of transit road on Armenian soil by the name “Tatoo,” the Iranian Mehr agency reported. Over the past month, the Republic of Azerbaijan …

Azeri troops opened fire on October 4, at around 11:30 pm at an Armenian Armed Forces supplies truck at the Yeraskh section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Ministry of Defense said. The truck was damaged but no casualties among the crew were reported.

Ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili intends to continue the hunger strike until he and his allies are released from prison, Gruzia online reported citing Saakashvili’s lawyer Nika Gvaramia. “As you probably know, I have announced a hunger strike. I would like you to know – I will not stop it in any case until I and …