Artsakh authorities claim that Azerbaijan has disrupted the supply of natural gas from Armenia for the second time in two weeks, leaving the people of Artsakh without heating in subzero temperatures. The pipeline was first […]
While violence escalates in Artsakh, Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities have exchanged statements on initiating peace talks. Human Rights Defender of Artsakh Gegham Stepanyan has appealed to the international community to take action against Azerbaijan’s escalated […]
Azerbaijan’s military shelled various villages, mostly located along the eastern border of Artsakh, on Wednesday, according to Artsakh authorities. The Office of the Prosecutor General of Artsakh reported that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired on […]
The Armenian government has adopted a neutral stance toward the armed attack launched by Russia on Ukraine on February 24. The governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan were silent following Russia’s recognition of the independence of […]
A leak revealing secret Swiss banking records implicates several figures from the South Caucasus, including former president of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and the sons of the head of Nakhichevan Vasif Talibov. The Organized Crime and […]
The Minister of Justice in Armenia has called for a mass dismissal of judges, amid opposition concerns that the government is attempting to undermine the independence of the judiciary. Criticism predominantly stems from a case […]
In the spring of 1915, Nigoghos Mazadoorian and his father Garabed came across an early ripening mulberry tree while walking through their orchards in Ichmeh, a village in the Ottoman Armenian province Kharpert. As per […]
A majority of residents of Armenia support restoration of diplomatic relations with Turkey, as long as critical national interests are not conceded, according to a recent poll. The US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) published the […]
Armenian health authorities recorded a peak number of positive COVID-19 cases on February 2. The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Armenia reported 3,956 new cases on Wednesday, the highest number of positive cases registered in […]
President Armen Sarkissian released a surprise statement on Sunday announcing his resignation. In the statement, Sarkissian attributed his decision to the limits placed by the Constitution on the power of the president to influence policy […]
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