Vitaly Balasanian, a retired general who held a senior position in Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership until recently, has been released from custody after being charged with assault, illegal arms possession and embezzlement.
Azerbaijan has again banned the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from evacuating seriously ill persons from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership and main political factions urged Armenia to stop ongoing peace talks with Azerbaijan on Wednesday after four Karabakh Armenian soldiers were killed overnight in what Stepanakert described as an Azerbaijani ceasefire violation.
Members and supporters of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) picketed the Russian and key Western diplomatic missions in Yerevan on Tuesday to demand that the international community do more to end Azerbaijan’s seven-month blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Ten days after blocking the movement of humanitarian convoys through the Lachin corridor, Azerbaijan allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday to resume the evacuation of seriously ill persons from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.
Azerbaijan has made clear that it will not agree to any special arrangements for guaranteeing the rights and security of Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian population.
One week after Azerbaijan blocked the movement of humanitarian convoys through the Lachin corridor, nearly 190 seriously ill residents of Nagorno-Karabakh are waiting to be evacuated to hospitals in Armenia for urgent treatment, health authorities in Stepanakert said on Thursday.
Representatives of a U.S.-Armenian joint venture said on Tuesday that it will continue to build a metallurgical plant in an Armenian border village despite systematic gunfire from nearby Azerbaijani army positions.
The Armenian government said on Friday that it will ask the National Assembly to ratify the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite a stern warning issued to it by Russia.
Armen Ashotian, a prominent opposition politician, was arrested on Thursday eight months after being indicted on what he and his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) call trumped-up charges.
Two workers building a new metallurgical plant in an Armenian border village were seriously wounded on Wednesday in what the Armenian military described as cross-border fire from nearby Azerbaijani army positions.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian spoke on Wednesday of “external threats” facing democracy in Armenia which he claims to have established during his rule.
Two Armenian soldiers were captured by Azerbaijani forces late on Friday in what Armenia’s Defense Ministry described at the weekend as a cross-border incursion.
Armenia appeared to boycott on Thursday a regular meeting of the defense ministers of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states, highlighting its deepening rift with the Russian-led military alliance.
The United States has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to withdraw their troops from the Armenian-Azerbaijani border after fresh fighting between them.
The European Union confirmed late on Monday that its top official, Charles Michel, will host on Sunday fresh talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to maintain ceasefire as she visited an Armenian town near the volatile border between the two countries on Friday.
Prosecutors have decided not to launch criminal proceedings against the head of an Armenian law-enforcement agency tasked with combatting corruption after looking into allegations that he abused his power to buy a large apartment at a discount.
Several dozen parents of Armenian soldiers killed during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war partly blocked a street in Yerevan for the second consecutive day on Friday to protest against authorities’ failure to prosecute police officers who used force against them.
Parliament speaker Alen Simonian has caused another scandal after allegedly spitting on Sunday at an opposition activist who branded him a “traitor.”
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