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.”
The Armenian opposition accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government on Friday of letting Azerbaijan occupy more Armenian territory after rerouting much of the Lachin corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh.
The head of an Armenian law-enforcement agency tasked with combatting corruption reportedly halted a criminal investigation into a wealthy businessman in 2021 shortly after buying from his company a large apartment at a discount.
The Armenian authorities declined to clarify on Monday whether they will press ahead with recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite its arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have accused the Azerbaijani military of systematically firing in recent days at Karabakh Armenian villagers cultivating land in their communities.
Russia said on Thursday that it is investigating reports that Russian soldiers came under Azerbaijani fire while searching for an Armenian serviceman who went missing on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
A prominent Armenian general who demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation in 2021 was set free on Tuesday one day after being arrested on charges strongly denied by him.
Arayik Harutiunian, Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, has sparked fresh speculation about his impending resignation after proposing a major constitutional amendment.
Dozens of schools and colleges in Nagorno-Karabakh were shut down on Tuesday one day after Azerbaijan again blocked Armenia’s natural gas supplies to the region cut off from the outside world for almost two months.
Azerbaijan reportedly again halted Armenia’s natural gas supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday nearly two months after effectively blocking the sole road connecting the Armenian-populated region to the outside world.
Nearly 5,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have lost their jobs since Azerbaijan blocked on December 12 the sole road connecting it to Armenia and the outside world, according to the authorities in Stepanakert.
Prosecutors asked the Armenian parliament on Monday to allow them to indict another parliamentarian representing the main opposition Hayastan alliance.
Fifteen soldiers were killed and three others seriously injured in what authorities said was a major fire that broke out at a military barracks in Armenia early on Thursday.
Azerbaijan cut off natural gas supplies to Nagorno-Karabakh but restored them six hours later, the authorities in Stepanakert said on Tuesday.
Broadband Internet service in Nagorno-Karabakh was reportedly disrupted on Thursday one month after Azerbaijan blocked the region’s land link with Armenia.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh accused Azerbaijan on Wednesday of not allowing them to restore electricity supplies from Armenia disrupted on Monday.
Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have resorted to rolling blackouts, saying that electricity supplies from Armenia to Karabakh carried out through Azerbaijani-controlled territory have been disrupted.
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