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.
Almost one month after Azerbaijan blocked the sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, the authorities in Stepanakert decided on Monday to limit the sale of some basic foodstuffs and other items increasingly in short supply.
The Armenian Ministry of Justice has drafted legislation that would empower authorities to block access to news websites and social media in times of war.
Shops and markets in Nagorno-Karabakh have run out of key foodstuffs imported from or through Armenia more than one week after Azerbaijan effectively cut off the region from the outside world.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s leadership on Tuesday called on the international community to pressure Azerbaijan to reopen the sole road connecting the region to Armenia.
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