Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has moved to gain full and direct control over a state agency that provides bodyguards to him and other current and former Armenian officials.
An Armenian government agency said on Thursday that civil aviation authorities in neighboring Iran have pledged to return an Armenian passenger aircraft that mysteriously landed in Tehran last month.
Health authorities have announced plans to start vaccinating by the beginning of March an estimated 3 percent of Armenia’s population against COVID-19.
A senior public health official predicted on Wednesday a renewed rise in coronavirus infections in Armenia, saying that many people have again become complacent about the disease.