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29/04/2021 10:09

Armenia’s acting PM to pay two-day working visit to Russia

Government’s press service reports that Pashinyan will attend the session of the Eurasian Inter-Parliamentary Council in Kazan.

28/04/2021 17:32

Armenia’s health minister, vice PM vaccinated with AstraZeneca

“We have chosen AstraZeneca as the most lies are being spread about this vaccine while just few tens of negative cases have been recorded out of about 200 million,” Avinyan said.

28/04/2021 17:12

Samsung’s Lee family to pay more than $10.8 bln inheritance tax

Lee, who is credited with transforming Samsung into the world's largest smartphone and memory chip maker, died on Oct. 25 with an estate local media valued at around 26 trillion won.

28/04/2021 16:22

Azerbaijani troops again pull back from the direction of Artsakh’s Nor Ghazanchi village – village head

“The Azerbaijani [troops] again moved forward to the positions on April 27 but with the mediation of the leadership of the Russian peacekeepers they pulled back,” the head of the village said.

28/04/2021 16:12

Bulgaria’s prosecutors suspect group of Russians of organizing arms factory blasts

"There is a certain similarity between the four explosions at ammunition plants, and the products that were supposed to be exported to Georgia and Ukraine but were destroyed. Based on the investigation’s data, we can make a well-founded assumption about the interconnection between the explosions in Bulgaria, the attempted poisoning of three Bulgarian citizens and explosions in other countries," she argued.

28/04/2021 15:00

Russia expels Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian diplomats as tit-for-tat measure

The ministry pointed out that on Wednesday, Latvian Ambassador to Moscow Maris Riekstins, Lithuanian Ambassador Eitvydas Bajarunas and Minister-Counsellor of the Estonian Embassy in Moscow Piret Reintamm Benno were summoned by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

28/04/2021 14:32

Russia reports over 7,800 daily COVID-19 cases, a new low since late September

Moscow registered 1,840 COVID-19 cases while St. Petersburg recorded 723 cases, a new high since March 27. Some 612 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the Moscow Region, 228 in the Rostov Region, 179 in the Samara and Nizhny Novgorod regions each and 159 in the Voronezh Region.

28/04/2021 13:52

Vatican could be perfect place for meeting with Putin, Zelensky says

"The Holy See could be the perfect host for dialogue on peace in Donbass," he pointed out.

28/04/2021 13:16

PAP has objections regarding bill on elections, won’t back it – deputy

She said PAP has some objections relating the bill, and the position will be equivalent. She said they cannot be for it.

28/04/2021 13:05

Opening border with Turkey to harm Armenia’s agriculture – Robert Kocharyan

The ex-president stressed that if the border opens now the situation of farmers of Ararat valley will simply be awful.

28/04/2021 12:57

Kocharyan explains his return with bad situation in the country

He stressed that with his biography, experience and knowledge he is the person to save the country from such situation.

28/04/2021 12:48

Armenia’s Syunik not safe, no matter how much the authorities claim it – deputy

“It is absurd when your authorities do not imagine how they can take care of the security of own citizens,” Grigoryan said.

28/04/2021 12:29

Brexit: European Parliament backs UK trade deal

Under a separate protocol, Northern Ireland remains de facto part of the EU's single market, so goods arriving there from Britain have to undergo EU checks. Since Brexit there has been some disruption to that trade.

28/04/2021 11:57

My Step deputy convinced ruling force to manage to organize free, fair, transparent and competitive elections

Speaking at the NA today he said that the ambitions of the forces engaged in the elections will not influence on the quality of the elections and those who will violate law will be subjected to responsibility.

28/04/2021 11:49

NSS ex-director Artur Vanetsyan summoned to IC to give explanations, lawyer says it is political persecution

“Definitely, there can be no criminal case if a legal resolution is given. The developments we see over Mr Vanetsyan – numerous criminal cases, materials, part of which were filed and part of it rejected – speaks about the political persecution against Artur Vanetsyan agreed with his political activity especially now, after elections have been announced,” Lusine Sahakyan said.

28/04/2021 11:18

US sees importance of open dialogue with Russia — Blinken

In his words, the United States was ready to respond if the Russian government continues "to engage in aggressive or reckless actions." At the same time, the US top diplomat added that Washington counts on "a more stable, predictable relationship" between the two nations.

28/04/2021 10:58

Armenia records 808 new coronavirus cases in a day, 14 deaths reported

According to the information, 196,289 (+588) people have recovered, other 13,503 (+206) are getting treatment.

28/04/2021 10:38

Armenia, Artsakh have no formulated approaches on ensuring security – Henaket think-tank

It says the incidents recorded during the past month are of local nature but their frequency, the incomplete mechanisms of ensuring security, the indifference of the Armenian authorities raise concerns.

28/04/2021 10:15

Almost 5.7 million people contracted coronavirus worldwide in past week — WHO

"Globally, new COVID-19 cases increased for the ninth consecutive week, with nearly 5.7 million new cases reported in the last week - surpassing previous peaks. The number of new deaths increased for the sixth consecutive week, with over 87 000 new deaths reported," the WHO said.

27/04/2021 16:28

Armenia’s FM voices hope Biden’s April 24 statement to pave way for dialogue between Armenia and Turkey

Turkey directly got involved in the Azerbaijani aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh by dispatching thousands of foreign terrorist fighters to our region.