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Expert: Turkey, Azerbaijan trying to ‘extort concessions’ from Armenia Turkey and Azerbaijan seek to pressure Armenia into making concessions over several important issues, including the status of Artsakh and Armenia’s borders, as well as to make the country come to terms with the fact that Azerbaijani troops are stationed on Armenian territory

Greek Foreign Minister: The days of the Ottoman Empire are over The days of the Ottoman Empire are over, said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, urging Turkey to abide by international law

Lebanon is fighting rapidly spreading wildfires for 3rd day in a row Lebanon is fighting rapidly spreading wildfires for the third day in a row after they have destroyed pine forests and threatened homes in the northern regions.

Heroin worth $ 45 million seized in Armenia At the beginning of July 2021, the Department for Combating Smuggling of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia received operational information that a transnational organized criminal group

Acting FM calls prosecution of Armenian POWs by Azerbaijan with sham charges impermissible Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Armen Grigoryan received today head of the Delegation of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) to Armenia Thierry Ribaux
Armenia downs Azerbaijani Aerostar drone The air defense units of the Armenian army shot down an Aerostar UAV belonging to the Azerbaijani military, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

Saudi Arabia to reopen to fully vaccinated tourists after 17-month Covid closure Saudi Arabia announced Friday it would reopen its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists after a 17-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic

Minsk Group co-chairs urge Armenia, Azerbaijan to return to negotiations as soon as possible The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Stephane Visconti of France, Andrew Schofer of the United States of America, and Igor Khovaev of the Russian Federation) made the following statement:

Azerbaijani forces open fire at Armenian positions in Yeraskh section of border On July 30 the Azerbaijani armed forces again resorted to provocation in the Nakhijevan direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border

PACE rapporteur calls for respecting ceasefire after recent border incidents between Armenia and Azerbaijan PACE rapporteur calls for respecting ceasefire after recent border incidents between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan abuses the important process of voluntary national reviews within UN: Ambassador’s letter to UN chief The letter from the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations Mher Margaryan addressed to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Economic and Social Council has been released

Armenian ministry of health prepares packages for increasing COVID-19 vaccinations, applying certain restrictions The ministry of healthcare of Armenia is preparing packages for boosting the COVID-19 vaccinations and imposing some restrictions as the new cases are gradually growing, caretaker minister of healthcare Anahit Avanesyan said at the Cabinet meeting today

Armenia's acting PM's proposal is of political nature – Russian Duma representative The proposal of the acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan about deploying strongpoints of Russian border guards along the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani border is of political nature

COVID-19: Armenian government allocates over 3 bln drams for purchase of Sinopharm, Pfizer vaccines The Armenian government allocated 3 billion 459 billion drams for the purchase of Chinese Sinopharm and German Pfizer vaccines against COVID-19.

World-renowned tenor Joseph Calleja performs Spendiaryan’s 'Oh Rose' with Armenian State Symphony Orchestra The June 18 concert performed by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and celebrated Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja at Dubai Opera was highly acclaimed by the audience.