Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated on Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin on successful completion of the vote on constitutional amendments in Russia. “This event is crucially important for the future strengthening of Russia’s statehood. I am confident, the changes in the main law, backed overwhelmingl...

The Armenian Cabinet approved a proposal to sign an agreement between the Government of Armenia and Kazakhstan on trade and economic cooperation in the field of oil supply. As the press department at the government reported, the agreement is supposed to promote cooperation in the field of oil product supplies between Armenia a...

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on successful holding of the referendum. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister, the congratulatory message runs as follows, ‘’Honorable Vladimir Vladimirovich, I congratulate you on the successful referendum on con...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh Masis Mayilian sent thank-you letters to a group of U.S. Congressmen, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of MFA Artsakh. The Foreign Minister noted with gratitude that in continuation of the meetings held in Washington in October 2019 and the assurances, the Cong...

Two opposition fractions at the National Assembly - Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia - have applied to the Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan to set a parliamentary ad hoc commission for examining the government response to the pandemic and the efficiency of the measures taken by the government and the Commandant’s Offi...

An agreement has been reached with the Georgian side to allow Russian citizens stranded in Armenia to return home passing through the territory of Georgia. As the Russian Embassy in Armenia reported, the agreement has been reached in close cooperation with Russian Embassy, Russia’s foreign ministry, Armenian and Georgian author...

A Yerevan court on Thursday agreed to postpone by nearly one month a hearing in the trial of third Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and several other former officials. One of the ex-president’s lawyers, Amram Makinyan, requested the court to postpone the hearing, citing the coronavirus-related situation in Armenia. Meanwhile...

People testing negative for coronavirus antibodies may still have some immunity, a study has suggested. For every person testing positive for antibodies, two were found to have specific T-cells which identify and destroy infected cells. This was seen even in people who had mild or symptomless cases of Covid-19, according to B...

The constitutional amendments have been supported by 77.92% of Russians who took part in the nationwide vote, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said after counting 100% of ballots, TASS reported. According to the election commission, 21.27% of voters were opposed to the amendments. According to the latest data, the turnou...

There are no major changes in Armenia in terms of the coronavirus situation, Minister of Healthcare Arsen Torosyan said at the Cabinet meeting, adding that 593 new cases and 6 more deaths have been confirmed in the past one day. “The situation with the healthcare system almost is the same, the intensive care units are full of pa...