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A group of ambulance drivers went on strike in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on November 2, demanding more pay to compensate for an increased workload due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Citing a rising number of coronavirus cases and fatalities, Armenian health authorities announced that wearing masks in open public spaces will again become mandatory in the Caucasus country beginning on November 1.
As the Delta variant runs rampant in Armenia, intensive care units in the capital, Yerevan, are almost fully occupied with COVID-19 patients. But many people in the country continue to fear the effects of vaccination more than the impact of the disease.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has expressed readiness to meet Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to discuss further steps to regulate the situation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Former Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has been arrested in connection with an investigation into supplies of allegedly faulty ammunition provided to the country’s armed forces.
People in Azerbaijan and Armenia have marked the first anniversary of the start of the six-week war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has told the United Nations that his country is willing to engage in talks to achieve a sustainable peace in the South Caucasus region following last year's war with neighboring Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijani forces have reportedly set up checkpoints on a strategic road connecting Armenia to Iran. The highway passes through areas handed over to Azerbaijan by Armenia as a condition of a Russian-brokered cease-fire last year which guaranteed a free flow of traffic.
Yerevan has accused Azerbaijani snipers of opening fire on Armenian military positions near the border, the latest in a series of deadly incidents between the two neighbors since they fought a six-week war over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region last year.
Azerbaijan has unblocked a major Armenian highway between two parts of Armenia’s southern region of Syunik after nearly two days of closure, Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) said on August 27.
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) says that dozens of Azerbaijani soldiers have blocked a road between two parts of Armenia’s southern region of Syunik after an alleged stabbing incident.
Armenian media organizations have condemned authorities for removing journalists from a room reserved for the press in the National Assembly during brawls that took place among deputies this week.
Three brawls broke out in the Armenian parliament over the course of two days as the assembly was disrupted by waves of violence among lawmakers. Opposing members of parliament fought twice on August 25 and violence also broke out in the chamber on August 24.
A total of 3,773 Armenian servicemen were killed during the 44-day war with Azerbaijan last fall.
Armenia has reiterated its support for India over its decades-long territorial dispute with Pakistan and expressed gratitude to New Delhi for its "targeted statements" regarding the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Armenian President Armen Sarkisian appointed acting Prime Minister Nikola Pashinian to the post of prime minister on August 2, the first day of the parliament's new term following an election six weeks ago.
Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has suggested that Russian border posts be placed along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to secure its safe demarcation as simmering tensions between the two South Caucasus nations threaten to boil over again.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have blamed each other for the latest border shoot-out that Yerevan says claimed the lives of three of its soldiers amid renewed tensions between the two South Caucasus neighbors after last year's war over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
An Azerbaijani court has sentenced 13 members of Armenia's armed forces to six years in prison on charges of illegally crossing the border and weapons possession.
Azerbaijani and Armenian forces exchanged fire for several hours along a section of their border as tensions continue to simmer between the two countries after last year's war over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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