A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and ​freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that echoed a similar attack in France last month, Reuters reports. The attack, which raised temperatures in refrigerator and ‌freezer units at dozens of stores,…

Eduard Hakobyan, Chairman of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC), continued his working meetings in Brussels as part of a global event under the Smart Customs program. During his working visit, Chairman Hakobyan met with Matthias Petschke, Director for Customs at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD). The meeting addressed current…

Mark Carney has set June 2027 as the deadline to make Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member”. The category, which has no precedent, has been fiercely opposed by Germany, Euronews reports. Canada and the European Union aim to conclude negotiations on the country’s potential “associate membership” of the bloc by June 2027, Canadian Prime…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed on Friday that if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he must come to Moscow. Speaking to reporters following a G20 meeting held in the United States, Lavrov criticized the Ukrainian head of state’s recent statements on attacks on Russia, insisting that they…

The US has transferred 10 military cargo aircraft to Israeli air bases in the southern Negev region amid preparations for a possible military strike against Iran, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported Thursday. The broadcaster said the aircraft landed at Ovda and Nevatim air bases, while additional US military planes were reportedly dispatched to bases…

European Union leaders on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Ukraine following a deadly attack on a passenger train at Dnipro railway station that killed at least 13 people and injured five others. European Council President Antonio Costa condemned what he described as another “cruel and devastating series of Russian strikes against civilians,” expressing condolences…

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Tone Kajzer, Armenian Prime Minister’s press office reported. During the meeting, issues related to the development of relations and the deepening of cooperation between Armenia and Slovenia were discussed. Nikol Pashinyan and Tone Kajzer emphasized the importance of…

Reuters. Ukrainian human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets and a representative of the Office of the Russian human rights commissioner Igor Kashin met in Gomel airport in Belarus on Thursday (October 29). The meeting was a part of relief mission aimed at providing aid and evacuation of civilians facing humanitarian disaster from a front-line town of…

Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler on Wednesday warned Russia and Ukraine against further attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, saying Ankara reserved the right to take ​legal action against the strikes, in Turkey’s most direct intervention to date, Reuters reports. NATO member Turkey, ‌which has maintained good ties with both Moscow and Kyiv…

At least 46 people were killed after two high-speed trains collided near Urda in Spain’s Toledo province, as emergency crews work to recover victims and hospitals prepare for an influx of injured passengers. The crash occurred at around 8:54 a.m. local time (07.54 a.m. GMT) and involved a Renfe train traveling from Madrid to Seville…

Reuters. Residents in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson said onTuesday (October 27) that it felt noticeably quieter as a local ceasefire around the Russian-held town of Oleshky came into effect across the Dnipro River. One resident, 37-year-old Oleksandra, said the city had experienced calm periods before, though she noted an absence of the drones…

Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has arrived in Armenia, Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan announced on his Facebook page. “I welcomed His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Papoyan wrote, also publishing an accompanying video. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից…

Ukraine will not accept limits on the size of its military or neutral status as part of a peace agreement, and Russia cannot dictate its security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with TSN published on the evening of Oct. 25. “I probably won’t go into detail about this because we have…

Negotiations continue during the second week of COP17, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Armenia reports. Members of the negotiating team of Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade outline the key work being carried out through their involvement in the conference’s negotiation process. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր…

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France on Saturday, with largely peaceful rallies giving way to clashes in Paris and Marseille as night ​fell despite a huge security operation aimed at preventing a repeat of last week’s unrest, Reuters reports. The Interior Ministry said 410,000 people took part in protests nationwide, though unions ‌said…

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 616 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions and the waters of the Azov and Black seas, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. “Over the past night (from 08:00 p.m. Moscow time on October 23 to 08:00 a.m. Moscow time on October 24), on-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has won this year’s Sakharov Prize, awarded by the European Union to individuals and organizations in recognition of their work to support and protect human rights and democracy, DW reports. “This prize recognizes the important work of the court in upholding international law and justice,” said European Parliament President Roberta…

Denmark has responded with approval to forcible seizures of vessels carrying Russian cargo by NATO countries in waters of the Baltic Sea, which is why the country does not rule out that it could carry out similar operations of its own, which are, in essence, acts of outright piracy, the Russian Embassy in Denmark told…

Reuters. President Tayyip Erdogan hailed the Turkey’s new “strategic partnership” with NATO ally Canada on Thursday (October 22) as Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Ankara. Carney’s trip – the first such visit for a Canadian leader – comes as Ottawa seeks to expand trade partners and reduce reliance on the United States. The new partnership…

Reuters. Traffic moved through the Saudi capital Riyadh on Thursday (October 22) after the United States ordered diplomats to depart Saudi Arabia amid Houthi strikes. The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to depart from its missions in Saudi Arabia and plans to withdraw family members from a number of other…

Relations between Türkiye and Azerbaijan have become strained recently. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has declared 31 Turkish citizens “persona non grata” and banned them from entering the country. According to the ministry, the reason was statements made by these individuals on social media that were directed “against Azerbaijan’s sovereignty, national security and Azerbaijanis, and also contained…

October 21 | 12:30What U.S. cannot do under TRIPP without Armenia’s consent: Mirzoyan clarifies Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով

Reuters. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who arrived in Oslo on Tuesday (October 20) to meet US special envoy Steve Witkoff, met Norway’s King Haakon at the Royal Palace. Zelenskiy arrived in Oslo earlier in the day to try to repair ties with Washington that have deteriorated this month as President Donald Trump has courted Moscow….

The Kremlin commented on the possibility of peace talks without Ukraine’s participation, saying that a final agreement to end the war would be impossible without representatives of Kyiv, says Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, according to TASS. According to Peskov, Russia highly values the efforts of the United States to find ways to end the war…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to hold an emergency security meeting on Monday after protests over the rising cost of living broke out into violent clashes in Milan, BBC reports. More than 5,000 people gathered over the weekend. Police deployed tear gas and water cannons after protesters – many in masks – threw…

Russia and the US are discussing a ​range of new joint projects including nuclear-powered data centres in the wake of last week’s agreement on ‌diesel, President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy said on Friday, Reuters reports. Kirill Dmitriev said that US sanctions posed serious obstacles and criticised as “misguided” the Graham Act signed by US President…