The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison after a judge ruled he could serve the rest of his sentence outside jail under strict judicial supervision, The Guardian reports. Sarkozy, 70, was driven by car from La Santé prison in Paris accompanied by his wife, the singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and arrived…
Sources told CNN that senior Hezbollah military figure Ibrahim Aqil was the target of Israel’s strike on southern Beirut that leveled a building, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of others. Last year, to mark the 40th anniversary of Hezbollah’s bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut in 1983, the US State…
Greece’s prime minister Monday said a massive earthquake in Turkey and deadly rail disaster in northern Greece have helped de-escalate tension between the two neighbors, driven by a popular feeling of solidarity, Ekathimerini reports. The devastating Feb. 6 quake in southern Turkey killed some 50,000 people in the country and neighboring Syria. It was…
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday warned that his country “will not tolerate” any parties attempting to embroil Lebanon in regional wars, as the Supreme Defense Council issued a strong warning to Hamas over “the use of Lebanese territory for hostile actions.” The statements came during a meeting of the Supreme Defense Council convened…
A peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia may be signed in the foreseeable future, but in the end, what matters most is not when it is inked but that all issues are resolved, Russian presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday, TASS reports. According to the Kremlin spokesman, representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and…
Ilia Darchiashvili, Foreign Minister of Georgia, congratulated Armenia and its people on the National Day. “Happy First Republic Day to Armenia, its people, government and my colleague Ararat Mirzoyan. May this day be filled with peace, unity, and prosperity for your nation. We are committed to continuing strengthening strategic partnership and unique ties between…
Michael Roth, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee in German Bundestag reflected on his visit to the EU Mission in Armenia. “Big thanks to the team of the EU civilian mission in Armenia. We must strengthen EU Mission in Armenia as quickly as possible to further monitor the entire border to stabilise the situation and…
Residential buildings in a neighbourhood of southern Israel appeared to have sustained heavy damage following a reported Iranian missile strike on Friday (June 20) morning, eyewitness footage showed, Reuters reports. According to Israel’s paramedic agency Magen David Adom (MDA), at least six people were injured in an Iranian missile strike on Friday morning in…
US Ambassador appointed to Azerbaijan Mark Libby – welcome! We look forward to developing US-Azerbaijani relations and starting working towards sustainable and long-term peace in the region, US Embassy to Azerbaijan reports on its Facebook page. Baku has not had a US ambassador since last summer. “Welcome to Azerbaijan, Ambassador-designate Mark Libby. We look forward to…
Armenia may be deprived of voting rights in the CSTO due to debts, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. According to her, according to the organization’s charter, measures can be taken against a state if it fails to fulfill its obligations, in particular, if it has a two-year debt. The measures also…
Aykhan Hajizada, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan accused the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, for “obviously biased position” towards Azerbaijan. Hajizada made his comments on the remarks made on December 4 at the 25th EU-NGO Forum on Human Rights by Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs…
The State Inspection Service is responsible for making sure that citizens’ human rights are protected. They need to be independent. They need to be very well qualified heads of these agencies. We hope that this will not be a rushed process, – US Ambassador to Georgia stated after meeting with Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili….
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lent his country’s strong endorsement to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the opening of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), calling for expanded cooperation across the vast Eurasian landmass, Reuters reports. Noting that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative dovetails with Russia’s…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the delegation led by Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Shamkhani. The Prime Minister welcomed Mr. Shamkhani’s visit to Armenia, attaching importance to the continuous development of friendly and brotherly relations with Iran. “High-level mutual visits are important for solving this issue. I…
The Human Rights Defender of Armeniapublished a preliminary report on the results of fact-finding activities conducted at the places of registration of forcibly displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh, Ombudsperson’s press office reports. The Human Rights Defender Ms. Anahit Manasyan published a preliminary report in English on the results of the fact-finding activities conducted by her…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister’s Press office reports. Prime Minister Pashinyan referred to the humanitarian crisis created in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor, highlighting the importance of the implementation of the necessary steps…
About 45,100 Ukrainian soldiers have died in the war with Russia, and 390,000 have been wounded. These are the figures of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky cited in a recent interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, Radio Liberty Ukraine reports. Two months ago, Zelensky reported 43 thousand dead and 370 thousand wounded. The Ukrainian…
Ukraine is negotiating a deal with Azerbaijan to import gas from the South Caucasus country this year, Kyiv’s energy minister said on Monday. “We are currently in talks. Azerbaijan is interested in this,” Svitlana Hrynchuk told Ukrainian outlet RBC-Ukraine. Ukraine imported test volumes of gas from Azerbaijan earlier this year as it seeks…
Moldova has received gas from Bulgaria via the Trans-Balkan corridor in a test mode, Vadim Cheban, acting head of Moldovagaz, said in his Telegram channel. On December 31, 2024, the purchase of natural gas in Bulgaria was successfully carried out on the Balkan Gas Hub platform for Moldovagaz JSC. The amount of gas purchased…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israeli air forces had dealt “serious damage” to Iranian nuclear facilities and claimed that Iranian leaders are “packing their bags” in the face of the ongoing military campaign, Euronews reports. In a televised address, Netanyahu threatened to escalate the attacks further, delivering a direct warning…
US congressman Brad Sherman called to stop US military aid to Azerbaijan. “We are watching a humanitarian catastrophe unfold in Artsakh. Yesterday, I joined my colleague Adam Schiff and the Armenian community at a press conference in my district. We must hold the Aliyev regime accountable and end U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijan,” Sherman…
The new head of France’s Louvre Museum warned Wednesday that the world’s most visited museum is “at breaking point” due to aging infrastructure and mounting investment needs. “We can say it without ambiguity … the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate’s Culture Committee. He noted that the institution…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (September 7) that Russia had not lost anything as a result of its military campaign in Ukraine, Reuters reports. “I am sure that we have not lost anything and will not lose anything (over actions in Ukraine). When it comes to the gains, I can say that the…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Ambassador of Russia to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. PM Pashinyan said that the Armenian-Russian allied relations bear a dynamic character over the recent years, adding that the Russian Embassy in Armenia has a great contribution to this. Pashinyan said that there are close contacts between the partners of the two countries,…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday (July 8) said that there will hopefully be a peace deal soon between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but offered no other details. “NATO’s now at 5% for the first time ever, the highest numbers ever. A peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, a…
Within the framework of the Sixth Caspian Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ilham Aliyev. Prior to the meeting, Putin mentioned that he would also discuss regional security issues with the President of Azerbaijan, in particular, the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According to the Russian President, various proposals on regional cooperation were discussed…
Ukraine carried out a successful test of the first domestic-made ballistic missile, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 27, The Kyiv Independent reports. “It may be too early to talk about it but I want to share it with you,” the president said at the Ukraine 2024 Independence forum in Kyiv. …
On June 24, the President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan who is on an official visit in Vienna met with the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka. Alen Simonyan thanked his Austrian colleague for the invitation and congratulated him on the 30th anniversary of the…
Azerbaijan has spent months trying to starve out the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh, US Senator Ed Markey wrote in his microblog of X (former Twitter). “Now, the military has launched an assault on the region that has worsened this crisis and sparked mass displacement. Unacceptable. We must hold the Azerbaijani government accountable,” he stated.
The Ukrainian president said that the war in Ukraine should end based on United Nations rules in a speech given to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Euronews reports. Speaking at the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia should be “forced” into peace based on the UN charter. …
