In a move denounced by Azerbaijan, the European Union formally approved on Monday 10 million euros ($11 million) in non-lethal military aid to Armenia.
Air Arabia, the Middle East’s largest low-cost airline, is reportedly planning to sue the Armenian government following the collapse of their joint venture set up in 2021.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has again described much of modern-day Armenia as “western Azerbaijan” and said Yerevan must ensure the safe return of ethnic Azerbaijanis who had fled it in the late 1980s.
An Estonian training program has helped dozens of Armenian teachers focus on issues of improving reading skills in schools where quite a few children completing elementary grades are believed to struggle with understanding texts.
The Armenian government’s tax revenue fell well short of its target in the first half of this year despite continued robust growth of the domestic economy.
An Armenian government agency said on Friday that it is negotiating with Russian authorities and will step up laboratory tests of Armenian fruits and vegetables in an effort to have a Russian ban on their imports lifted.
French President Emmanuel Macron has defended France’s multimillion-dollar defense contracts with Armenia signed since last fall, drawing fresh condemnation from Azerbaijan.
An Armenian military training plane crashed on Friday, killing its two pilots on board.
The United States will appoint a resident adviser to Armenia’s Defense Ministry as part of deepening ties between the two nations, a senior U.S. official confirmed in an interview published late on Wednesday.
Citing food safety concerns, Russia has reportedly banned the import of fresh fruits and vegetables from Armenia amid heightened tensions between the two estranged allies.
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of refusing to hold a meeting of their leaders on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit that took place in Britain on Thursday.
The planned opening of a Russian consulate in Armenia’s strategic Syunik region requires “further steps” by the Armenian government, Russia’s ambassador in Yerevan, Sergei Kopyrkin, said on Wednesday.
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