A Russian aircraft manufacturer has confirmed that Baku is planning to purchase an unknown number of Yak-130 combat aircraft, further increasing Russia’s sale of military hardware to Azerbaijan.

President Serzh Sarkisian wants to curtail sweeping constitutional powers enjoyed by him but has yet to decide whether Armenia must be transformed into a parliamentary republic, one of his political allies said on Tuesday.

The delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Armenia says it regrets that it has had to suspend its work in support of civilians harvesting fields in Chinari village, Tavush Region, as a result of shooting from Azerbaijani units from across the border that occurred on 26 July.

Armenian businessman and philanthropist Levon Hayrapetyan, who was arrested in Moscow earlier this month, fainted in his detention cell on Wednesday morning, Artsakh Today reported. He was later revived.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Artsakh Republic is working hard at promoting the international recognition of the country’s independence, peaceful settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh, attracting foreign investments to the Artsakh economy, as well as strengthening of Artsakh-Armenia-Diaspora cooperation.

VTB Bank (Armenia), a subsidiary of Russia’s second largest bank, VTB, said on Monday that the new Western sanctions targeting major sectors of the Russian economy, including VTB Bank, will have no impact on its customers.

This year Filmfest Hamburg honored Hamburg-based film director Fatih Akin with the Douglas Sirk Award, according to the festival’s website.

So, the first session of our AYF Youth Corps camp ended and our group left Gyumri.

The US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with computer systems essential to visa processing, the US Embassy in Armenia says.

ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s nomination of John Bass for U.S. Ambassador to Turkey.

Community members on Sunday gathered at churches across the Western United States for special prayers and sermons to honor the memory of the Lisbon 5, who 31 years ago sacrificed their lives for the advancement of the Armenian Cause.

rmenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian traveled to Artsakh on Sunday to visit the Republic’s military units as part of the military cooperation between the two Armenian states.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says he will gladly return an award given to him by a Jewish-American association a decade ago in a letter released by his office, which also called on the US group to condemn Israel’s government policies in Gaza.

Armenia’s future lies in a knowledge-based economy, said U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern.