The Armenian Parliament has adopted amendments to the legislation, according to which the term of compulsory military service is reduced from 2 to 1.5 years. 65 deputies voted in favour, 4 voted again...
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Farmers in Crete clashed with riot police as protests over delayed EU subsidies spread to areas near the island’s two international airports, Euronews writes. Demonstrators threw stones, damaging poli...
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas signed the strategic agenda document for Armenia-EU partnership today in Brussels. “We w...
Belgian police are carrying out raids at the headquarters of the EU’s diplomatic service, Euractiv reports. The raids are reportedly related to fraud and corruption. No further details have been relea...
The Georgian authorities plan to take legal action against the BBC over a false report claiming the use of chemical agents against protesters, TASS reports, citing a statement from the ruling Georgian...
Activists held a protest march today in Yerevan against air pollution in the city. Participants moved through several central streets of the capital. The march began at Republic Square, continued alon...
Today, there are 23 confirmed prisoners, and I am sure that their number will eventually reach zero, Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan told reporters at the National Assembly. Highlights from Simonyan’...
Azerbaijani media report that several organizers of a demonstration promoting communist ideology were detained in Baku after displaying Soviet Union flags. According to the reports, Abdullah Ibrahimli...
Robert Davtyan, who has been running the same business in the Gnuni market for 30 years, now earns just 200,000 drams per month. Once, business was thriving, but in recent years the situation has chan...
A haunting 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold on Thursday for $54.7 million and became the top-selling work by any female artist at an auction, Euronews writes. The painting o...
Elon Musk predicted a future where money will “stop being relevant,” thanks to AI and robotics, Business Insider writes. At the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum on Monday Musk mentioned the end of work its...
Poverty robs children of their lives, disrupts their health and development, and limits their education. The consequences extend far beyond childhood: adults who grew up in poverty face weaker employm...
