Armenia

Armenia will withdraw from four towns on its border with Azerbaijan following an agreement between the two sides that is seen as a step toward launching peace talks

Preliminary agreement was reached in Brussels on financial assistance to Armenia from the European Union Peace Fund for €10 million to be spent within 30 months

Fastex from SoftConstruct, a Web3-driven ecosystem, presented community expansion and development initiatives in Armenia through a strategic partnership with Yerevan State University

Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan said Armenia will participate for the first time in the Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of the European Union, scheduled for mid-April in Spain

Armenia has warned that war with Azerbaijan could break out "by the end of the week" unless it gives in to Baku's demands to cede villages and land in exchange for a peace deal over the Nagorno-Karabakh region

The country said it had officially asked Russia to withdraw its border guards from Yerevan airport

The EU Commission confirmed that it is discussing options with Armenia to start dialogue on visa liberalisation

The ECW First Emergency Response grant, provided by UNICEF, will support the Armenian government's refugee response plan with $1 million and improve access to early education services for refugee and host community children

The ICC held a special ceremony to welcome Armenia as the 124th State Party to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC

The country is preparing to host the AMADEE24 Mars analogue simulation in March; stressing its scientific and educational importance, the ambassador expressed gratitude to the Austrian Space Forum for choosing Armenia as the host country

Armenia held 13th Human Rights Dialogue in Yerevan with EU, focusing this year on gender equality and non-discrimination, freedom of assembly, expression and information, electoral and constitutional reform, refugee rights and strengthening labour rights

The commission responsible for television and radio announced that the licence of Tospa, Sputnik Armenia's broadcaster, has been suspended for 30 days starting December 20 following remarks made in November by Russian TV personality Tigran Keosayan

A court in Yerevan put an end to the marathon trial of former President Robert Kocharyan, who agreed to the statute of limitations despite strongly denying the corruption charges against him