Asia Armenia The country has handed back to Azerbaijan four border towns it had occupied since the 1990s, conquered during a war between the two former Soviet republics in the Caucasus
Asia Armenia A +10,4% increase in economic activity has been recorded in Jan-June 2024 compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Economy informs; growth was recorded in all sectors of the economy and was due to a rise in both domestic and foreign demand
Asia Armenia Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a telephone meeting in which Putin has reported its impressions of his visit to Azerbaijan last week
Asia Armenia Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company, Rosatom, has started work on extending the life of the Metsamor nuclear power plant, 16 kilometres from Turkey, by starting operations on the unit 2 reactor, following an agreement with Armenia
Asia Armenia A measure providing $65 million in assistance for Armenia to continue reform efforts and Euro-Atlantic integration has been approved by the US Senate Appropriations Committee