During the trial in Baku, alleged victims admitted they only knew Ruben Vardanyan from media and social networks, yet demanded the harshest punishment for him.
The Swiss parliament has supported an initiative aimed at ensuring dialogue and safe return for displaced Armenians from Artsakh. Baku opposes the move.
European lawmakers recognize Armenia’s efforts in finalizing the peace deal with Azerbaijan. They urge Baku to take this historic step and ensure regional stability.
David Lammy highlights the historic significance of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement and urges both sides to proceed with signing as soon as possible.
Baku strongly denies allegations from Armenia’s PM office, reiterating constitutional changes as a prerequisite for a peace deal and calling for the OSCE Minsk Group's dissolution.
Moderna co-founder said any Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal must ensure the release of prisoners, including Ruben Vardanyan, who remains detained in Azerbaijan.
Turkey conditions normalization with Armenia on fulfilling Azerbaijan’s demands, including constitutional changes and the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group.
The U.S. Defense Department refrains from commenting on reports of military equipment transfers to Armenia, citing operational security considerations.
The Armenian ambassador to France met with the president of the Hauts-de-France regional council to discuss bilateral relations and recent developments.
As а native speaker of Armenian, it’s hard to imagine that people are capable of mastering your language so well as to perfectly speak, write and express themselves in Armenian. Conversing with Benedetta Contin, an Italian scholar who has put her heart and soul into learning the Armenian language, I was amazed at her ability to convey her thoughts in such a beautiful manner. Benedetta currently teaches old Armenian in Mekhitarist Congregation in Venice where Lord George Gordon Byron came in 1816 and immediately became fascinated by the beauty of the Armenian culture and language.
Dozens of graphic videos depicting Azerbaijani servicemen cutting off the heads of and murdering elderly Armenian men and prisoners of war started circulating online beginning from the final days of the six-week war unleashed by Baku against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). And regardless of what the Azerbaijani President has to say about his troops “showing the highest human qualities” and being “decent” in general, hundreds of videos tell a different story, a story of murder, humiliation, marauding and a complete lack of empathy.