Today Armenia is in much better shape for trade and economic cooperation, as the government has made significant progress in the fight against corruption, consolidating the rule of law and establishing conditions conducive for doing business and attracting foreign investments, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Gulf News of the United Arab Emirates in an interview.

The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has commented on OSCE Chairperson in Office, Slovakia’s FM Miroslav Lajčák’s statement on an upcoming meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers due in Bratislava.

“Next week, the House of Representatives will take a historic vote to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. America must speak up in opposition to crimes against humanity, especially as Turkey threatens a new ethnic cleansing campaign in Northern Syria”, he said.

Bomb squads were called into Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan 23:25, October 24 over a suspicious package at the entrance of the departure hall.

At 00:40, October 25 the South Caucasian Railways CJSC restored operations of all its trains.

Head of Kentron administrative district of Yerevan Viktor Mnatsakanyan announced his resignation today on Facebook.

A Yerevan court has ruled to jail former Deputy Chief of Staff of Parliament Arsen Babayan in pre-trial detention.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to Russia on a one-day working visit to participate in the regular session of the Eurasian Inter-Governmental Council in Moscow on October 25, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

 Armenia is ranked 47th among 190 countries in the 2020 World Bank Doing Business report.

 A citizen of Yerevan has attempted to illegally transport drugs from Iran into Armenia but was caught by National Security Service (NSS) border agents at the Meghri border checkpoint.