US Ambassador to Azerbaijan visits occupied Shushi

ArmInfo. The state regime of Azerbaijan continues to usurp and destroy Artsakh's cultural  heritage. Another target of this policy was the Pantheon of Heroes of Stepanakert, dedicated to the heroes who became martyrs in the name of the Motherland in occupied Artsakh, Hovik Avanesov Ombudsman of  Culture of Hayk public organization, expert on Caucasus warns.

ArmInfo. Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Vache  Terteryan received the delegation of the World Food Program (WFP),  headed by Nanna Skau, WFP Armenia representative.

ArmInfo.The process of gradual withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh continues

ArmInfo. Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan  legislation that seeks to enforce sanctions against Azerbaijani officials responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses, including the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, the arbitrary detention of  Armenian POWs and civilian captives, the torture and abuse of  detainees, and extrajudicial killings, reported the Armenian National  Committee of America (ANCA).

ArmInfo.The closing ceremony of the Russian-Turkish monitoring center has taken place in Aghdam. 

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan destroyed the Armenian cemetery of Ghazanchetsots in the city of Shushi in  occupied Artsakh. This was reported by Caucasus Heritage Watch, citing satellite images from April 4.

ArmInfo.About 35% of refugees from Artsakh are thinking about taking the path of emigration.  Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan announces.

ArmInfo. The family of illegally detained philanthropist, Ruben Vardanyan, announced today  that he entered into a hunger strike to demand the immediate and unconditional release of himself and the other Armenian prisoners illegally held in Baku.  

ArmInfo. Jean Christophe Buisson, Deputy Director of Le Figaro, posted the following posts on  his X account. 

ArmInfo. We are leaving Artsakh, which no longer exists. There is no one else to pacify in Karabakh - Azerbaijan got what it wanted, having been preparing revenge for decades. Famous Russian journalist - war correspondent, analyst and blogger Yuri Kotenok wrote on his Telegram channel. As a journalist who supports  the principle of the people's right to self-determination, Kotenok covered the course of the second Karabakh war, during which he was seriously wounded and barely survived.

ArmInfo.Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, commented on the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from  Nagorno-Karabakh. 

ArmInfo. The withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers (RPC) from Nagorno-Karabakh is a logical  consequence of Pashinyan's recognition of this territory as part of Azerbaijan. This was stated by the head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.

ArmInfo.The delegation of the National Assembly to PACE takes part in the work of the Second part  of the Annual Session of the Assembly going on in Strasbourg, the press service of the RA NA reports.  At April 16 meeting the member of the NA delegation to PACE Armen Gevorgyan gave a speech during the  debate on the Application by Kosovo for membership to the Council of Europe.

ArmInfo. Russia has begun withdrawing peacekeeping units from the territory of Artsakh occupied  by Azerbaijan. This information was confirmed to journalists today by spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

ArmInfo. Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan reacted with sarcasm to the statements of Hasmik  Hakobyan, a MP from the ruling "Civil Contract", that Artsakh refugees are the reason for the decline in democracy in Armenia.

ArmInfo.Russia has started the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from the southern Caucasus region  of Karabakh, Azerbaijani state news agency APA said on Wednesday.

ArmInfo. At a meeting of the council of the youth organization of the European People's Party (EPP) in The Hague, a resolution presented by the French Republican Party on the situation in Artsakh and EU support for Armenia was  adopted.

ArmInfo. To counter the gains that authoritarians have made over the last 20 years, democratic  governments must broaden their approach to democracy promotion.

ArmInfo. Former Artsakh Ombudsman, human rights activist Ruben Melikyan responded to the  attempts of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to contrast "Historical Armenia" with the so-called "Real Armenia".

ArmInfo.In 2020-2023, the Armenian government allocated 538 billion drams or $1.3 billion, to  Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on April 11 in parliament.