Azerbaijan’s poor human rights record continued to deteriorate as the government intensified its crackdown on independent media, political opponents, and civil society, silencing dissent, and further entrenching a climate of fear, according to the Azerbaijan section of World Report 2026 by Human Rights Watch. Continue reading
Human Rights Watch: Azerbaijan has taken no meaningful steps to ensure Armenians’ right to return to Karabakh
Team from US company AECOM visits Armenia to initiate TRIPP site survey work
Under the State Department’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment Fund, a team from the US engineering consulting firm AECOM visited Armenia to initiate work on a survey of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) site, Continue reading
Armenia parliament election to be held on June 7, 2026
The next regular elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will be conducted on June 7.
President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed the respective decree on Friday. Continue reading
Thomas de Waal: Turkey supports Pashinyan, he is an ideal partner for themThomas de Waal: Turkey supports Pashinyan, he is an ideal partner for them
Turkey, of course, supports Pashinyan; he is an ideal partner for them. Thomas de Waal, a leading researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an expert on Caucasus issues, expressed such an opinion on the air of Armenian News-NEWS.am’s “Factor of Power” program.
De Waal added that Turkey is preparing for various plans in this regard.
“The biggest move will be the opening of the border with Armenia. But Turkey is waiting for a signal from Baku to advance this agenda,” de Waal noted.
Also, the analyst believes that the factor of external forces will have a decisive impact on the outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia.
“This is due to the fact that these elections are not just ordinary elections for the formation of power, but also a unique referendum to determine the country’s foreign policy course, and [PM Nikol] Pashinyan is playing on this. In addition, there is a desire in both Armenian and Azerbaijani societies to stop the bloodshed, and Pashinyan skillfully uses this factor,” de Waal noted.
At the same time, in his opinion, Azerbaijan’s demand to make amendments to Armenia’s constitution will be difficult to implement after the Armenian elections, including in the event of Pashinyan’s victory. Thomas de Waal doubts that this matter will receive the approval of the Armenian public during the referendum.
VIDEO – CoE Rights Commissioner Michael O’Flaherty declines comment on life sentences for Artsakh officials in Baku
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, declined to comment on the Baku court’s illegal life sentence against the top military-political leadership of the independent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), remaining silent when questioned by an Armenian journalist.
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The authorities of fascist Azerbaijan sentenced eight more captured Armenians to long prison terms
The authorities of fascist Azerbaijan on Thursday sentenced eight more Armenian captives to various terms of imprisonment.
According to the verdicts, Melikset Pashayan was sentenced to 19 years in prison, Madat Babayan to 19 years, Continue reading
The so-called “Court” of the fascist regime of Azerbaijan illegally sentenced the former top military-political leadership of the independent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) to life imprisonment
The criminal, so-called “court” of the fascist regime of Azerbaijan illegally sentenced the former President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Continue reading
Only 4 of 42 chaplains remain in Armenia army, the rest return to Holy Etchmiadzin
Against the backdrop of the Armenian Apostolic Church “reform” campaign of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the chaplaincy of the Armenian Armed Forces was removed from the subordination of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin by order of the minister of defense, starting from February 1. Continue reading
Secret 1920 Document Reveals Turkey’s Plans, Just as Today, to Eliminate Armenia. By Harut Sassounian
In recent months, there have been several references to an important book in Armenian published by Turkologist Dr. Ruben Safrastyan in Yerevan in 2019. The book is titled: “Mustafa Kemal: The Struggle Against the Republic of Armenia, 1919-1921.”The reason this book has come to special attention now is that, among other valuable information, Continue reading
What awaits Armenia this year? Stratfor’s 2026 forecast
One of the most prestigious US think tanks, Stratfor, recently published its 2026 Annual Forecast, and it reflects on Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, too.
According to the report, Armenia and Azerbaijan will take modest steps Continue reading
