Author: Hera Lylozian

On April 17th, a delegation from the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) signed a cooperation agreement with the Armenian Aerospace Agency in Yerevan to carry out a four-week Mars mission simulation in Armenia in March-April 2024. OeWF-Director Dr. Gernot Grömer tells Hetq that a test site in Armenia has not been selected yet for the six AMADEE-24 astronauts to conduct experiments preparing for future human and robotic Mars exploration missions. Grömer, an astronomer and astrobiologist, smiles when we talk about a crater on Mars named in honor of the Garni Temple. According to NASA, traces of water were found in this crater. In…

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a militant group that has been active in Pakistan for several years. The group has been responsible for numerous acts of terrorism and violence, including attacks on civilians, military personnel, and government installations. TTP poses a significant threat to Pakistan due to its ability to carry out violent attacks and destabilize the country. The group has targeted various areas of Pakistan, including urban centers such as Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad. TTP has also attacked military installations, resulting in the deaths of soldiers and civilians. The group has been involved in a long-standing conflict with the…

Ensuring a cessation of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, specifically in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, continues to be of great importance to Secretary Blinken, Principal Deputy Spokesman for the Department of State Vedant Patel said at a briefing with journalists. “He had the opportunity to meet with the leaders of these countries a number of weeks ago on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. It’s something that we continue to be deeply engaged on. It’s something that Mr. Bono continues to be engaged on in addition to others in this department as well. But I just don’t have any specific…

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Tajikistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, expressed his country’s desire to open an embassy in Baghdad, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. The statement elaborated that the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, met with Muhriddin at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of the UN 2023 Water Conference. Both sides discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries, the need to confront common risks, and the importance of exchanging visits between officials of the two countries, the statement mentioned. Hussein and Muhriddin also discussed regional and international issues…

(Reuters) – Russian forces have left the town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Kherson region, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff said on Thursday, but a Russian-installed official in the region denied the troops had left. “As of 22nd March 2023, all units of the occupying army that had been deployed in the town of Nova Kakhovka in Kherson region, have left the city,” the General Staff said in its evening report outlining conditions on the front lines. U.S. warned about Russia’s Kaspersky software Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed governor of Kherson region, denied the report. “All Russian military personnel in Nova…

Accusations against former defense ministers Seyran Ohanyan and Vigen Sargsyan jave given rise to controversy in Armenia. The first is accused of selling real estate for special purposes that served a military unit, the second is accused of “jumping the line” in military housing. Seyran Ohanyan has been ordered not to leave Armenia; Vigen Sargsyan was put on the wanted list. The opposition claims that the criminal cases against them are “fabricated” and both ex-ministers are victims of “political persecution”. There is no consensus in the expert community. According to political observer Hakob Badalyan, there is no doubt that “in the state…

Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan and Deputy Minister Artur Martirosyan met with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Armenia Petr Pirunčík to discuss the steps aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation and development opportunities. As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia, Zhanna Andreasyan, welcoming the Ambassador, noted that the meeting is a good opportunity to outline future actions within the framework of cooperation between the two countries. According to the minister, there is considerable progress in the direction of a number of joint projects, in particular,…

Four Yale Institute of Global Health associated faculty members each receive an award of up to $10,000 for projects contributing to global health research. Contributing Reporter Courtesy of Ashley Haggaman The Yale Institute for Global Health awarded the 2023 Spark Awards to four YIGH-affiliated faculty members conducting international research in global health. The award — which is intended to serve as a “spark” for a larger grant proposal or a project significant to the faculty member’s career development — distributes up to $10,000 in funding to each of the recipients. The four recipients announced on Jan. 18 were Sarah Lowe,…

Armenia FM Ararat Mirzoyan delivered Tuesday remarks at the special session of the OSCE Permanent Council initiated by Armenia. The full text comes as follows “Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to start by congratulating you, Mr. Chairperson, and through you my dear colleague, Minister Bujar Osmani, on assuming by North Macedonia of the Chairmanship of the OSCE and wish you all the success in your challenging endeavour of leading this largest security organization in times of unprecedented set-backs and crises in our common security area. We welcome the human-centric concept of security which will be…

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS. On the initiative of various diaspora structures, Armenians in Belgium held a protest in Brussels, demanding from the European Union and the international community to put pressure on Azerbaijan to open the only road connecting Artsakh to the world. ARMENPRESS reports the head of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy Gaspar Karapetyan said in his speech that Europe and the international community continue to have two “scales”. The international press, everybody presented the reality very well, but the expectation is the practical steps. “We demand from the European Union that practical steps be taken,”…