Author: Narek Torigian

Spot prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG) retreated in Asia as the threat of imminent strike action at three Australian plants eased, but solid fundamentals are keeping prices elevated for future deliveries. The LNG spot price for delivery to North Asia slipped to $13.00 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for the week ended Aug. 25, down from $14.00 previously, but still 44% above this year’s low of $9.00 from early June. The retreat came as Woodside Energy (WDS.AX) reached an agreement with labour unions at its North West Shelf LNG facilities in Western Australia, averting industrial action that had been set…

It is clear that the appetite of the Azerbaijani authorities is just opening. Where are the false peace preachers? Nothing to say? Not even any international guarantee is functional in case of Azerbaijan. Arman Tatoyan, director of the Tatoyan Foundation and the former Human Rights Defender (ombudsman) of Armenia, noted this on Facebook. He added as follows: According to available information, the Azerbaijani side has illegally deprived and abducted 3 young civilians from Artsakh, including using brutal force. Young civilians, who were traveling to Armenia, were taken for questioning and 3 of them were kidnapped. The young civilians were traveling…

Azerbaijan has actually confirmed that it use satellites to spy on Armenia. The “Report on space monitoring of extractive mines in the Republic of Armenia” was dedicated to the results of similar activities in mining. According to the results of this report, “Armenia’s mining industry, where environmental norms and standards are not observed today, causes serious damage to the environment.” “About 70 percent of Azerbaijan’s surface water resources are formed in neighboring countries through transboundary water flows. Since Armenia is geographically located in the basin of the rivers flowing through Azerbaijan, any mining activities carried out on its territory certainly…

After a move that neither of them could have anticipated, two friends from Lebanon ended up bringing a little piece of home to northern Armenia.  ‘It was a crazy idea’, admits Christiane ‘Kiki’ Saadeh. In 2020, Kiki Saadeh and Natalie Khalife were living in Lebanon and had just lost their jobs in hospitality, a result of a financial crisis compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and Beirut port explosion. Despite their deep devotion to Lebanon, or perhaps because of it, the two friends felt they could not remain at home watching their nation descend into economic, political, and social disaster. So…

Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan on Friday received Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin, Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Armenia, who is completing her diplomatic mission in the country, Armenian News-NEWS.am learns from the Prosecutor General’s Office. The Prosecutor General thanked the ambassador for the support provided to Armenia by the EU, as well as for her exceptional contribution, active activity, and compassionate approach to the development of Armenia-EU relations, and expressed the hope that the ambassador’s rich work experience will have a considerable impact on the future work of the EU Armenia office. In the conversation with the ambassador, the…

The convoy of 22 trucks carrying Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) humanitarian goods is waiting at the border area of Armenia’s Kornidzor village for 16 days now. Vardan Sargsyan, a representative of the crisis management working group for Nagorno-Karabakh set up by the Armenian government, summed up the records of these days in an interview with Lurer (News) program of the Public TV Company of Armenia. He noted that during these days, representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Armenia, international organizations, and in particular, the UN Yerevan office and UN agencies have visited the border area of Kornidzor, and that they have…

As Russia reorients its foreign trade from its previous close ties with the European Union, its ally Armenia is set to benefit most acting as the most convenient actor for re-export. Armenia also features as a major destination where Russians have been relocating in their thousands and creating businesses of varying sizes. All trends and various official estimates indicate that growth in bilateral commerce and investments will continue especially given the fact that Russia’s estrangement from the collective West will remain in place for foreseeable future. Trade In 2022 trade between Armenia and Russia almost doubled to US$5.3 billion, which…

Just as the Armenians committed provocations in the area of hostilities, they continue to commit ecocidal provocations in the Arazdayan region. In this regard, not only Azerbaijani NGOs are not silent, but also foreign NGOs. Sadly to day the other side is indifferent or so much reluctant to countermeasure the act Armenia’s ecological terror. They simply do not understand that this is a loss not only to Azerbaijan, but also neighbors in the surrounding. Indian microbiologist Zafar Nowshad Wani has become one of the foreign NGOs that has been supporting Azerbaijan for a long time. Upon hearing the information about…

The titanic efforts in Azerbaijan to protect the rights of African countries affected by French neocolonialism have taken a break and returned to environmental issues. In the West, the large-scale action, which turned into a complete blockade of the Lachin corridor and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) by Azerbaijan, was explained by “environmental reasons,” which are very understandable. This time, Azerbaijani “environmentalists” have written a several-page letter to the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, demanding the closure of a number of enterprises in the country. The fact that these “environmentalists” do not simply use the Azerbaijani place names of Armenian settlements, but…

We have laid the foundation for the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan when, thanks to the personal intervention of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first tripartite statement on the principles of a final settlement was signed in November 2020, and several more high-level tripartite statements were subsequently adopted, dedicated to various aspects of the efforts that are necessary for the situation to be fully settled. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this in a press briefing Tuesday. “This refers, among other things, to the unblocking of transport and economic communications between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and in the South…