Author: Tsvig Ezzatian

Assailants managed to escape before arrival of law enforcement personnel, no injuries reported Azerbaijan on Thursday said its embassy in Lebanon’s capital Beirut was attacked by people of Armenian origin, but there were no injuries. “About 50 people of Armenian origin … struck the fence around the administrative building of the embassy and threw bottles containing paint and explosives,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It added that the Lebanese agency responsible for protecting diplomatic missions was informed of the incident, but the attackers managed to escape before the arrival of law enforcement personnel. The ministry urged the Lebanese…

They call it the Road of Life, as it is the only route connecting 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region with the Republic of Armenia. But for nearly nine months the Lachin Corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijani authorities, resulting in severe shortages of food, medication, hygiene products and fuel in the breakaway region. Eighteen-year old Hayk is standing on the balcony of a modest hotel in Goris on the Armenian side of the border with Azerbaijan, speaking to his mother on a video call. “No eggs, no sugar, there are no sweets at all, bread is being…

Armenia refuses to provide detailed information on the location of mass-casualty burials, the Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmet Hajiyev, said, News.az reports. “Another mass-casualty burials of 4,000 missing Azerbaijanis was identified next to Shusha prison, where civilians and POWs were kept, treated inhumanly, tortured, killed, and buried in mass graves. Armenia, to evade responsibilities, refuses to provide detailed information about the location of mass graves,” said Hikmet Hajiyev in the publication on the social network X (Twitter). Previously, in June this year, a mass-casualty burials was discovered on the…

Hungary’s current account showed a EUR 547 million surplus in June, following a EUR 396 mln surplus in the previous month, preliminary monthly data released by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on Tuesday show, according to an article by news agency MTI. The trade surplus reached EUR 1.702 bln in June, the result of a EUR 813 mln surplus in trade of goods and an EUR 888 mln surplus in trade of services. The primary income balance showed a deficit of EUR 903 mln, as investors repatriated EUR 734 mln from direct investments. Capital transfers from the European Union…

Azerbaijan’s government is sounding more and more positive about the U.S.- and EU-brokered negotiations with Armenia and increasingly negative about Russia’s mediation efforts. Those talks are taking place on a separate track, not coordinated with the Western mediators. Russia maintains a 2,000-strong peacekeeping contingent in Azerbaijan’s Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh. The latest meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders on July 15 in Brussels, mediated by European Council President Charles Michel, didn’t seem to advance the process too much, but it did introduce one new idea. Michel welcomed Azerbaijan’s “willingness to provide humanitarian supplies” to the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, via the Azerbaijani city of Aghdam.…

Earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to “bind” Sweden’s NATO membership with Turkey’s EU membership, demanding that the EU open the way for Turkey to join. However, German Foreign Minister Berberke poured cold water on it in recent days, saying that Turkey is unlikely to join the EU anytime soon. According to a report by Germany’s “Focus Weekly” on July 20, Bell Burke said at the EU foreign ministers’ meeting that day that Turkey’s accession to the EU is still in a “frozen” state because Turkey has not yet met the standards in areas such as the rule…

(Observer Network News) Earlier this month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to “bind” Sweden’s entry into NATO with Turkey’s entry into the European Union, asking the European Union to open a way for Turkey to join it. However, German Foreign Minister Berberke poured cold water on it in recent days, saying that Turkey is unlikely to join the EU anytime soon. According to a report by Germany’s “Focus Weekly” on July 20, Bell Burke said at the EU foreign ministers’ meeting that day that Turkey’s accession to the EU is still in a “frozen” state because Turkey has not yet…

When the Ukrainian president visited Turkey a few days ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Russia to extend the Black Sea grain agreement for at least three months and announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey in August . According to reports, Zelensky and Erdogan also discussed the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine during their talks, which is also a matter that Erdogan will discuss with Putin. Zelenskiy said he would wait for the results to comment, but said discussions with Erdogan had touched on the specifics of the release of all captives, including Ukrainian children who had been…

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the return of the commander of the Ukrainian pro-Russian armed forces Azov battalion from Turkey to Ukraine will not affect the construction of the gas hub. He described Russia-Turkey relations as “multifaceted”, but said Moscow would await clarification from Ankara. “No, it has nothing to do with it,” Peskov said at a news conference in response to a question about whether Turkey’s decision to involve the commander of the Azov battalion in the construction of the gas hub would have an impact. He added: “We intend to continue working with Turkey develops our relationships…

Concerns grow over the proposed lease for a luxury hotel in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter, which could displace residents, businesses and religious institutions, irrevocably changing the landscape of the historic quarter The developer who leased a large portion of the Armenian Quarter has presented to the Jerusalem Municipality a concept for a luxury hotel complex that would encompass 10 to 20% of Armenian land with the potential to tack on “adjacent” properties during the duration of the lease. Details of the contract between the Armenian patriarch and Xana Gardens Ltd. were made public for the first time during the presentation on…