By Ani Avetisyan in Yerevan Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reiterated demands on January 28 for Armenia to open a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave, escalating tensions between the two South Caucasus nations.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have a long history of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region within Azerbaijan until recently mainly populated by Armenians. The first war between them in the 1990s led to the establishment of a self-proclaimed Armenian republic, which no country recognised.

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There is intelligence on the use of psychotropic drugs against former Karabakh leaders who are on trial in Baku, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said last week.

A military court in Baku on Monday rejected a motion made by the defense attorneys last week to change the detention status of the Artsakh leaders currently facing bogus charges in Azerbaijan to house arrest.

Only 5.6 percent of respondents asked from January 20 to 22 said that Armenia’s authorities are undoubtedly doing everything to return the former military and political leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan. This was stated by MPG company director, sociologist Aram Navasardyan, during a press conference Wednesday.

Armen Gevorgyan, a member of the Armenian National Assembly delegation, delivered an address during the debates on "the need for a renewed, rules-based international order" at the 2025 Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Gevorgyan's address is presented below.

Recalling that the Soviet regime took Western Zangezur from Azerbaijan in 1920, committing a crime against the Azerbaijani people, the head of state also noted: “We have not forgotten Zangezur, and we will not forget it.

European Union member ambassadors, meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, reportedly approved an extension to the EU’s monitoring mission in Armenia until February 19, 2027.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev continued to demand on Tuesday that Armenia open a land corridor that would connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave.

The term of the European Union's “monitoring” mission in Armenia has been extended until February 19, 2027, Trend reports. According to the information, the decision was made by the ambassadors of the European Union in Brussels.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili will arrive in Armenia on January 30 for an official visit, according to the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.