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June 18, 2018 04:10

• 5000 people attend Artsakh Airfest festival in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The second annual Artsakh Airfest festival was held at the Stepanakert airport. The event was attended by more than 5000 people. Half of the visitors were tourists from Armenia and other countries.

June 18, 2018 02:12

• Echmiadzin Mayor resigns after citizens' protests

  Karen Grigoryan, a son of the Armenian MP Manvel Grigoryan, who was detained on suspicion of illegally storing weapons, resigned from his post of the Mayor of Echmiadzin.

June 18, 2018 00:48

• Azerbaijani activist released after detention

  Azerbaijani opposition activist Rufat Bakhshibeili, detained in Baku, has been released. Law enforcers demanded from him to remove his critical posts in the social network.

June 17, 2018 17:11

• Conflict of protesters with law enforcers occurred in Dagestan

  At the protest action of the villagers of Nizhnee Mulebki of the Sergokalin District, several persons were detained after a skirmish with "Rosgvardia" servicemen, local residents have reported.

June 17, 2018 13:15

• "Musavat" activist detained in Azerbaijan

  Rufat Bakhshibeili, an activist of the opposition "Musavat" Party, was detained after a search in his apartment near Baku; the whereabouts of the oppositionist is unknown, his party comrades have reported.

June 17, 2018 12:30

• Chechen Prosecutor accuses traders of inflating prices ahead of Eid al-Fitr

  More than 100 cases of increasing foodstuff prices on the eve of the Uraza-Bayram holiday were revealed by the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

June 17, 2018 11:28

• Manvel Grigoryan's supporters block street in Yerevan

  Activists of the "Yerkrap" Union of Veterans have blocked traffic outside the building of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia, demanding to release Manvel Grigoryan.

June 17, 2018 06:18

• New church opened in Nagorno-Karabakh for philanthropists' money

  The consecration ceremony of the new church "Surb Vardanank", built for the funds of the charitable foundation "Development of Armenian Villages" took place in the city of Chartar, Martuni District of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took part in the ceremony.

June 16, 2018 20:53

• Outdoor namaz in Maykop attracts tourists

  In Maykop, the capital of Adygea, at least 2000 believers attended an open-air collective namaz (prayer) on the occasion of Uraza-Bayram, said Eldar Cheuzh, one of the organizers of the event. Tourists could not only watch the festive prayer, but also take part in it.

June 16, 2018 17:30

• Three million rouble on stake at races in Cherkessk

  The prize fund at equestrian races held in Cherkessk, the capital of Karachay-Cherkessia, dedicated to the Day of Russia, the 73rd anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Uraza-Bayram holiday, amounted to 3 million roubles.

June 16, 2018 12:32

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of 250 bombardments during a week

  On June 10-16, Azerbaijani militaries fired 2500 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

June 16, 2018 08:06

• Azerbaijan holds exercises in frontline zone

  Exercises involving tanks and artillery were held near the troops contact line. 2000 militaries successfully countered the attack of conventional enemy, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

June 16, 2018 07:10

• Pension reform in Armenia may cause future problems

  In the opinion of Tevan Pogosyan, a political analyst, the start of the accumulation pension system in Armenia, under which citizens will contribute their own funds into their future pensions, will degrade authorities' rating. This duty violates the citizens' ownership rights, Anahit Beglaryan, a lawyer, believes.

June 16, 2018 04:10

• State Department warns US citizens against visiting Northern Caucasus

  The US State Department has warned American tourists about the terrorist threat that exists in the regions of Northern Caucasus and the cities hosting the FIFA World Cup.

June 16, 2018 00:33

• Georgian law enforcers tell about mother with children detained in South Ossetia

  Russian militaries have detained a woman with two young children near the village of Atotsi on the border with South Ossetia.

June 15, 2018 23:58

• At action in Baku, police detain political prisoners' relatives

  Today, in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, policemen detained protesters who demanded freedom for political prisoners. Soon, the detainees were released.

June 15, 2018 21:32

• Azerbaijani woman wounded at Armenian border

  A resident of the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan was wounded in her leg, when she pastured cattle at the border, near positions of the Armenian Army.

June 15, 2018 19:56

• Kadyrov portraits provoke conflict in Pankisi

  During the conflict of residents of the Pankisi Gorge with passengers of the cars decorated with portraits of Akhmat Kadyrov, no one was hurt, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported.

June 15, 2018 16:32

• ECtHR registers a complaint about ban of LGBT action in Nalchik

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has registered complaints filed by LGBT activists from the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria and six other Russian cities about a refusal to hold LGBT actions. This was reported by Nikolai Alekseev, a rights defender and an LGBT activist.

June 15, 2018 16:16

• Customs officers hand over seized antiques to National Museum of North Ossetia

  Books and silverware from pre-revolutionary Russia confiscated by customs officers of North Ossetia who prevented an attempt to export the rarities from Russia were accepted by the National Museum of North Ossetia.