Foreign policy & security
Tokayev congratulates Aliyev on Azerbaijan's 'Victory Day'
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a congratulatory message to Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of 'Victory Day'.
Daily briefing
Sunday, 8 November
13 stories, 221 articles, 2 blindspots
The day's stories
- Society
WHO: Symptoms of COVID-19 strain PJ.2.1 may resemble the flu
The World Health Organization told RIA Novosti that symptoms of the new COVID-19 strain PJ.2.1 may resemble a cold or the flu, and testing is necessary.
- Blindspot: pro-government media Pro-government outlets barely covered this story, while opposition outlets covered it widely. Church
Archbishop Ezras consecrates Genocide martyrs' khachkar in Saratov
A khachkar dedicated to the memory of the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, installed in the courtyard of the Surb Astvatsatsin Armenian Church in Saratov, has been consecrated by Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan, Primate of the Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
- Church
Nikol Pashinyan attends Divine Liturgy at Noravank
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on his social media page on November 8 that he had attended the Holy and Immortal Liturgy at Noravank.
- Society
Span slabs installed for footbridge near Yerevan's Northern Bus Station
An overhead pedestrian crossing over the M-4 interstate road is being built near Yerevan's Northern Bus Station with state budget funds, the Road Department foundation reports.
- Culture & sport
Varazdat Lalayan wins bronze at World Weightlifting Championships
Varazdat Lalayan won a bronze medal in the super heavyweight category (+110 kg) at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China, with a total of 457 kg (210+247).
- Society
Winter tires to become mandatory from November 15
Taking weather conditions into account, the Patrol Service of the Interior Ministry's police has urged drivers to start using winter tires already.
- World
IRGC: Two tankers hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz
The naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two tankers struck mines and caught fire in the area of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Society
Fallen rock cleared from road in Hrazdan Gorge, traffic restored
On November 7 at 16:43, the Interior Ministry's 112 Operational Management Center received a report that a large rock had broken off a cliff in the Hrazdan Gorge and fallen onto the road.
- World
Trump offers Dana White the post of White House press secretary
US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he had offered UFC head Dana White the position of White House press secretary.
- Blindspot: pro-government media Pro-government outlets barely covered this story, while opposition outlets covered it widely. Foreign policy & security
Zakharova responds to Alen Simonyan's remarks on the 2020 war
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Security Council Secretary Alen Simonyan's claim that Russia did nothing during the Karabakh war in autumn 2020 distorts reality.
- World
Six killed in shooting from a car in Kraków
On November 7, in the Polish city of Kraków, an armed man drove a car into the Main Market Square and opened fire on passersby.
- Culture & sport
FFA president and Executive Committee elections set for December 26
The Executive Committee of the Football Federation of Armenia has decided that the FFA's 28th regular electoral assembly will be held on December 26 at 12:00 at the federation's headquarters.
