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The number of refugees fleeing from Artsakh to Armenia increases to 50,243, more than a third of the region's population.
2023-09-27

Armenia formally triggers article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) after accusing Azerbaijan of launching an invasion. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says that "we asked support from CSTO, including military support to restore Armenia's territorial integrity and ensure the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the territory of Armenia".
2022-09-14

Georgia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Serbia, and Chile report their first confirmed cases of monkeypox.
2022-06-17

Through the mediation efforts of Georgia and the United States, Azerbaijan agrees to release 15 Armenian citizens currently being held in captivity. In exchange, Armenia provides Azerbaijan with maps of 97,000 anti-tank and anti-personnel mines in the Agdam District.
2021-06-12

A large military parade is held in Baku to celebrate Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is among the foreign attendees. The parade includes thousands of soldiers, flyovers from helicopters and fighter jets, and a Turkish special forces brigade.
2020-12-10

The Armenian ambassador to the United States, Varuzhan Nersesyan, says, "Right now, what is necessary is an intervention of the highest levels, together with other mediators, Russia and France, to stop the violence."
2020-10-1

Armenia declares a state of emergency lasting until April 14 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The emergency measures include the closure of all educational institutions, closing the borders with Georgia and Iran, banning gatherings with over 20 people, and postponing the 2020 Armenian constitutional referendum.
2020-03-16

Alexander Ankvab is elected President of partially recognized Abkhazia during elections held on August, 26. The elections are characterised by the Western media and independent observers as "democratic", but not recognized by Georgia.
2011-08-29

Georgia annuls a military transit treaty with Russia, which allowed the latter access to its military base in Armenia.
2011-04-19

Turkey's national security council adds Israeli activity in the Middle East, "online terror" and global warming to a document listing potential threats, while removing Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran and Syria from the same list. The document also calls for a Middle East without nuclear weapons.
2010-10-30