Armenian News - NEWS.am presents the daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 13.01.22:

  • Ankara University Professor Bulent Iplikcioglu has posted a map on Facebook—and under the headline "Hellenism and Anatolia in the Roman Era."

It is noteworthy that both Greater Armenia and Lesser Armenia, which were not covered up by this Turkish professor, make up a considerable part of this map for the 1st and 2nd centuries.

  • At Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, the government of Armenia dismissed Razmik Tevonyan from the post of Governor of Ararat Province.

And by another decision, his son, Sedrak Tevonyan, was appointed the new provincial governor of Ararat.

Sedrak Tevonyan had given up his parliamentary seat on January 4.

And Razmik Tevonyan was appointed governor of Ararat Province on December 10, 2020, then he had submitted his resignation on September 9, 2021, from this office, but a few days later he had withdrawn his resignation.

  • At Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the government of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that, unfortunately, we continue to have incidents and casualties at the border with Azerbaijan.

"We have declared our policy, and I have said that one of the first tasks is to continuously increase the defense capability of our country. But, on the other hand, I said that we need strong nerves to open the agenda of our declared peaceful development," he said.

Pashinyan added that many will constantly attempt to prove that the aforesaid is impossible.

"We will move consistently on this path, and we must do everything to create a stable and secure environment around our country. This is our most important political task, especially after the 2020 [Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)] war and the 2021 snap parliamentary elections [in Armenia]," Pashinyan said.

  • FLYONE Armenia has received permission from the Turkish authorities to operate Yerevan-Istanbul-Yerevan flights, Aram Ananyan, chairman of the board of directors of this Armenian airline, told TASS.

"We have planned the first flight on February 2," he added.

As previously reported, FLYONE Armenia and Turkish Pegasus Airlines have been issued licenses from the Civil Aviation Committee of Armenia to operate non-scheduled flights between Yerevan and Istanbul.

  • Baku will suppress attempts of the OSCE Minsk Group to engage in the Karabakh conflict, local media reported citing Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Aliyev said that OSCE should not deal with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, because it has been solved.

Aliyev stressed that the Minsk Group must accept the reality and know that they cannot deal with the Karabakh issue because they will not allow that.

  • As of Thursday morning, 298 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Armenia, and the total number of these cases has reached 346,811 in the country, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Also, four more deaths from COVID-19 were registered, making the respective total 8,014 cases.

  • SAG Awards nominees have been announced in the United States. One of the films nominated for the award was Ridley Scott's House of Gucci.

The creators of the award announced the nominees on the organization's website.

Leading the film nominees this year are “House of Gucci” and “The Power of the Dog,” with three nominations apiece, while TV series “Ted Lasso” and “Succession” are tied for five.