ArmInfo.  August 8, 2025, is a milestone, and the history of the Republic of Armenia can be divided into the period before and after it. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivered this message on his Facebook page on August 8, the day the joint "Declaration of Peace" between Armenia and  Azerbaijan was signed in Washington.

ArmInfo. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention, operating in the United States, welcomes and supports the initiative announced by Ruben Vardanyan's  wife, Veronika Zonabend, to organize an international women’s  humanitarian delegation to Baku in order to meet with the Armenian  hostages there.

ArmInfo. CSTO involvement in the conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh was impossible  because Armenia did not recognize this territory, as stated by   Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at the  Gvardeysk youth forum.

ArmInfo. Christian Solidarity International (CSI) joined Armenian and European human rights  organizations in condemning comments by OSCE Secretary General  Feridun Sinirlioglu, which appeared to express support for the  Armenian government's removal of the Catholicos of All Armenians and  head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), Karekin II.

ArmInfo.  A complaint has been filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the case of former Nagorno-Karabakh state minister and philanthropist Ruben  Vardanyan, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Azerbaijan.  This was stated in a statement by Siranush Sahakyan, attorney and  president of the Center for International and Comparative Law, who  represents Armenian prisoners at the ECHR. Her statement was  published on Vardanyan's official social media pages. Saakyan stated  that the complaint regarding the case of Ruben Vardanyan, a citizen  of the Republic of Armenia currently held in the Umbaki Penitentiary  Complex in Azerbaijan, was filed with the ECHR on July 19, 2026.

ArmInfo.  The groundbreaking ceremony for a monument to Armenian national hero Monte Melkonian  (Avo) took place at the Ararat Armenian Cemetery in Fresno.

ArmInfo. The Regional Center for Democracy and Security has published its  final report on hate speech targeting forcibly displaced persons from  Nagorno-Karabakh during and after Armenia's 2026 parliamentary  elections.

ArmInfo.  Key international players supported Artsakh's right to self-determination, but the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan effectively  rejected this approach and handed Artsakh over to Azerbaijan. This  was stated by Tigran Abrahamyan, a member of the Armenian parliament  from the opposition "I Have the Honor" faction.

ArmInfo.During a Westminster Hall debate on the impact of conflicts on older people, Shadow Minister  Andrew Snowden MP raised the killings of elderly  Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh during the 2020 war, as reported by the Armenian National Committee of the United Kingdom.

ArmInfo. Lilit Galstian, an MP from the opposition Armenia faction and a member of the Armenian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, has sharply criticized the selective application of international law and the international community's inaction regarding Azerbaijan's aggression against  Artsakh.

ArmInfo. Vaclav Havel Prize nominee Ruben Vardanyan is suffering in Azerbaijani prison.  The Czech newspaper Idnes.cz has highlighted  Ruben Vardanyan's  nomination for the 2026 Vaclav Havel Prize bringing renewed attention to his imprisonment and the ongoing detention of other Armenian  prisoners of war in Baku.  

ArmInfo.By the decree of Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Armenian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Karen Grigoryan has been appointed concurrently as Armenia's Ambassador to Pakistan (residence in Abu Dhabi). The corresponding decree has been published on the website of the Armenian President.

ArmInfo.  Below is a statement Lilit Galstian, a member of the RA delegation to the OSCE PA representing the opposition faction Armenia, made at the 33rd session of the OSCE  PA in The Hague. 

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee (IC) of Armenia has disclosed the reasons for the detention of Colonel Edik Maloyan, a veteran of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and holder of the Order of the Combat Cross, 1st Class.

ArmInfo. Citizens of Azerbaijan and Armenia will be able to confidentially provide information about missing persons and burial sites.

ArmInfo. On 29 June, Arnak Avetisyan, RA Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, received Konstantin Sokulskiy, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Armenia.

ArmInfo.The Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF) welcomes the historic decision of the State of Israel to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's desire to close the Artsakh issue is aimed at concealing the failures of an eight-year policy that has jeopardized the existence of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.Today, the main task of containing Azerbaijan is in the hands of Armenian society. Azerbaijan expert Tatevik Hayrapetyan writes about this in his  article. 

ArmInfo.  Representatives Sherman,  McClintock, Chu, Friedman; ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian to  speak as House Foreign Affairs Committee Prepares to Vote on  Sherman-Mast Amendment