ArmInfo.  The "Armenia" bloc of Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, presented the first thirty candidates on its electoral list for the upcoming  parliamentary elections in Armenia, scheduled for June 7, 2026.

ArmInfo. The first TUMO educational center for creative technologies has opened in Uruguay.

ArmInfo. Leasing EXPO 2026, now in its fourth consecutive year, will be held from April 10 to 12. AraratBank will participate in the exhibition with a tailored offer for corporate clients and individual entrepreneurs.

ArmInfo.  A sports village will be built in the Jrvezh community of Armenia's Kotayk Province to host the Summer and Winter Pan-Armenian Games. At its April 9 meeting, the Armenian government decided to provide assistance to the World  Pan-Armenian Games Committee during the first 60 months of the  investment program.

ArmInfo. Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin, together with the First Secretary of the Embassy, Alexander Malyshev, met with the Chairman of the Central  Election Commission (CEC) of the Republic, Vahagn Hovakimyan.

ArmInfo.  Armenia's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will be unnoticed in Russia, but for Armenia it will result in economic collapse. This was stated  by Robert Kocharyan, the second president of Armenia and leader of  the opposition bloc "Armenia," in the latest episode of the "Big  Politics" podcast.

ArmInfo. Following its congress, the Strong Armenia Party presented the approved list of the first 36 candidates on its electoral list for the upcoming parliamentary  elections in Armenia, scheduled for June 7, 2026.

ArmInfo. Public transportation should predominate in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Mayor Tigran Avinyan stated this at a government meeting on April 9, responding to  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's question about whether traffic  congestion could be resolved.

ArmInfo. Any delay or formal response by the international community to the cultural genocide in occupied Artsakh encourages its continuation. This statement was  issued by the Artsakh Cultural Heritage Ombudsman's Office, the NKR  Agency for Culture and Tourism Development, the Kachar Scientific  Center, and the Azgayin Historical and Cultural NGO, amid the  international community's silence regarding the crimes committed by  Azerbaijan in destroying or appropriating the heritage of the  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

ArmInfo. On April 7, 2026, a telephone conversation took place between the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and the Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko.

ArmInfo. Ardshinbank has been recognized as the “Best Private Bank 2026” by the internationally renowned financial publication Euromoney, reaffirming the Bank’s leading position in Armenia’s banking sector and in the field of private banking services.

ArmInfo.  A new recreation area will be built in Yerevan's Hrazdan Gorge. At its April 9 meeting, the Armenian government decided to allocate over 172 million drams for  the project.

ArmInfo.  The Prime Minister's April Fool's visit to Moscow and the rhetoric of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin demonstrated that Russia's patience  is not limitless. This opinion was expressed by Robert Kocharyan, the  second President of Armenia and leader of the Armenia bloc, in the  latest episode of the "Big Politics" podcast, speaking about  Pashinyan's recent visit to Moscow.

ArmInfo.  No country in the world has recognized the independence of Artsakh, which was on the path to self-determination. This was stated by the second President  of Armenia, leader of the "Armenia" bloc, Robert Kocharyan, during  the latest episode of the "Big Politics" podcast.

ArmInfo.  Team Telecom Armenia has completely upgraded its 2G network in Armenia, becoming the first operator in the region to carry out such a historic transformation in  the telecommunications sector.

ArmInfo.  A conference dedicated to mobilizing the Armenian Diaspora will be held in Paris on April 11-12. The press service of the European Armenian Federation for  Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) reported this.

ArmInfo.  Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsaghkna will be on an official visit to Armenia from April 9-10.

ArmInfo. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Russian Federation Rahman Mustafayev, at a meeting in Moscow, discussed the  state and prospects of bilateral cooperation in the trade, economic,  cultural, and humanitarian spheres in light of upcoming  intergovernmental contacts.

ArmInfo. The Russian side will respond to  Azerbaijani counterparts through diplomatic channels to the country's Foreign Ministry statement demanding to refrain from mentioning Karabakh in political discussions. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova made this statement at a briefing, in response to a  question about Baku's demand not to mention the Karabakh issue, even though Baku itself does not recognize the new Russian territories.

ArmInfo. With laughter and the remark "hello again?", Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova  responded to a request to comment on Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan's statement that if Russia raises the price of gas supplied to Armenia, Armenia will withdraw from the CSTO and the EAEU in response.