ArmInfo. Khachkar Studios published today week #3 of its weekly T•A•P press releases for the 26 pilots participating in its program to revitalize their communities worldwide. Two summary tables of key performance metrics for our pilots are published every Tuesday as a world-class benchmark in Transparency, Accountability, and Performance (T•A•P).

ArmInfo. The opening of Armenia's most spectacular theatrical event, the international theater festival for performing arts, High Fest, reached cosmic proportions this year.

ArmInfo. Members of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun student union "Nikol Agbalyan" held a protest outside the building of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia following the incident in the village of Shaki in the Syunik region, when an Azerbaijani soldier with a machine gun entered a house in the village and wounded the homeowner in front of her children. The demonstrators demanded that the Azerbaijani criminal not be extradited to Baku as a "gesture of goodwill," but rather exchanged for Armenians held in Azerbaijan. They came to the NSS building with posters that read, "The state's function is to prevent, not to document!", "Are Armenia's borders open?", "The return of Armenian prisoners is a priority!", and "Your family could be next!".

ArmInfo. International courts and bodies that should have acted against those responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh have done absolutely nothing. This was stated by Narek Karapetyan, head of the Strong Armenia parliamentary faction, during his speech at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on October 2.

ArmInfo. On the morning of October 2, Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee detained Artur Ohanyan, a representative of the Armenia bloc in Vanadzor and candidate for parliament. This was reported on the Facebook page of Narek Mantashyan, a member of the Armenia bloc.

ArmInfo. The Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia, chaired by Judge Sarkis Petrosyan, has lifted the travel ban imposed on Serzh Sargsyan, the third president of the Republic of Armenia. The decision was made at a court hearing on October 2.

ArmInfo. Russia hopes that Armenia will continue its constructive work within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk told the Vesti program.

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani serviceman who infiltrated Armenia must be brought to justice in Armenia and punished to the fullest extent of the law. This was stated by Avetik Chalabyan, coordinator of the Hayakve movement, at a press conference in Yerevan on October 2.

ArmInfo. Armenian Ambassador to the United States Narek Mkrtchyan believes that the practical implementation "on the ground" of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project will begin in early 2027.

ArmInfo. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko advises Armenia not to put the cart before the horse in its quest to join the EU.

ArmInfo. The Armenian Voice party intends to establish genuine public responsibility in Goris and Gavar by participating in the local government elections. Avetik Chalabyan, coordinator of the Hayakve movement, announced this at a press conference in Yerevan on October 2.

ArmInfo. RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan will pay a working visit to Tbilisi on October 7. The decision to send the minister was signed by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

ArmInfo. New legislative amendments in the social sphere will limit the circle of beneficiaries receiving funeral benefits. As Anahit Galstyan, Head of the Department of Pension Provision and Other Cash Payments at the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, noted during a press conference, these payments in Armenia, starting January 1, 2027, will be received exclusively by individuals who have undertaken to organize the funerals of pensioners or members of socially vulnerable families.

ArmInfo. An event dedicated to the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which will take place in Yerevan in October, was held at the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was organized by the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Health and Food Security (ENVI) in cooperation with the Delegation of Armenia to the European Union and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

ArmInfo. By court order, political scientist Ruben Mehrabyan, a member of the For the Republic party led by Arman Babajanyan, publicly apologized to Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan for offensive statements made against him.

ArmInfo. On October 2, Sargis Khandanyan, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, met with a delegation led by Christina Quinn, President of the Pacific Council on International Policy.

ArmInfo. Gagik Surenyan, Deputy Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring, called on Armenian farmers to urgently organize the harvest on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Surrendering an armed Azerbaijani who infiltrated Armenia as a sign of "goodwill," while ignoring the fact that Armenian prisoners of war are still being held in Baku, is unacceptable. Anna Grigoryan, head of the Armenia faction, responded to the incident in the village of Shaki in Armenia's Syunik region, where an Azerbaijani soldier armed with a machine gun entered a house and wounded the woman in front of her three children.

ArmInfo. Armenia has become the cradle of religious unfreedom. International lawyer Robert Amsterdam writes about this on social media.

ArmInfo. On October 1, 2026, a consultation meeting was held at the Natural Gas Research Institute in Ashgabat to review international standards and norms for reducing methane emissions.