Increasing pensions in Armenia will cost the state 5.6 billion drams – approximately 77% of the costs will be covered by the abolition of funeral benefits
 Friday, October 2 2026, 15:27

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.

The European Parliament discussed Yerevan`s preparations for COP17
 Friday, October 2 2026, 15:13

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).

Ruben Mehrabyan apologized to Samvel Karapetyan for insults
 Friday, October 2 2026, 14:28

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.

The head of the National Assembly commission met with the president of the Pacific Council on International Policy
 Friday, October 2 2026, 14:13

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.

Armenian weather forecasters warn farmers of a sharp cold snap
 Friday, October 2 2026, 13:55

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.

The Armenia bloc pointed out the inadmissibility of handing over an enemy soldier to his homeland as a gesture of "goodwill."
 Friday, October 2 2026, 13:17

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.

Lawyer: "Prayer breakfasts" are cynically used as a tool of American foreign policy to support autocrats like Pashinyan
 Friday, October 2 2026, 13:13

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

A meeting to review international standards and regulations for reducing methane emissions
 Friday, October 2 2026, 12:30

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.

Nikol Pashinyan demands retractions and 6 million drams from an opposition MP
 Friday, October 2 2026, 12:17

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has filed a lawsuit against Edgar Ghazaryan, a member of parliament from the Strong Armenia opposition faction. The case will be heard in the Yerevan Civil Court, before Judge Marina Tashchyan.

Azerbaijani Studies Expert: While Azerbaijan Prepares Its Generation for War, Aliyev’s Aide Calls on Armenia to Prepare Armenian Society for “Peace”
 Friday, October 2 2026, 12:15

Arminfo.  While the Azerbaijani side is preparing its generation for war, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev is calling on the Armenian government to “actively work on preparing its society for peace.”

The Minister of Health reported on the condition of a woman who was shot by an Azerbaijani soldier.
 Friday, October 2 2026, 11:58

ArmInfo. Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan reported on the condition of the woman who received a gunshot wound from an Azerbaijani serviceman yesterday in the village of Shaki in the Syunik region.

RPA: The operation of October 2, 2018 paved the way for the implementation of John Bolton`s anti-Armenian thesis about "rejecting historical and national stereotypes"
 Friday, October 2 2026, 11:47

ArmInfo. October 2, 2018, will go down in the modern history of the Republic of Armenia as the day of the attack on parliament and constitutional values. Former Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and member of the board of the Republican Party, Eduard Sharmazanov, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

Nikol Pashinyan is participating in a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council via videoconference
 Friday, October 2 2026, 11:07

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is participating in a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council (EIGC) taking place in the Belarusian capital via videoconference, a TASS correspondent reports.

If the pan-Turkic scenario is realized, Armenia, as a state, may find itself in great existential danger - Zakaryan
 Friday, October 2 2026, 11:05

ArmInfo. If the pan-Turkic scenario is realized, Armenia, as a state, could find itself in great existential danger. Former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zakaryan writes about this in his article.

Turkologist: Azerbaijan will never, under any circumstances, stop pressuring the Armenian people
 Friday, October 2 2026, 11:03

ArmInfo.  Azerbaijan will never, under any circumstances, stop putting pressure on the Armenian people and putting forward its demands.  Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan writes about this on his Facebook page.

Armenia and the United States were discussed the comprehensive strategic partnership agenda
 Friday, October 2 2026, 10:58

ArmInfo. Issues included in the agenda of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Armenia and the United States were discussed at a meeting in Yerevan between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Riley Barnes.

The youth wing of the ARF will hold a protest outside the Armenian National Security Service building regarding the illegal entry of an enemy soldier into the country
 Friday, October 2 2026, 10:47

ArmInfo. The youth wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" (ARF Dashnaktsutyun) of Armenia will hold a protest outside the building of the National Security Service (NSS) regarding the illegal entry of an Azerbaijani serviceman into the country.

The case of the enemy soldier who entered Armenian territory does not include an article on illegally crossing the Armenian state border.
 Friday, October 2 2026, 10:37

ArmInfo. Two children of a woman wounded by an Azerbaijani saboteur who illegally crossed the Armenian border also sought medical assistance. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia.

ARF: The Armenian authorities` new geopolitical adventure will lead to serious economic consequences
 Friday, October 2 2026, 10:35

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities' new geopolitical adventure will lead to serious economic consequences. This is the view of Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition Armenia faction and a member of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun party, commenting on the growth of the country's external public debt.

Armenia notes unprecedented dynamics in the development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the Republic of Armenia and the United States.
 Thursday, October 1 2026, 20:36

ArmInfo. On September 30, RA Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Vahan Kostanyan participated in and spoke at the "Freedom 250: Shared Values, Shared Opportunities" meeting, organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia as part of events dedicated to the 250th anniversary of US independence. The ministry reported this.




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