ArmInfo.It is clear to everyone that the issue of peaceful use of nuclear energy is a  "red line" for Iran that Tehran is not willing to cross, as stated by political scientist Vardan Voskanyan  at the hearings titled "The South Caucasus: Redistribution of Power."

ArmInfo. The actions of the judges who ordered the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) to  reinstate defrocked clergymen Stepan Asatryan (formerly Father Ter  Aram, spiritual pastor of Hovhannavank) and Aramayis Tahmazyan  (formerly Father Tade, spiritual pastor of Talin) are subject to  criminal prosecution, and this issue will be raised soon.

ArmInfo. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has described as   "strange"  the statement by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who claimed that the Russian concession management of Armenian railways creates competitive costs for the Armenian side.

ArmInfo. Iran has always opposed the presence of third parties in the region, as stated  by Aram Shahnazaryan, Iranian political scientist and editor-in-chief of the "Alik" newspaper, during a discussion on the topic "The South Caucasus: Regrouping of Forces."

ArmInfo.A new unit will be established within the Police Guard to handle negotiations,  as noted in a statement issued by the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs.

ArmInfo. Several museums in Armenia will host events commemorating the birthday of the great  Armenian poet, writer, and translator Hovhannes Tumanyan, as well as Book Giving Day.

ArmInfo.Today, Armenia is at a crossroads, choosing between the role of a subject and an  object of regional policy, between a strategy of recovery and development and a strategy of survival, according to Ara Ayvazian, former Foreign Minister of Armenia and founding member of the Pan-Armenian Council of Diplomats. 

ArmInfo.. Jared Genser, the international lawyer to Ruben Vardanyan, has called on US  President Donald Trump to follow through on his public commitment to secure  the release all Armenian prisoners of war.

ArmInfo.The Constitutional Court of Armenia has accepted the Human Rights Defender's appeal for review, the Ombudsman's Office reported.

ArmInfo. The European Court of Human Rights has deemed the three-year imprisonment of former Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan problematic and demanded  clarification from the Armenian government. Davit Tonoyan himself stated this to journalists on February 18.

ArmInfo. The Episcopal Assembly began its meeting in St.  Polten, Austria, on February 17.  Twenty-five archbishops and bishops of the Catholicosate of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, including representatives of the Jerusalem and Constantinople Patriarchates, participated in the Divine Liturgy in the morning, according to the  Divan of the Episcopal Assembly.

ArmInfo.On February 16, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Robert Abisoghomonyan participated and delivered remarks at the event convened by Armenia's COP17  Presidency on the margins of the 6th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-6) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Rome.

ArmInfo. Cargo entering the Republic of Armenia through the Agarak customs checkpoint, with the assistance of several Armenian customs officials, failed customs control, and a business was able to avoid paying customs duties on an especially large scale.

ArmInfo. The office of Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, responded to  accusations from the country's authorities that Kocharyan's in-laws' company is deliberately delaying road repairs in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The Armavir Regional Court of First Instance has lifted the arrests of Gevorg Nersisyan and Hambardzum Nersisyan, the brother and nephew of Catholicos of All  Armenians Garegin II, placing them under house arrest.

ArmInfo. Rewriting history, especially the events of World War II, is a strong element of hybrid  warfare. This was stated by Armenian Ambassador to Russia Gurgen Arsenyan in an interview with Vesti.

ArmInfo.Responding to the conviction and 20-year sentence of Ruben Vardanyan, the last of 16  ethnic Armenians put on trial by Azerbaijan in connection with their roles in Azerbaijan's break-away region of Nagorno-Karabakh (Karabakh) prior to its takeover by Azerbaijani forces in 2023, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International's Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said:

ArmInfo.Armenia has entered the top 10 countries friendly to Russia, according to the  National Research Institute for the Development of Communications (NIIRC, Russia), which presented the Friendliness Rating of Communication Regimes in Post-Soviet Countries.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan departed for the United States on a working visit.

ArmInfo.The Council appointed Satu Koivu as new Head of Mission for the European Union  Mission in Armenia (EUMA). She will take up her duties on 20 February 2026, taking over from Markus Ritter.