ArmInfo. On September 7, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ruben Rubinyan received Eva Sundqvist, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. The European Commission is not yet ready to confirm the introduction of a visa-free regime between the European Union and Armenia by 2029. This was stated by European Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho at a briefing in Brussels.

ArmInfo. Police officers from the Yerevan branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia tortured a citizen to extract a confession from him for an act he did not commit.

ArmInfo. Two employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) have been dismissed following a meeting of the disciplinary commission. The press service of the Armenian MIA reported this to ArmInfo, announcing the results of the commission's latest meeting.

ArmInfo. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as a neutral intermediary and humanitarian organization, was one of the first to come to the aid of residents of Armenia's border villages after the end of the active phase of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. To prevent the outflow of the population and help them meet basic needs for a dignified life, the ICRC implemented a number of social and humanitarian programs: from helping to overcome the winter, to reclaiming degraded lands and assisting in the acquisition of fodder for livestock, to building medical facilities for emergency first aid. Against the backdrop of the established peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the ICRC is scaling back its programs this year, and in connection with this, the organization organized a press tour for journalists to clearly demonstrate the enormous work it has carried out in the border zone. An ArmInfo journalist also participated in the media tour.

Arminfo. In the elections to the Landtag (state parliament) of the eastern German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt held on September 6, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a convincing victory, according to preliminary official results.

ArmInfo. Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan announced the construction of three important road junctions in the capital.

ArmInfo. On September 7, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in the country.

ArmInfo. Using the Hovhannavank monastery complex as a venue for a banquet is sacrilege and a desecration of sacred sites.

ArmInfo. Lieutenant General Norat Ter-Grigoryants, who stood at the origins of the formation of the Armenian Armed Forces, renounced Armenian citizenship. The high-ranking officer himself reported this in an interview with the Iravunk newspaper.

ArmInfo. The French Embassy in Armenia has announced the name of the new head of the French diplomatic mission in Yerevan. According to the announcement, Florian Escudier, who has considerable diplomatic experience, will head the embassy.

ArmInfo. On September 7, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Aram Vardevanyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of Armenia Andrea Barbara Baumann.

ArmInfo. On September 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

ArmInfo. For the 26th consecutive year, the Republic of Armenia, represented by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports, is participating in the European Heritage Days program, which this year is being held under the theme "Heritage and Climate Risks."

ArmInfo. The Mother See of Etchmiadzin condemned the holding of inappropriate events, in this case a banquet, on the grounds of the Hovhannavank Monastery, noting that this disrupts the monastery's spiritual and prayerful atmosphere and causes nuisance to residents of the surrounding area. This was stated in a statement by the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), published by its press office on its Facebook page.

ArmInfo. The priorities for the Yerevan Municipality's Transportation Management Center should be the proper organization of general traffic, given the growing number of cars in the city, addressing the problem of illegal parking, and establishing bus lanes. Mayor Tigran Avinyan stated this during a working meeting of the municipality on September 7.

ArmInfo. A rally in support of the arrested leader of the Mother Armenia party, Andranik Tevanyan, and board member of the political party, Aregnaz Manukyan, was held near the building of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). Representatives and supporters of the party came to the rally with posters reading "Freedom for Andranik Tevanyan" and "Freedom for Aregnaz Manukyan."

ArmInfo.  Switzerland is a model of development for Armenia. Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Vahagn Aleksanyan stated this on September 7 while receiving Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Armenia Andrea Barbara Baumann at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Armenian public simply must significantly change the entire content of public discourse and struggle. Political scientist Vahe Hovhannisyan writes about this in his article.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan has destroyed an old Armenian-Russian cemetery in occupied Shushi, where medieval Armenian khachkars, as well as 19th-century Armenian and Russian burial sites, remain. This was reported on the Facebook page of Artsakh's Cultural Heritage Ombudsman, Hovik Avanesov, citing satellite images published by Caucasus Heritage Watch (CHW).