ArmInfo.  RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with RA President Vahagn Khachaturyan.

ArmInfo.At an extraordinary session  on May 7, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of the Republic of Armenia declared the registration of three  candidates for the National Assembly invalid.

ArmInfo. On May 7, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Janez Lenarcic, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to Armenia.

ArmInfo. Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan participated in the inaugural Summit of Speakers and Presidents of Parliament in Budva on May 7-8 as part of the 20th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean.

ArmInfo.The Strong Armenia party invites citizens to a rally to be held on May 8.

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ArmInfo. The corridors being formed today will determine not only trade—they will determine who stands with whom, against whom, and under what conditions they will exist in the coming decades. This opinion was expressed by Garegin Manukyan, Chairman of the Armenian Center for Civil Initiatives (SPARAPET) and former UN Secretariat official, during an Armenian-Kazakh expert roundtable held the previous day.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan's termination of contacts with the European Parliament is a sovereign decision of the country, and it comes as no surprise given the body's  interference in the affairs of other nations. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made this statement during her weekly briefing on May 7, in response to a request to comment on Baku's decision following the European Parliament's April 30 resolution in support of Armenian rights.

ArmInfo. A Yerevan court has released the brother of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Gevorg Nersisyan, and his nephew, Hambardzum Nersisyan, from house arrest. The two have been placed under administrative supervision.

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ArmInfo.Opposition forces in Armenia must awaken the Armenian people and remind them of their constitutional rights, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.The Yerevan Spring ID Cup, organized with the support of IDBank, has successfully concluded. The tournament brought together 164 young chess players, whose exciting and hard-fought matches determined the winners and prize recipients. Alongside the main awards, the top participants also received special cash prizes from IDBank.

ArmInfo.International relations will be used to secure the return of Armenia's occupied territories and Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku prisons, as  stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's "flirtation" with the European Union will lead the country's economy into an even more deplorable condition. This opinion was expressed by Rosa Chemeris, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.

ArmInfo.On May 7, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia discussed the annual report on the activities of the Human Rights Defender, the state of  human rights and freedoms in 2025, and the report on the activities of the Human Rights Defender as a national preventive mechanism.  

ArmInfo.Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan's remarks about Belarus can be interpreted as inhuman envy of the Belarusian people's successes, as  stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a briefing.

ArmInfo. The upcoming elections in Armenia are not ordinary, and therefore the Bright Armenia party is participating in them under unusual circumstances.  The party pursues a single goal: to protect the statehood, identity, memory, history, established culture, traditions, religion, and the  European-model nation state of the Armenian people. This was stated by party leader Edmon Marukyan at a press conference on May 7.

ArmInfo.There is no intention to suspend the bill on Armenia's assessment to the European Union,  but it must be remembered that Europe is not waiting for Armenia, as stated by Samvel Karapetyan, leader of the Strong Armenia party, at a press conference in Yerevan.  Karapetyan presented his stance when  asked how his party intends to navigate a situation where Russia remains Armenia's primary strategic ally while the Armenian parliament has passed a bill to begin the EU accession process.

ArmInfo.For nearly two years, AraratBank has been delivering interactive financial literacy sessions for young people at summer camps, festivals, and through podcasts. This marks the first time, however, that important knowledge and skills are being specifically shared with athletes.

ArmInfo.The 79th Cannes Film Festival will present a special program dedicated to the outstanding Armenian director of feature and documentary films,  Artavazd Peleshyan, as reported by the Armenian Assembly Foundation.