ArmInfo. Chairman of the Central Election Commission Vahagn Hovakimyan does not believe that RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is using administrative resources.

ArmInfo. House arrest has been imposed on 12 supporters of the Artashat office of the Strong Armenia Party, who were detained on April 16. The press service of the Anti- Corruption Committee of Armenia reported this.

ArmInfo.  At the plenary session of the National Assembly of Armenia on April 17, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan lashed out at the opposition. According to him, the people must become masters of peace in the parliamentary elections, a process that is being thwarted by the three-headed opposition-the Strong Armenia, Prosperous Armenia, and Armenia bloc parties.  Essentially, as Pashinyan stated, all three political  forces are "former" parties whose names are on their electoral lists. 

ArmInfo.  The Press Service of the National Assembly of Armenia presented details of the meeting between the Speakers of the Parliaments of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Alen Simonyan and Sahiba Gafarova, which took place on April 17 in Istanbul on the sidelines of the 152nd Assembly of the  Inter-Parliamentary Union.

ArmInfo.  At the invitation of the Russian Minister of Sport and President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Mikhail Degtyarev, a delegation led by Gagik Tsarukyan, President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia, visited Moscow from April 14 to 16.

ArmInfo.  A U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan that leaves Armenian hostages in Azerbaijani detention, denies Artsakh's 150,000 refugees their right of return, and rewards Azerbaijan's genocidal ethnic cleansing with a 99-year transport corridor through sovereign Armenian territory is not a path to peace - but rather a blueprint  for the destruction of the Armenian state. This stark assessment was  delivered on Wednesday at a Capitol Hill Staff Briefing hosted by the  Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), titled "Peace Without  Justice in the South Caucasus."

ArmInfo.  On April 17, a meeting was held at the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Armenia with Yevgeny Kozyak, Head of the Observation Mission Support Department of the CIS Executive Committee.

ArmInfo.  On the sidelines of the 152nd Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union in Istanbul, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan met with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus.

ArmInfo.  Armenia's disintegration is so profound that gradual restoration is impossible. This must be discussed honestly and conclusions drawn. Political scientist and member of the Alternative Projects group, Vahe  Hovhannisyan, shares a similar view.

ArmInfo. At a court hearing in the case of seven citizens detained from the Strong Armenia party office in Artashat, a decision was made to place six of them under house arrest. Gohar Meloyan, a member of the Strong Armenia party, announced this on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  "Trump's Route for International Peace and Prosperity" (TRIPP) has been seriously questioned as a result of the war over Iran. This was stated by Robert Kocharyan, the prime ministerial candidate from the Armenia bloc and the country's second president, during the latest episode of the "Big Politics" podcast.

ArmInfo. Armenia has the greatest interest in Iran and the United States reaching an agreement and Iran emerging from this war with greater leverage. This was stated by Robert Kocharyan, the prime ministerial candidate from the Armenia bloc and the country's second president, during the latest  episode of the "Big Politics" podcast.

ArmInfo. Approximately 1.3 billion drams, 2,000 bank shares, and real estate are to be confiscated in favor of the state from former Abovyan Mayor Karapet Guloyan, the son-in-law of businessman and leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan. 

ArmInfo. Lusine Gevorgyan, Chair of the Tourism Committee, met with Siranush Dvoyan, Chair of the Language Committee.

ArmInfo.  Armenia strives for a future where everyone has equal opportunities for social and economic well-being. This was stated by Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, speaking at the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Ambassador to the United States, Narek Mkrtchyan, hosted Riley Barnes, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, at the Armenian Embassy.

ArmInfo. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and Turkish Ambassador to Russia Tanj Bilgic discussed the situation in the South Caucasus at a meeting in Moscow. This was reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry's press service, which emphasized that the meeting was held at the request of the Turkish side.

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ArmInfo. During a briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova compared the behavior of European Union countries to the piglet from Boris Zakhoder's fairy tale "Oink on the Christmas Tree." This was reported by TASS.

ArmInfo. Russia will not shy away from substantive political dialogue with Georgia if Tbilisi is ready for it, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing.