ArmInfo. Members of the National Assembly of Armenia rejected the legislative initiative proposed by Hayk Sargsyan, a member of the ruling Civil Contract faction, to provide financial support to demobilized service members. Only three members of parliament voted in favor of the amendments to the law "On Military Service and the Status of Servicemen," as well as a package of related laws, with 57 members voting against and six  abstaining.

ArmInfo. Schoolboy David Minasyan, who was placed under two-month arrest following the incident involving Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at St. Anna Church in Yerevan, has been transferred from the Nairi Medical Center to prison. Minasyan's lawyer, Lusine Martirosyan, announced  this on her Facebook page.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan will represent the country at the 5th Diplomatic Forum in Antalya (ADF2026), which will be held April 17- 19. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan told  ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.  Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan will pay a working visit to Brussels on April 14, the Armenian Foreign Ministry press service reported.

ArmInfo. A traditional torchlight procession will be held in Yerevan on April 23, on the eve of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.

ArmInfo.There's a new status quo in the South Caucasus, and Russia's exclusive influence is being challenged, and perhaps this exclusivity has been lost to some extent.  

ArmInfo. Armenia and Norway discussed opportunities for cooperation under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, which regulates cooperation in international carbon markets, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of  Environment, citing the outcomes of a meeting between Armenian Minister of Nature Protection Hambardzum Matevosyan and Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen.

ArmInfo. The defrocked Bishop Gevorg is not authorized and cannot represent the Armenian Church on canonical, legal, or moral grounds, as noted  in a statement issued by the Chancellery of the Mother See of Etchmiadzin.

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ArmInfo.Turkey now acts as a proactive security and diplomatic actor across  various regions, including the Middle East, the South Caucasus, the Balkans, the Black Sea, and Africa. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made this statement at the  Editors' Desk Program hosted by Anadolu Agency in Ankara.

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ArmInfo. Over the past year, the Armenian people have witnessed unprecedented pressure from the Armenian authorities against the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), including the illegal arrests of bishops, artificial obstacles to the exercise of spiritual ministry, and attempts to seize our ancient monasteries and churches.

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ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has congratulated Peter Magyar on his victory in the parliamentary elections in Hungary.

ArmInfo.In a letter to the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, published today, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty recommends that Armenia adopts a comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation.

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ArmInfo. The Diaspora  National Mobilization Conference took place in Paris on April 11-12, bringing together more than 150 distinguished intellectuals, political, public, and community figures from Armenia, Artsakh, and  26 countries across Diaspora, as reported by the press service of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun).

ArmInfo. It's now sports' turn, as noted in  the article by Elinar Vardanyan, a member of the Alternative Projects Group and  a deputy of the National Assembly, when  commenting on the authorities' intention to use the  courts to remove Gagik Tsarukyan, President of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo.  On April 13, Ruben Rubinyan, Deputy Speaker of the RA National Assembly, received Audra Plepyte, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.