ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia initiated two criminal proceedings  on the fact of Azerbaijan's aggression against the Republic of Armenia during the 44-day war of 2020. Another case was opened by the Investigative Committee of the Republic in connection with the forced  deportation of Artsakh residents. Head of the supervisory authority Anna Vardapetyan stated on May 3, speaking in parliament.

ArmInfo. Despite a pluralistic environment, the media remain polarised. The country is facing an unprecedented level of disinformation and hate speech, especially over the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial dispute and the ongoing threat of war with Azerbaijan, according to the 2024 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders today.

ArmInfo.The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) joined In Defense of Christians (IDC) and  Save Armenia in calling on the State Department to follow U.S.  Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommendations to place Azerbaijan on its Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) list, along with North Korea and Pakistan.  

ArmInfo.Sixty-five Members of Congress signed a letter to the House Appropriations Committee urging  a $250 million aid package for the Armenian people. 

ArmInfo. During the official visit to the State of Qatar on April 28-29, Minister of Foreign  Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan gave an interview to the leading news channel Al-Jazeera with around half a million audience.  As the press sevice of the RA MFA reports , the interview was published in  Arabic and English versions.

ArmInfo.A seismic shift in Armenia's foreign policy that has seen it forge closer relations with  the European Union is not a threat to Moscow, the country's ambassador in Brussels insisted amid increasingly tense relations with the Kremlin.

ArmInfo. Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan  legislation that seeks to enforce sanctions against Azerbaijani officials responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses, including the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, the arbitrary detention of  Armenian POWs and civilian captives, the torture and abuse of  detainees, and extrajudicial killings, reported the Armenian National  Committee of America (ANCA).

ArmInfo. The eldest son of the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, world-famous  philanthropist and businessman Ruben Vardanyan, illegally detained in Azerbaijan, gave an interview to France 24 TV channel regarding the situation with his father.

ArmInfo.The closing ceremony of the Russian-Turkish monitoring center has taken place in Aghdam. 

ArmInfo. Former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, imprisoned in Azerbaijan, was allowed to  talk to his family after 21 days in isolation.

ArmInfo. The European Court has never made a decision that Armenia occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, the  same applies to the resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council, which are related to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia's Representative for International Legal  Affairs, stated  during a hearing at the International Court of Justice, where Azerbaijan's claim against Armenia was considered.

ArmInfo. It is obvious that the falsehoods and fakes that the Russian President allegedly recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan back in 2020 are intended to confuse the Armenian and international public. This was stated on April 25 during a weekly briefing by official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in response to a request to comment on the theses that the Russian President recognized Artsakh as Azerbaijani back in 2020.

ArmInfo. On April 23, a commemoration ceremony for the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was organized in the hall of the House of Representatives of Uruguay, which was attended by the country's president Luis Lacalle Pou, Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, and  Deputy Foreign Minister Nicol s Albertoni.

ArmInfo.More than 100,000 ethnic-Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh fled to Armenia between  September 24 and October 1, following Azerbaijan's military operation to gain full control over Nagorno-Karabakh, reads the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Armenia. 

ArmInfo.The delimitation and demarcation of borders between the Republic of Armenia and the  Republic of Azerbaijan must comply with best international practice and be based on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of the United Nations and the Helsinki Final Act, reads a draft statement of  the National Assembly, presented by the opposition faction "Armenia", in connection with the beginning of the process of delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

ArmInfo.A group of servicemen and a convoy of the Nagorno-Karabakh peacekeeping contingent left for  temporary accommodation centers in Goris and Sisian to organize their closure. Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan stated.

ArmInfo. The withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh corresponds to the current  realities in the region. This was stated by spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the First Russian TV Channel.

ArmInfo.The executive body of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and the Supreme body of the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun made statements in connection with the delimitation process launched between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo.The decision of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to participate or not to participate in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in 2024 will be the sovereign choice of his country. CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov stated to TASS.

ArmInfo.  It is fair to note that relations between Armenia and the Russian Federation are not at  their brightest point. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated in an interview with Arab News, the RA MFA reports.