ArmInfo.. Bagrat Galstanyan has called on citizens to gather at 15:00 at the building of the National  Assembly, since a meeting of the RA National Assembly Council will take place at 16:00.

ArmInfo.The speaker of the Armenian parliament again doubted the frankness of those who talk about relations between Armenia and the CSTO. "Stop threatening us, stop talking about the CSTO. When they talk about the CSTO, let them better tell us where the CSTO border is and what obligations this organization has to its  partners, let them show themselves as a party to the allied treaty between Russia and Armenia. Stop making such statements regarding our sovereign territory," Alen Simonyan said in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, responding to a request to comment on the statements of  Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin about Armenia's position in the CSTO.

ArmInfo.The preventive measure against the assistant of the Armenian parliament member from the  opposition faction "Hayastan" (Armenia) Levon Kocharyan - Artur Sukoyan has been changed.

ArmInfo. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the  criticism of the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan against the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC).

ArmInfo. The proposal to impose taxes on the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) amid protests from the  opposition movement "Tavush for the Name of the Motherland," led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, is an attempt to put political pressure on the church with the unjustified use of economic mechanisms, the  former chairman of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia, David Ananyan, said. 

ArmInfo.The Armenian authorities in parliament are already openly demonstrating their intentions to persecute the Armenian National Church, which has the constitutional status of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, using a "convenient excuse." This is how ex- Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan commented on the statement of Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan regarding the need to tax the Church.

ArmInfo.The video about Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, distributed by  opposition deputies of the Armenian parliament, is an outright manipulation, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan told reporters on May 21.

ArmInfo. On May 20, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan met  with the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Brandon Yoder. The member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Maria Karapetyan and the member of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs Arpine  Davoyan took part in the meeting.

ArmInfo.On May 20, the RA NA Vice President Ruben Rubinyan received the members of the  Social-Democratic Faction of the German Bundestag.

ArmInfo. The Republic of Armenia does not make unilateral concessions, the Republic of Armenia fixes  its border and this process will be lengthy based on maps that have legal grounds. This was stated by Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan during a briefing for journalists on May 6, emphasizing that the authorities have at their disposal those maps and all bases.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Russian  President Vladimir Putin, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan said. 

ArmInfo. The members of the RA NA Armenia-US Friendship Group: The Head of the Friendship Group, the  Head of the NA Civil Contract Faction Hayk Konjoryan, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on European Integration Arman  Yeghoyan, the Chair of the Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and  Budgetary Affairs Tsovinar Vardanyan, the NA deputy Arsen Torosyan  and the RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the USA  Lilit Makunts met with the Co-chair of the Congressional Armenian  Issues Caucus Frank Pallone and the member of the Congressional  Armenian Issues Caucus Jim Costa in Washington on May 1.

ArmInfo.Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan has not yet received letters from his partners from the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Simonyan himself told reporters today.

ArmInfo. The Kirants-Voskepar road has remained closed for the sixth day in a row. The Tavush residents spend their sixth night on the street trying to convey to the Armenian authorities the unacceptability of unilateral concessions to the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia, which make the lives of people living in the border areas impossible.

ArmInfo.The member of the RA NA delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe  (PACE) Vladimir Vardanyan took part in the work of the Second part of the Annual (Spring) Session. 

ArmInfo. Based on the lawyers' statement that citizen Samvel Vardanyan, while under investigation,  was subjected to torture and ill-treatment, criminal proceedings should be immediately initiated, reads a statement by the ex-Ombudsman of Armenia, head of the Tatoyan Foundation, Arman Tatoyan.

ArmInfo. The beating of citizen Samvel Vardanyan was organized by the ruling political force  in Armenia, the "Civil Contract". Human rights activist, ex-Ombudsman of Artsakh Ruben Melikyan stated on April 16 during a specially convened press conference.

ArmInfo. The terrorist organization "Islamic State", which committed genocide against the Yazidis in 2014, was not alone; Turkiye stood behind it, stated opposition MP Gegham Manukyan, commenting on the presented draft amendments to the law "On Holidays and Memorable Dates", according to which annually on August 3 Armenia will mark the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Yazidi Genocide in Iraqi Sinjar.

ArmInfo. Citizen Samvel Vardanyan was detained on suspicion of hooliganism after an altercation with MP from the ruling Civil Contract faction, Hakob Aslanyan. This became known from the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia.  It should be noted that the video footage of the incident on one of the city buses was spread on the Internet this afternoon. 

ArmInfo.In Armenia, annually on August 3, the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Yazidi  Genocide in Iraqi Sinjar will be marked. At a meeting on April 15, the RA National Assembly Commission on Human Rights and Public Relations issued a positive conclusion on the draft amendments to the  law "On Holidays and Memorable Dates."