
ArmInfo. Armenia's ARF Supreme Body representatives and its regional committees held a meeting at the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Center. As noted in a post on the ARF Facebook page, the participants discussed political and organizational matters.

ArmInfo. Deputies from the Armenia faction are ready to file a petition to the court seeking a change in the preventive measure for Liana Harutyunyan, a mother of three minor children, currently in custody at the Abovyan Penitentiary on charges of assisting illegal migration. Liana Harutyunyan is in a cell with her 8-month-old child. Kristine Vardaynan, deputy from the Armenia faction. Shared this information on her Facebook page after visiting the penitentiary. She noted that that this proposal had already been sent to the prisoner's lawyer, Zaruhi Postanjyan. "The young woman still cannot believe what is happening, and the child crawling on the floor of a small cell watches in amazement as his mother talks to strangers. Honestly, to say that I am shocked by this spectacle and the absurdity of the current situation is an understatement. The feeling of absurdity is overwhelming," the deputy noted.

ArmInfo. The occupation regime of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev continues to destroy the property of Artsakh residents in Stepanakert.

ArmInfo. Families forcibly displaced from Artsakh who meet the basic conditions of the state housing program can now apply to participate in the program, regardless of the family composition, the number of minor children
and their belonging to the target group, as reported by the press
service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

ArmInfo. This year, France will present 12 films at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, including those created in co-production, as stated by David Tursz, Executive Director of the French Institute in Armenia and Cultural Attache of the French Embassy.

ArmInfo. The traditional GAIFF Co-Production Platform events will take place this year from July 14 to 18 and will feature a diverse program of projects from Armenia and several countries in the region, as stated by the co-founder of the Golden Apricot film festival, Susanna Harutyunyan, during a press conference on July 11.

ArmInfo. Armenia and Georgia have agreed to continue their cooperation in the field of culture through a program for 2025-2027. The press service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports (MESCS) reported that Minister of Culture of Georgia Tinatin Rukhadze and the head of Armenia's MESCS, Zhanna Andreasyan, signed the document during Andreasyan's visit to Georgia.

ArmInfo. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) declined to comment on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's attacks against the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC). This was reported by the official representative of the UN OHCHR, Elizabeth Throssel, in response to a request from RIA Novosti to comment on the situation surrounding the Armenian Church. Specifically, Throssel noted that although the organization is aware of the events involving the AAC, they don't possess enough information to provide any comments.

ArmInfo. As part of their ongoing cooperation with the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, which has spanned over 20 years, the Goethe Institute is working to bring the most captivating international films and experts from Germany to Armenia, as stated by Mariam Gurzadyan, coordinator of cultural programs at the Goethe Institute in Armenia, during a press conference.

ArmInfo. As a result of social networks and media monitoring carried out by the staff of the Human Rights Defender's office, as well as a lawyer's appeal to the Ombudsman's hotline, information was received about the detention of a mother with minor children by court decision, with the youngest child just being 8 months old.

ArmInfo. In Armenia, work on developing an air quality monitoring system will be continued with a grant from the Japanese government.

ArmInfo. The Ministry of Environment proposes to introduce the institute of extended producer responsibility (EPR), which provides for a system of ensuring the mandatory further use of certain types of waste (special waste) by producers and importers of certain goods.