
ArmInfo.On June 23, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision to dismiss Vahan Hakobyan from his position of customs attache at the country's embassy in Russia.

ArmInfo. Stepanakert Mayor David Sargsyan is being tried for not leaving state property to the enemy. Lawyer Roma Yeritsyan wrote on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. UK MPs Jim Shannon and Lord Alton of Liverpool have issued a joint public statement on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief (APPG FoRB), supporting the Swiss peace initiative on Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo.A team aimed at protecting the rights of the people of Artsakh has been formed in the city of Abovyan. As reported by the press service of the Council for the Protection of the Rights of the People of Artsakh, the team was formed as a result of a meeting with forcibly displaced residents of Artsakh in Abovyan, which took place on June 19.

ArmInfo.The traditional third Armenian-Georgian cultural and culinary festival Mimino will start in
Dilijan, as reported by the Tourism Committee of Armenia.

ArmInfo.The 22nd Golden Apricot International Film Festival announced the names of the jury members of the international competition program.

ArmInfo. The recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan by the Armenian authorities in
2022 did not bring peace to the region. On the contrary, it pushed Azerbaijan to make new territorial claims, as stated by Armen Gevorgyan, a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition faction "Armenia", during the discussion of the "Progress Report" at the summer session of PACE.

ArmInfo.The Armenian Foreign Ministry is deeply disappointed with the distorted and extremely one-sided statements in the Istanbul Declaration adopted within the framework of the last ministerial conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the resolutions submitted at the initiative of Azerbaijan. The statement distributed by the Armenian MFA notes that the emphasis placed in these documents contradicts the interests and logic of establishing lasting peace in the region.

ArmInfo. My father is the greatest benefactor in the modern history of Armenia and Artsakh, and truly a great patriot. Tatevik Karapetyan, the daughter of the famous Armenian-Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan, wrote on her Instagram profile.

ArmInfo. Samvel Karapetyan, head of the Tashir Group of Companies, has confirmed his lawyer Armen Feroyan's statement on refusal to file a complaint to the Criminal Court of Appeal.

ArmInfo. Following the flood in May last year, extensive river cleaning operations were carried out in Lori. The flood had impacted not only populated areas, but also infrastructure, water systems and rivers. This was reported by Sasun Miroyan, Director of Melioration CJSC at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia.

ArmInfo.Fourteen stations are needed to monitor air pollution to cover the entire territory of Armenia. This was stated by the Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan on June 11 during the discussions in the RA National Assembly committees on the implementation of the 2024 state budget of the Republic of Armenia.