ArmInfo. Atom Egoyan's new film, the drama "Seven Veils", will open the 21st  Golden Apricot  Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) 2024., which will be held in Yerevan from July 7 to 14. The world premiere of the film took place last September at the Toronto Film Festival.

ArmInfo.The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia has initiated legislative amendments to the  law , which will allow employees of the NSS of Nagorno-Karabakh to take up a vacant position in the authorized body of the national security of the Republic of  Armenia. The project, posted on the unified portal of legal acts e-draft.am, was supported by about 80% of respondents.

ArmInfo.Caucasus Heritage Watch (CHW) in its 7th Monitoring Report on the situation around  Artsakh signals a 75% increase in cases of destruction of Armenian heritage in the occupied territories of the NKR by Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo.EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo  Klaar welcomed Armenia's proposal to Azerbaijan to establish a bilateral mechanism to address alleged ceasefire violations.

ArmInfo.The Paralympic Weightlifting World Cup is taking place in Tbilisi on June 20-26. The  Armenian national team showed brilliant results at the competition on June 20. All three athletes in the 49 kg weight category won medals.

ArmInfo.Several Arab nations welcomed Armenia's decision Friday to recognize Palestine as an  independent state.

ArmInfo.One of the largest research organizations in Germany, HELMHOLTZ, is interested in  conducting joint scientific research with Armenia in the fields of energy, climate change and artificial intelligence (AI). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia, referring to the results of the meeting between the head of the department, Zhanna Andreasyan, and  the head of HELMHOLTZ, Otmar Whistler.

ArmInfo.Unfortunately, this response is yet another attempt by the EU High Representative to satisfy Armenians and make claims that have no moral or factual basis, and Azerbaijan denies these false and inflammatory allegations, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry declared this in response to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the EU Commission Josep Borrell's questions  to the European Parliament members about "Armenian prisoners," Trend reports.

ArmInfo. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Secretary Hussein AlSheikh  welcomed Armenia's recognition of Palestine.

ArmInfo.Former presidential candidate of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya commented on her  meeting with head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ararat Mirzoyan.

ArmInfo. Following Armenia's recognition of the Palestinian State, the Israeli Foreign Ministry  summoned the Armenian Ambassador to Israel to issue a severe reprimand. This was stated in a message from the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Twitter (X). No other details were given.

ArmInfo. The idea of Armenia joining the European Union is becoming increasingly widespread among  the country's citizens. Chairman of the "Free Citizen" Civic Initiatives' Support Center NGO Hovsep Khurshudyan expresses a similar point of view.

ArmInfo. The extra-parliamentary democratic forces of Armenia will support the country's authorities in the matter of Armenia's European orientation in every possible way Leader of the Republic Party, Aram Sargsyan announced on June 21 during the parliamentary hearings on the initiative of the "Platform of Democratic Forces" to join the  European Union.

ArmInfo.Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senate Budget Committee Chair  Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), along with some twenty of their Senate colleagues, have called on President Biden to significantly increase U.S.  humanitarian aid to Armenian refugees forcibly displaced from Artsakh, work toward their safe and dignified return to their indigenous homes, and hold Azerbaijan accountable for their genocidal  actions.

ArmInfo. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in  Vilnius. Ms. Tikhanovskaya herself, as well as Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ani Badalyan, reported on the X (formerly Twitter), publishing a message with a photo from the meeting.

ArmInfo.In Armenia, some individuals and some forces are turning the country's political field  into Brownian motion. Former Deputy Defense Minister of the Republic of Armenia Artak Zakaryan wrote on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo.On Thursday, June 20, Raya Nazaryan from the pro- Western center-right coalition of the  Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and the Union of Democratic Forces (GERB-UDF) was elected Speaker of the National Assembly of Bulgaria of the 50th convocation on her second attempt.

ArmInfo.On June 18, 2024, political consultations were held in Budapest between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and Hungary. The Turkmen side was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Ahmet Gurbanov, the Hungarian side - by the Deputy Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Adam Stifter.

ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani side also reiterated its interest in exploring possible cooperation with  the EU under the European Peace Facility (EPF). This was stated in a statement by the European External Action Service following the 5th meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Security Dialogue.

ArmInfo. A rally of parents of servicemen killed in non-combat conditions  took place near the  Government. The latter demanded that government officials, in particular Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan, investigate the cases related to the murder of their children and punish the perpetrators.