ArmInfo.  To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the legendary tenor of world opera Gegham Grigoryan, a concert was held at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A gala concert was held at the A. Spendiaryan National Opera and Ballet Theatre, featuring opera star, Spanish tenor, pianist, and conductor Placido Domingo as a special guest.

ArmInfo. UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany, who is in Armenia to participate in the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, visited the Zvartnots Cathedral, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

ArmInfo. The Armenian authorities' intention to initiate an exchange program between Armenian and Turkish students raises serious concerns, according to a statement from the ARF student union "Nikol Aghbalyan."

ArmInfo. Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have all the prerequisites to give new substance to relations between the two countries and translate the existing potential for cooperation into practical results. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov during a joint press statement.

ArmInfo. Talks were held in Yerevan between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and a delegation led by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, who is on an official visit to Armenia.

ArmInfo. Yerevan and Bishkek have become sister cities. Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan announced this on his Facebook page.

ArmInfo. Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio expressed support for a large-scale global initiative to protect endangered species, announced in Yerevan during the COP17 biodiversity conference.

ArmInfo. The final games of the Roman Berezovsky Prize tournament kicked off at the Sardarapat FC stadium in Armenia's Armavir region, bringing together 11 school teams from ten regions of Armenia and Yerevan.

ArmInfo. Happy City Day, a city with soul and character. This is the message from the Russian House in Gyumri on the occasion of the Second Day of the Armenian city's greatness.

ArmInfo.   At a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany, Armenian Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan praised the effective cooperation established with UNESCO in the fields of education, science, culture, information, and communication, reaffirming Armenia's readiness to continue and expand joint initiatives. The UNESCO Director-General visited Armenia to participate in the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17).

ArmInfo. The Strong Armenia Party congratulated Gyumri on City Day.

ArmInfo. Hamlet Batikyan, Secretary General of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, and Piers Cazalet, Director of NATO's Directorate for Defense and Security Cooperation, discussed cooperation aimed at strengthening integrity in the defense sector at a meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

ArmInfo. The house arrest of Fatherland Party Secretary General Khachik Galstyan has been extended for three months. This was announced on his Facebook page by lawyer Arsen Babayan, who published a message from Galstyan from house arrest.

ArmInfo. Relations between Russia and Armenia are going through a phase that requires mutual understanding and a search for a new balance. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin on October 16 at a ceremony dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Marshal Baghramyan Association of Veterans of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenian Environment Minister Hambardzum Matevosyan met with Chinese Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu and Abdullah Ali, Chairman of the Environment Protection Authority of the Sultanate of Oman, ahead of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17).

ArmInfo. The Republic of Armenia confirms that it has approached third countries with a request to organize a consular visit to Armenian prisoners of war, but denies that these countries have given their consent. Siranush Sahakyan, a lawyer representing Armenian prisoners of war at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), announced this at a press conference in Yerevan on October 16.

ArmInfo. Kyrgyzstan is interested in adapting the Armenian educational model in its country. According to the press service of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports (MESCS), this was announced during a meeting between MESCS head Zhanna Andreasyan and Kyrgyz representatives – Minister of Science, Higher Education, and Innovation Gulzat Isamatova and Minister of Education Dogdurkul Kendyrbayeva.

ArmInfo. In a report submitted to the Armenian side, the UN-sponsored Committee characterizes torture of Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku not so much as a systematic phenomenon, but rather as an endemic process. Siranush Sahakyan, a lawyer representing Armenian prisoners of war at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), announced this at a press conference in Yerevan on October 16.

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held separate meetings with UNESCO Director-General Khaled Al-Anani and European Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera on the sidelines of COP17.

ArmInfo.The 77th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) took place in Geneva (Swiss Confederation) from October 12 to 16, 2026. Turkmenistan was represented at this international forum by A. Sazakov, the Chairman of the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan.